Thermal performance of different pond cells under actual climatic conditions in Qatar

A-Hamid Marafia, Sami Nasser and Ali Sayigh

Renewable Energy, 1999, vol. 16, issue 1, 695-699

Abstract: Experimental work was undertaken to study the thermal performance of three different pond cells under actual climatic conditions of Qatar. The first cell was an open pond. In the second unit, a finned radiator, painted black, was placed over the pond. In the third cell, the water was contained in a polyethylene bag. Experimental results indicated that the exposed pond cell came out best, when considered in terms of how quickly the temperature of the stored water could be reduced, and how low that temperature could be. The water in the exposed pond was cooled directly (by evaporation and radiation to sky) whereas in the case of the finned radiator cell, heat had to be transferred from the stored water to the radiator, and then from the radiator to the surrounding. In the case of water-in-bag cell, evaporation was eliminated and radiative exchange with the sky was reduced due to the partial transparency of the polyethylene bag (in the infrared region).

Keywords: Pond cell; radiative exchange; transparency; evaporation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(98)00254-7

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