Nan Li1, Ruiyang Xu1, Caihong Zhang1,*, Guoping Wu2
Energy Engineering, Vol.118, No.4, pp. 1185-1195, 2021, DOI:10.32604/EE.2021.014741
Abstract An improved radiation transmission and thermal efficiency model for solar ponds has been proposed based on
both the Hull Model and Wang/Seyed-Yagoobi Model in this paper. The new model is more accurate to actual
measured conditions because multiple reflections and turbidity effects are included. Absorption penetration, thermal conductivity loss and thermal efficiency under different Non-Convective Zone thicknesses are numerically
analyzed and thoroughly discussed. The results show that ΔT/I0 plays a critical role for the thermal efficiency
of solar pond. Furthermore, it is found through calculation that there is an optimum thickness of the
Non-Convective Zone. When the Non-Convective Zone thickness… More >
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