Salinity-gradient solar pond (SGSP) has been a reliable supply of heat source for power
generation when it has been integrated with low temperature thermodynamics cycles like …

The use of solar energy is highly welcomed due to its availability everywhere. Among the
types of solar energy technologies, the use of this type of energy to produce heat from …

Solar pond is a type of solar collector that stores solar energy in the form of heat. The solar
pond can be used as a low-temperature heat source for electricity generation. In this paper …

In this article, a transient modeling method for the heat extraction process in the rectangular
solar ponds is presented by using a finite difference technique. Firstly, the thermal behavior …

Solar ponds are one of the innovative technologies in the field of utilizing solar energy and
have attracted much attention as storage for the thermal energy, in recent years. In this …

The present study develops a lumped capacitance model for modelling the heat transfer in a
salinity gradient solar pond. This model is used to analyze the transient energy behaviour in …

In calculating the total solar energy input into a salt gradient solar pond, the current method
is insufficient mainly caused by two problems. Firstly, the existing equations of solar pond …

In this study, a combined numerical and experimental investigation of the thermal behaviour
of small solar ponds with various shapes, is presented. For this purpose, two prototypes of …

This paper deals with transient modelling of a large-scale salt gradient solar pond (SGSP–
50000 m 2) located in a semi-arid climate region. Precisely, the pond was exposed to …

An investigation of the performance of a salinity gradient solar pond (SGSP) on the basis of
energy and exergy considerations is presented. Unlike existing exergy studies, the transient …