A thermodynamic review on solar ponds

A Saxena, E Cuce, DB Singh, PM Cuce, P Gupta… - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar energy is a clean source of renewable energy and people around the world are
getting a lot of benefits day by day through the utilization of solar energy technology. Among …

Technological assessment of different solar-biomass systems for hybrid power generation in Europe

CMI Hussain, B Norton, A Duffy - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Solar Tower (ST), Parabolic Trough (PT), Linear Fresnel (LF) and Solar
Photovoltaic (PV) are discussed in the context of their suitability for hybridisation with …

Novel multi-stage flash (MSF) desalination plant driven by parabolic trough collectors and a solar pond: A simulation study in UAE

A Al-Othman, M Tawalbeh, MEH Assad, T Alkayyali… - Desalination, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper investigates a novel solar driven multi-stage flash (MSF) desalination plant in
UAE. UAE achieved major progress in utilizing solar energy for power production. The …

[HTML][HTML] Performance of solar pond integrated with photovoltaic/thermal collectors

MM Ali, OK Ahmed, EF Abbas - Energy Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
This article aims to propose and study a new system design for renewable energy called
photovoltaic/solar pond. This new system involves cooling the arrays of the …

Application of aluminium oxide–water nanofluids to augment the performance of shallow pond: a numerical study

M Appadurai, EFI Raj, I Jenish - Process Integration and Optimization for …, 2022 - Springer
A solar pond is a thermal energy storage device. It has three different layers of saltwater
gradients. The bottom layer of the solar pond has higher salt intensity, and it is used to store …

Heat extraction from non-convective and lower convective zones of the solar pond: a transient study

A Date, Y Yaakob, A Date, S Krishnapillai… - Solar Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
Heat extraction from the Non-Convective Zone (NCZ) or gradient layer and Lower
Convective Zone (LCZ) of the solar pond has been investigated through one-dimensional …

Sustainably integrating desalination with solar power to overcome future freshwater scarcity in China

C Chen, Y Jiang, Z Ye, Y Yang, L Hou - Global Energy Interconnection, 2019 - Elsevier
Freshwater resources and energy are the two material foundations of human survival and
the two challenges for human sustainable development. China's huge population needs a …

Thermodynamic and economic feasibility of solar ponds for various thermal applications: A comprehensive review

KR Ranjan, SC Kaushik - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Solar energy technologies and their applications are as relevant today as they were in
1950s. A comprehensive review of the most recent studies having numerous references to …

Performance of floating photovoltaic/thermal system: Experimental assessment

RS Aweid, OK Ahmed, S Algburi - International Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
An unfamiliar design of photovoltaic (PV)/solar pond was presented in the article. This
design integrated the floating PV panel technology with the solar pond technology. This new …

Sustainable zero liquid discharge desalination (SZLDD)

K Nakoa, K Rahaoui, A Date, A Akbarzadeh - solar Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The main purpose of this study is to develop a sustainable zero liquid discharge
desalination system. Direct contact membrane distillation unit is connected directly to salinity …