A Technical Note on Fabrication and Thermal Performance Studies of a Solar Pond Model

A solar pond has been fabricated to analyze the thermal behavior of it, in the climatic conditions of Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. Sodium chloride (NaCl) has been used to form a salt gradient for better performance, and a dark-colored (blackened) rigid surface bottom with 1 mm irregularities has been c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Abhishek Saxena, Varun Goel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Renewable Energy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/475282