Predicted performances of a proposed coffered solar pond

H.E. Aslan Abdel Salam, S.D. Probert, P.W. O'Callaghan, M. Hussein and B. Norton

Applied Energy, 1984, vol. 16, issue 4, 283-306

Abstract: Conventional designs of stratified salt-gradient ponds for harnessing solar energy usually require that highly expensive excavation and/or constructional work be undertaken, thereby inhibiting the widespread adoption of this type of solar energy collector. So a new concept--the coffered solar pond (CSP), which is a thermally isolated zone of a shallow lake--has been considered. Via a generalised simplified steady-state mathematical model of the thermal behaviour of such a CSP for a lake in Egypt at latitude 30°N, the depth of the CSP has been optimised in order to achieve the maximum rate of energy capture.

Date: 1984
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