Shallow solar ponds for industrial process heat - The ERDA-Sohio project
Abstract
Shallow solar ponds to supply cost-competitive solar heated water for industrial use have been developed. A prototype system has been built and put into operation at the site of a new uranium mine and milling complex near Grants, New Mexico. When operational, a projected full-size system is expected to furnish approximately half of the 10 to the fifth GJ annual site process heat requirement. A description of the physical features of shallow solar ponds is presented along with a method for analyzing pond performance. An economic analysis of the projected solar system is provided.
- Publication:
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Sharing the Sun: Solar Technology in the Seventies, Volume 5
- Pub Date:
- 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976ssst....5..117D
- Keywords:
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- Cost Effectiveness;
- Economic Analysis;
- Industrial Energy;
- Performance Prediction;
- Solar Heating;
- Solar Ponds (Heat Storage);
- Energy Technology;
- Pilot Plants;
- Prototypes;
- Systems Engineering;
- Thermal Insulation;
- Energy Production and Conversion