Salt-gradient solar ponds
A description of salt-gradient solar ponds is presented. Guidelines concerning the construction and maintenance of the pond are discussed. A computer model was used to study layer migration in laboratory tanks and in an outdoor pond. The status of solar ponds is briefly discussed. An equation relating heat flux and salt flux at a boundary is included. (BCS)
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 6052906
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-84-2423; ON: DE85008626
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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14 SOLAR ENERGY
141000* -- Solar Collectors & Concentrators
BRINES
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
CONSTRUCTION
CONVECTION
DIFFUSION
ENERGY LOSSES
ENERGY STORAGE
ENERGY TRANSFER
EQUIPMENT
HEAT FLUX
HEAT LOSSES
HEAT STORAGE
HEAT TRANSFER
LOSSES
MAINTENANCE
MASS TRANSFER
PONDS
SALINITY GRADIENTS
SIMULATION
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR PONDS
STORAGE
SURFACE WATERS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS
141000* -- Solar Collectors & Concentrators
BRINES
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
CONSTRUCTION
CONVECTION
DIFFUSION
ENERGY LOSSES
ENERGY STORAGE
ENERGY TRANSFER
EQUIPMENT
HEAT FLUX
HEAT LOSSES
HEAT STORAGE
HEAT TRANSFER
LOSSES
MAINTENANCE
MASS TRANSFER
PONDS
SALINITY GRADIENTS
SIMULATION
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR PONDS
STORAGE
SURFACE WATERS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS