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Solar Pond Power Systems

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Glossary

Brine:

Water that contains a high concentration of salts.

EES:

Enhanced evaporation spray system is based on the evaporation of water from an elevated system of spray nozzles.

Energy conversion:

Conversion of one type of energy to another, e.g., solar radiation to heat, heat to electricity, etc.

Halocline:

The concentration gradient.

Makeup water:

Water that is added to a cycle to compensate for water losses due to leakage or because it had been intentionally used.

Nonconvective solar pond:

is a salt-gradient pond in which salt gradient effectively stops convection.

ORC:

Organic Rankine cycle.

Organic Rankine cycle:

A Rankine cycle using an organic fluid as motive fluid instead of water which is commonly used.

Pond yield:

The ratio between the pond thermal or electrical energy production and the collected solar energy.

Power plant:

is a plant in which thermal or other energy is converted to electricity.

Power station:

A power plant.

Salt-gradient solar pond:

A solar pond...

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  1. Ormat Systems Ltd, Yavne, Israel

    Lucien Y. Bronicki

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    Robert A. Meyers

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Bronicki, L.Y. (2017). Solar Pond Power Systems. In: Meyers, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2493-6_1027-1

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