scholarly journals Solar pond research at the Los Alamos National Laboratory

1984 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.F. Jones ◽  
K.A. Meyer ◽  
J.C. Hedstrom ◽  
D.P. Grimmer
Keyword(s):  
National Laboratory ◽  
Alamos National Laboratory ◽  
Los Alamos ◽  
Los Alamos National Laboratory ◽  
Solar Pond

scholarly journals Design, Construction, and Initial Operation of the Los Alamos National Laboratory Salt-Gradient Solar Pond

1985 ◽  
Vol 107 (4) ◽  
pp. 302-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. F. Jones ◽  
K. A. Meyer ◽  
J. C. Hedstrom ◽  
J. S. Dreicer
Keyword(s):  
National Laboratory ◽  
Surface Zone ◽  
Alamos National Laboratory ◽  
Initial Operation ◽  
Los Alamos ◽  
Los Alamos National Laboratory ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Solar Pond ◽  
The One ◽  
Design Construction

This paper discusses the design, construction, and initial operation of the solar pond at Los Alamos National Laboratory. This 232 m2 pond is the third facet of a threefold approach to the study of hydrodynamic effects in double diffusive systems, such as solar ponds. The first two facets are flow visualization experiments and one-dimensional laboratory tank tests [1]. Data from these experiments, in addition to other data from the literature, are used to validate the one-dimensional dynamic performance pond model developed by one of the authors [2]. Our particular interest is the boundary-layer structure at the interfaces between the convecting and nonconvecting zones, interaction between the zones, and surface zone effects including diurnal heating effects and wind-induced turbulence. A pond, such as the one this paper describes, provides possible insight into several pond physical processes that may not occur in smaller-scale laboratory experiments due to edge effects, or may be impossible to simulate.

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