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Salt-gradient solar ponds

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6052906· OSTI ID:6052906
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