Effects of climatic conditions on the performance of carnallite solar ponds

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1037-1048

  Jubran, B A ^a   El Baz, A R ^a   Hamdan, M A ^a   Badran, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Carnallite; Plastic rings; Solar ponds; Stability; Wind effect

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; HYDRODYNAMICS; PERFORMANCE; RAIN; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOLAR ENERGY; STABILITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WIND EFFECTS;

CARNALLITE SOLAR PONDS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; PLASTIC RINGS; SALINITY GRADIENT; WIND SUPPRESSORS;

SOLAR PONDS;

EID: 0030379708     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-114X(199612)20:12<1037::AID-ER216>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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