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Title: Solar aquaculture: A wintering technique for parent prawns

Abstract

A new method of providing the warm water needed for parent prawn wintering using solar energy is described. Using solar energy for prawn wintering involves heat collection, heat storage and temperature maintenance. The system designed provides sufficient energy for the safe wintering of prawns with suitable water temperatures. The temperature control facilities consist of three parts: a salt gradient solar pond, a shallow solar pond and a plastic house. The technique involves use of a shallow solar pond for collection and storage of heat. The average temperature in the wintering pond plastic house was 11 degrees C and the minimum temperature in January was 5.4 degrees C. This system allowed the wintering process to be conducted using solar energy alone and may extend aquaculture to higher latitudes. The ratio of net profit with the solar energy system over investment is 1.5 which makes it economically viable.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Aquaculture Res. Inst., Shandong Province (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
41805
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Sunworld
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 18; Journal Issue: 3; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; 55 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, BASIC STUDIES; AQUACULTURE; PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEAT STORAGE; PRAWNS; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; SOLAR PONDS

Citation Formats

Long, Cao Jin. Solar aquaculture: A wintering technique for parent prawns. United States: N. p., 1994. Web.
Long, Cao Jin. Solar aquaculture: A wintering technique for parent prawns. United States.
Long, Cao Jin. 1994. "Solar aquaculture: A wintering technique for parent prawns". United States.
@article{osti_41805,
title = {Solar aquaculture: A wintering technique for parent prawns},
author = {Long, Cao Jin},
abstractNote = {A new method of providing the warm water needed for parent prawn wintering using solar energy is described. Using solar energy for prawn wintering involves heat collection, heat storage and temperature maintenance. The system designed provides sufficient energy for the safe wintering of prawns with suitable water temperatures. The temperature control facilities consist of three parts: a salt gradient solar pond, a shallow solar pond and a plastic house. The technique involves use of a shallow solar pond for collection and storage of heat. The average temperature in the wintering pond plastic house was 11 degrees C and the minimum temperature in January was 5.4 degrees C. This system allowed the wintering process to be conducted using solar energy alone and may extend aquaculture to higher latitudes. The ratio of net profit with the solar energy system over investment is 1.5 which makes it economically viable.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/41805}, journal = {Sunworld},
number = 3,
volume = 18,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994},
month = {Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994}
}