Effectiveness of Bottom Insulation of a Salinity Gradient Solar Pond

2018 ◽  
Vol 140 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sayantan Ganguly ◽  
Abhijit Date ◽  
Aliakbar Akbarzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Distribution ◽  
Heat Loss ◽  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Salinity Gradient ◽  
Heat Removal ◽  
Optimum Thickness ◽  
Solar Pond ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Selection Of

This technical brief presents a study on the effectiveness of the bottom insulation of a salinity gradient solar pond (SGSP) in Melbourne, Australia. Insulation is applied at the bottom of a SGSP in order to minimize the heat loss from the SGSP to the ground underneath. But selection of optimum thickness of the insulation to extract the best thermal performance of an SGSP is a challenge as insulation involves significant investment. Hence, modeling heat loss from SGSP to the ground before and after applying the insulation is thus very essential. In this study, a layer of polystyrene is used as insulation at the bottom of SGSP. The temperature distribution in the SGSP and ground below it, the efficiency of the SGSP and the heat removal from SGSP are estimated for the SGSP without insulation and with insulation of different thicknesses. The results show that the insulation definitely reduces the heat loss from the SGSP to the ground, but to a certain extent. Insulation beyond a certain thickness is proved to be ineffective in increasing the efficiency or reducing the heat loss to ground and thus unable to enhance the thermal performance of the SGSP.

The Effect of a Liquid Cover on the Thermal Performance of a Salinity Gradient Solar Pond: An Experimental Study

2022 ◽  
Vol 119 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-34
Author(s):  
Asaad H. Sayer ◽  
Mohsin E. Al-Dokheily ◽  
Hameed B. Mahood ◽  
Haider M. Khadem ◽  
Alasdair N. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Salinity Gradient ◽  
Solar Pond

scholarly journals Impact of Non-convective Zone and Lower Convective Zone Thickness on the Performance Characteristics of Salinity Gradient Solar Pond

2021 ◽  
Vol 1206 (1) ◽  
pp. 012003
Author(s):  
S G Chakrabarty ◽  
U S Wankhede ◽  
R S Shelke
Keyword(s):  
Solar Radiation ◽  
Numerical Investigation ◽  
Heat Loss ◽  
Salinity Gradient ◽  
Convective Zone ◽  
Performance Characteristics ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
Maturation Period ◽  
Solar Pond ◽  
The Impact

Abstract A solar pond technology employs a layer of salinity gradient to prevent heat loss due to convection from the lower convective zone. Thus, the energy received from solar radiation is stored in a lower convective zone. The thickness of various zones significantly affects the behaviour of solar pond temperature. In this present study, a transient numerical investigation is conducted to evaluate the impact of depths of different zones on the performance characteristics of solar pond. The variation in maximum temperature and maturation period under the influence of non-convective zone and lower convective zone thickness is discussed. The energy obtained from a solar pond significantly depends on various losses associated with the zones. Thus, an assessment of conduction and ground heat loss is presented for the variation in thickness of zones. An attempt is also made to study the effect of thickness of zones on the temperature of the lower convective zone. It is found that the configuration of a smaller thickness of LCZ and a higher thickness of NCZ yields maximum LCZ temperature.

scholarly journals Thermal performance of 500 m2 salinity gradient solar pond in Granada, Spain under strong weather conditions

Solar Energy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 171 ◽  
pp. 223-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Alcaraz ◽  
M. Montalà ◽  
C. Valderrama ◽  
J.L. Cortina ◽  
A. Akbarzadeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Salinity Gradient ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Solar Pond

Investigation of Thermal Performance of a Solar Pond With External Heat Addition

2018 ◽  
Vol 140 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sayantan Ganguly ◽  
Abhijit Date ◽  
Aliakbar Akbarzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Heat Removal ◽  
External Source ◽  
External Heat ◽  
Heat Extraction ◽  
Heat Addition ◽  
Solar Pond ◽  
Heat Demand ◽  
External Sources ◽  
Evacuated Tube

This study addresses the method of adding heat to a salt gradient solar pond (SGSP) from external sources and investigates the thermal performance of the pond. In this case, the external heat source is solar heat collected by evacuated tube solar collectors (ETSC), and collected heat is transferred to the lower-convective zone (LCZ) of the SGSP by circulating fluid from the LCZ. Results show that heat addition from the external source enhances the thermal performance of the SGSP in terms of heat recovery and thermal efficiency but with certain constraints. The heat addition efficiency reduces with increase in aperture area of the ETSC. Also with increasing heat addition, the heat removal from the SGSP has to be increased; otherwise, the SGSP efficiency reduces rapidly. Heat removal from SGSP has to be performed keeping in mind the heat demand and the quality of heat. The latter reduces with an increase of heat extraction beyond a certain limit. Hence, optimizing the range of parameters in case of adding heat from external sources is very important for the best performance of a SGSP.

Thermal Performance on Unglazed Photovoltaic Thermal Polymer Collector

2014 ◽  
Vol 911 ◽  
pp. 238-242
Author(s):  
Mohd Afzanizam Mohd Rosli ◽  
Sohif Mat ◽  
Kamaruzzaman Sopian ◽  
Mohd Yusof Sulaiman ◽  
Elias Ilias Salleh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Balance ◽  
Heat Loss ◽  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Thermal Efficiency ◽  
Heat Removal ◽  
Heat Energy ◽  
Balance Method ◽  
Energy Balance Method ◽  
Thermal Polymer

In this study, the thermal efficiency of a polymer collector with unglazed photovoltaic thermal (PVT) system was determined. Overall heat loss was estimated using the heat energy balance method. Based on the analysis, the heat removal factor of the PVT system was found to be 0.55. The thermal performance of the system was 47% during the zero reduce temperature. The unglazed PVT polymer collector could replace the conventional PVT collector, which encountered problems such as high cost, weighting issues, and corrosion.

Thermal Performance Enhancement of a Shallow Solar Pond Based on Nanofluids

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 01016-1-01016-5
Author(s):  
A. Terfai ◽  
◽  
Y. Chiba ◽  
M. N. Bouaziz ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Performance Enhancement ◽  
Solar Pond

scholarly journals Study on the Variable-Temperature Drying Process of Corn Drying in an Industrial Corn-Drying System Equipped with a Self-Adaptive Control Heat Exchanger

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 2772
Author(s):  
Bin Li ◽  
Zhiheng Zeng ◽  
Xuefeng Zhang ◽  
Ye Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Control ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Heat Loss ◽  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Variable Temperature ◽  
The Other ◽  
Drying Process ◽  
Drying Kinetic ◽  
Drying System ◽  
Self Adaptive

To realize energy-saving and efficient industrial grain drying, the present work studied the variable-temperature drying process of corn drying in a novel industrial corn-drying system with a heat recycling and self-adaptive control function. The drying kinetics, thermal performance, heat-loss characteristics and the heat-recycling performance of the drying system under different allocations between flue gas and hot air were investigated, and the optimized drying process was proposed and compared with two constant drying processes. The results showed that the optimized drying process exhibited better drying kinetic and thermal performance than the two constant drying processes. More specifically, the total heat loss, total energy consumption and specific energy consumption of the optimized drying process were ascertained to be 36,132.85 MJ, 48,803.99 MJ and 7290.27 kJ/kg, respectively, which were lower than those of the other two processes. On the other hand, the thermal efficiency of the drying chamber for the optimized drying process was ascertained to be varied within the range of 6.81–41.71%. Overall, the validation results showed that the optimized drying process can significantly improve the drying performance of the drying system.

scholarly journals A microfluidic device enabling drug resistance analysis of leukemia cells via coupled dielectrophoretic detection and impedimetric counting

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yağmur Demircan Yalçın ◽  
Taylan Berkin Töral ◽  
Sertan Sukas ◽  
Ender Yıldırım ◽  
Özge Zorlu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Resistance ◽  
K562 Cells ◽  
Leukemia Cells ◽  
Drug Resistant ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Gene Expressions ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Resistant Cells

AbstractWe report the development of a lab-on-a-chip system, that facilitates coupled dielectrophoretic detection (DEP-D) and impedimetric counting (IM-C), for investigating drug resistance in K562 and CCRF-CEM leukemia cells without (immuno) labeling. Two IM-C units were placed upstream and downstream of the DEP-D unit for enumeration, respectively, before and after the cells were treated in DEP-D unit, where the difference in cell count gave the total number of trapped cells based on their DEP characteristics. Conductivity of the running buffer was matched the conductivity of cytoplasm of wild type K562 and CCRF-CEM cells. Results showed that DEP responses of drug resistant and wild type K562 cells were statistically discriminative (at p = 0.05 level) at 200 mS/m buffer conductivity and at 8.6 MHz working frequency of DEP-D unit. For CCRF-CEM cells, conductivity and frequency values were 160 mS/m and 6.2 MHz, respectively. Our approach enabled discrimination of resistant cells in a group by setting up a threshold provided by the conductivity of running buffer. Subsequent selection of drug resistant cells can be applied to investigate variations in gene expressions and occurrence of mutations related to drug resistance.

scholarly journals The Effects on Thermal Efficiency of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia and Lanthanum Zirconate-based Thermal Barrier Coatings on Aluminum Heating Block for 3d Printer

Coatings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 792
Author(s):  
Hasan Demir
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Distribution ◽  
Heat Loss ◽  
Yttria Stabilized Zirconia ◽  
Thermal Barrier ◽  
Print Quality ◽  
Stabilized Zirconia ◽  
Coating Materials ◽  
Lanthanum Zirconate ◽  
Barrier Coating ◽  
Coating Method

Fused filament fabrication is an important additive manufacturing method, for which 3D printers are the most commonly used printing tools. In this method, there are many factors that affect the printing quality, chief among which is temperature. The fusion temperature of the material is created by an aluminum heating block in the extruder. Stability and a constant temperature for the aluminum heating block are inevitable requirements for print quality. This study aims to use the thermal barrier coating method to increase the thermal efficiency and stability of the aluminum heating block by reducing heat loss. Furthermore, it aims to perform steady-state thermal analysis using finite element analysis software. The analyses are carried out in stagnant air environment and at the printing temperature of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene material. In order to examine the effects of different coating materials, blocks coated with two different coating materials, as well as uncoated blocks, were used in the analyses. The coating made with yttria-stabilized zirconia and pyrochlore-type lanthanum zirconate materials, together with the NiCRAl bond layer, prevent temperature fluctuation by preventing heat loss. The effects of the coating method on average heat flux density, temperature distribution of blocks, and temperature distribution of the filament tube hole were investigated. Additionally, changes in flow velocity were determined by examining the effects of the thermal barrier coating method on temperature distribution. The average heat flux density in the coated blocks decreased by 10.258%. Throughout the investigation, the temperature distributions in the coated blocks became homogeneous. It was also observed that both coating materials produce the same effect. This article performs a steady-state thermal analysis of a conventional model and thermal-barrier-coated models to increase print quality by reducing heat loss from the aluminum heating block.

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