A Text Book of Solar Pond Technology

Solar ponds represent one of the simplest methods for directly collecting solar irradiation and converting it to thermal energy. Moreover, it is a solar power collector and a thermal storage unit at the same time. Salt gradient solar pond technology is ideally suited to arid and semi-arid areas, the thermal energy from which can then be employed to generate power for desalination purposes. Salinity-gradient solar technologies can deliver energy at night or during periods of cloudy weather with no short-term degradation in quality. It saves money as the cost associated with it is only its initial cost.”