Segregated solar pond

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126430, 126437, 126452, 165 1, 165 45, 606418, 6064113, F24J 302

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ABSTRACT:
A segregated solar pond includes an upper level of water overlying a lower level of water, and an impermeable barrier interposed between the two levels for preventing intermixing. The average density of the upper level exceeds the average density of the upper level. Floats on the periphery of the upper level buoyantly support it on the surface of a larger body of water connected to the lower level. The upper level contains dissolved salts establishing a halocline that renders the upper level non-convective such that it is heated by absorption of solar radiation, the heat being transferred to the lower level by conduction across the barrier. Vertical curtains attached to the periphery of the barrier inhibit mixing of the water in the lower level with the water in the larger body of water such that the lower level constitutes a heat storage layer.
The barrier between the two layers includes a sheet of flexible material and a frame supporting the same rigidly connected to the floats. The upper level is stabilized by additional floats rigidly connected to the frames and floating in the upper level.

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patent: 3372691 (1968-03-01), Shachar
patent: 3949095 (1976-04-01), Pelehach et al.
patent: 4172766 (1979-10-01), Laing et al.
"The Dead Sea: A Scheme For a Solar Lake," Assaf, Solar Energy, vol. 18, pp. 293-299, (1976).

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