Title :
Study of thermal performance of a black liquid shallow solar pond under various operating conditions
Author :
Verma, Ratna ; Prakash, J. ; Garg, H.P.
Author_Institution :
Centre of Energy Studies, Indian Inst. of Technol., New Delhi, India
Abstract :
A black liquid solar collector cum storage system is studied. The liquid, being black, absorbs most of the radiation; also there is little reflection loss from the water surface. The performance of the system has been predicted by the finite-difference method for various operating conditions, such as intermittent flow, instantaneous flow, and constant flow. The thermal performance of the black liquid system was compared with that of a conventional and plastic bag shallow solar pond (SSP), and the SSP containing black liquid was found to be more efficient than other systems
Keywords :
solar ponds; black liquid shallow solar pond; constant flow; finite-difference method; instantaneous flow; intermittent flow; plastic bag shallow solar pond; solar collector cum storage system; thermal performance; Energy storage; Glass; Heat transfer; Plastics; Solar energy; Solar heating; Solar radiation; Temperature; Water heating; Water storage;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1989. IECEC-89., Proceedings of the 24th Intersociety
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
DOI :
10.1109/IECEC.1989.74760
