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Kinetics of diffusion of salt in solar ponds
Author(s) -
Bansal P. K.,
Katti Y.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/er.4440090410
Subject(s) - solar pond , diffusion , salt (chemistry) , kinetics , salt solution , convection zone , convection , thermodynamics , boundary layer , environmental science , environmental engineering , solar energy , materials science , chemistry , physics , biology , ecology , quantum mechanics
In the present communication, the kinetics of diffusion of salt in a stacked layer solar pond has been investigated by using the step function for the initial state of salt distribution and a closed form solution for the salt concentration has been obtained with the boundary conditions of an operational solar pond. It has been predicted that the time required for a two layered solar pond with non‐convective zone of about 1 m depth to reach equilibrium concentration gradient is about 585 days, whereas that required for a ten layered pond is only 96 days.
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