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The non-convecting solar pond is a large-area solar collector of 1-2m deep, having built-in storage. This storage is in part due to the mass of water in the pond and in part to the ground under the pond (where ground insulation is not used). Diurnal variations of insolation or of energy withdrawal rate have negligible effect on temperature over periods of a week or so. Long-term (seasonal) storage is obtained by having additional depth of a few metres.
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Tabor, H. (1981). Storage Capability of Solar Ponds. In: den Ouden, C. (eds) Thermal Storage of Solar Energy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8302-1_5
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