The effect of bottom reflectivity on the performance of a solar pond
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2022, Solar EnergyCitation Excerpt :It was highlighted that with proper selection of honeycomb array, the pond can attain nearly-two times higher efficiency as compared to a conventional solar pond. Srinivasan and Guha (1987) studied the effect of bottom reflectance on the performance of solar pond to conclude that undissolved salts at bottom of solar pond cause significant deterioration in pond performance. However, it was reported that the existence of dirt at the pond’s bottom does not considerably influence the pond’s efficiency.
Effect of ground heat extraction on stability and thermal performance of solar ponds considering imperfect heat transfer
2020, Solar EnergyCitation Excerpt :Solar ponds have long been studied as a cheap and useful means of harnessing solar thermal energy (Weinberger 1964). The initial studies on these ponds were concerned only with their individual performance (Srinivasan and Guha, 1987b; Wang and Akbarzadeh, 1982, 1983; Weinberger, 1964) but over the years, researchers have explored their utility in several other applications too. For example, the temperature gradient existing in solar ponds can be used to generate electricity by coupling them with thermoelectric generators (Ding et al., 2016; Kumar et al., 2018).
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2018, Renewable and Sustainable Energy ReviewsInnovative design of non-convective zone of salt gradient solar pond for optimum thermal performance and stability
2012, Applied EnergyCitation Excerpt :This estimation is done considering a linear temperature profile in NCZ. It may be noted that linear profile leads to a higher estimation of losses [14]. The losses are calculated on the basis of average of the starting and the final temperatures of pond’s warm-up over the period Δt.