A comprehensive transient model for the prediction of the temperature distribution in a solar pond under mediterranean conditions

The Effect of a Liquid Cover on the Thermal Performance of a Salinity Gradient Solar Pond: An Experimental Study

“…The measured concentrations of the LCZ and UCZ of the uncovered pond of the present study for Day 10 where compared with the concentrations calculated using Eqs. ( 4) and (5). It was found that there is an acceptable agreement between the measured and calculated concentrations with relative errors of 0.07 and 0.2 for the LCZ and UCZ, respectively, these errors might be due to the wind effect which was not considered in the analytical equations of Sayer et al [43].…”

“…Many previous studies have concentrated on the thermodynamics of solar ponds with a view to better understanding the heat transfer process [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. These studies take into account the intensity of solar radiation to predict the temperature distribution in the solar pond.…”

A solar pond for feeding a thermoelectric generator or an organic Rankine cycle system

“…The mathematical model for the SGSP is based on the theoretical modelling of Sayer et al [9], with some improvement from Husain et al [10], Abbassi Monjezi and Campbell [11]. The modelling for the ORC is based on a previous article of the Authors [12].…”

Advances in solar pond technology and prospects of efficiency improvement methods

“…While some of the radiation that hits the UCZ is rapidly absorbed, a proportion of it is dissipated to the atmosphere through convection and radiation heat transfer. The remaining radiation is subsequently absorbed in the NCZ before it is transmitted into the LCZ, where it is stored (Abbassi Monjezi & Campbell, 2016;Singh et al, 2011). The LCZ is notable for its higher salt concentration, which enables thermal energy storage.…”