A computational study of salt diffusion and heat extraction in solar pond plants

Solar Energy

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1498-1508

  Angeli, Celestino ^a   Leonardi, Erminia ^b   Maciocco, Luca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Italy)

^c ADACAP Advanced Acceleration Applications   (France)

Author keywords

Finite difference 1D numerical methods; Salt diffusion; Solar pond; Thermodiffusion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SALTS; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

FINITE DIFFERENCE 1D NUMERICAL METHODS; HEAT EXTRACTION; SALT DIFFUSION;

SOLAR PONDS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SALTS; SOLAR PONDS; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT PRODUCTION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; POND; SALT; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 33751171767     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2005.10.015     Document Type: Article

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