Research Article

A Technical Note on Fabrication and Thermal Performance Studies of a Solar Pond Model

Table 3

Efficiencies variation of three different zones of solar ponds “A” and “B”.

DayEfficiencies for pond A (%)Efficiencies for pond B (%)
D/M/YUCZNCZLCZUCZNCZLCZ

8/5/20122.09 4.3111.213.127.83 18.82
15/5/2012 1.83 3.98 7.87 2.97 7.02 13.61
22/5/2012 1.51 3.71 7.53 2.06 6.32 11.98
29/5/2012 1.03 2.92 6.24 1.98 5.96 10.73
5/6/2012 1.81 3.69 7.79 2.83 6.73 13.37
12/6/2012 2.03 4.45 11.63 3.43 8.42 18.54
19/6/2012 0.91 2.11 6.17 1.71 5.04 9.01
26/6/2012 0.98 39 471.845.4110.31