Examining potential benefits of combining a chimney with a salinity gradient solar pond for production of power in salt affected areas

Solar Energy

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1345-1359

  Akbarzadeh, Aliakbar ^a   Johnson, Peter ^a   Singh, Randeep ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Renewable energy; Salinity gradient; Salt affected areas; Salt production; Solar chimney; Solar pond

Indexed keywords

AFFECTED AREA; AIR TURBINE; DEPTH 3; EFFICIENT METHOD; MITIGATION SCHEMES; OUTPUT POWER; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PRELIMINARY DESIGN; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SALINITY GRADIENT; SALINITY GRADIENT SOLAR PONDS; SALT PRODUCTION; SOLAR CHIMNEY; TALL CHIMNEY; THERMAL MASS; VICTORIA , AUSTRALIA;

CHIMNEYS; LAKES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR PONDS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SALINITY; SOLAR POWER; WIND TURBINE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 67649416064     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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