کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
761068 1462897 2013 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Experimental and numerical investigations of salt gradient solar pond under Jordanian climate conditions
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی انرژی انرژی (عمومی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Experimental and numerical investigations of salt gradient solar pond under Jordanian climate conditions
چکیده انگلیسی

Solar ponds are large-scale energy collectors with integral heat storage for supplying thermal energy. In the present work, both experimental and numerical parts of solar pond performance under Jordanian climate conditions have been investigated. In the experimental part, an insulated solar pond with a surface area of 3.5 m2 and a depth of 1.0 m was built at the University of Jordan to investigate the performance of solar pond under Jordanian climate conditions. The three salty water zones (upper convective, non-convective and heat storage) were formed by filling the pond with salty water of various densities. 16 thermocouples (type T) were used to measure the temperature profile within the pond. In the theoretical part, a MatLAB code was developed to predict the temperature distribution along the solar pond. A maximum temperature of 47 °C was recorded in the heat storage zone in spring time (April 2010). The results obtained from the numerical simulation are compared with the experimental results and it has been found that they are in a good agreement.


► Salt gradient solar pond is constructed at the University of Jordan.
► Experimental and numerical studies are conducted.
► Temperature and salinity profiles are obtained.
► Comparison between experimental and theoretical results is carried out.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Energy Conversion and Management - Volume 65, January 2013, Pages 725–728
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