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Line 30: − """Solar pond""" is a pool of saltwater which acts as a large-scale solar thermal energy collector. A solar pond can be used for various applications, such as process heating, desalination, refrigeration, drying and solar power generation.+
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A solar pond is simply a pool of saltwater which collects and stores solar thermal energy. <br> The saltwater naturally forms a vertical salinity gradient also known as a halocline, in which low-salinity water floats on top of high-salinity water. The layers of salt solutions increase in concentration with depth. Below a certain depth, the solution has a uniformly high salt concentration.
A solar pond is simply a pool of saltwater which collects and stores solar thermal energy. <br> The saltwater naturally forms a vertical salinity gradient also known as a halocline, in which low-salinity water floats on top of high-salinity water. The layers of salt solutions increase in concentration with depth. Below a certain depth, the solution has a uniformly high salt concentration.
There are 3 distinct layers of water in the pond:
There are 3 distinct layers of water in the pond: