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7572352 Method and plant for desalinating salt-containing water  
Salt-containing water is desalinated by first passing salt-containing water through a heat exchanger disposed in a basin containing solar-heated brine formed by several layers of water lying one...
5665174 Platform for recovering solar energy  
In a device designed as a rotatably mounted platform (a) for recovering solar electricity, the focusing roof layer (3) further deflects the incident radiation so that the light beams (122, 123,...
5601074 Automatic solar heating system  
The invention relates to an automatic solar heating system for open-air swimming pools with a basin (2) for holding the bathing water, including a solar heating means with a walkable basin boundary...
5445177 Platform for the utilization of solar power  
The invention relates to a platform of the utilization of solar power which makes use of linear concentrators to beam the solar radiation for use in thermal, chemical or photovoltaic solar power...
5188550 Apparatus and method for creating a floatable thermal and evaporation barrier  
A device (20) for reducing evaporation and energy transfer between fluids, the surface (12) of which is exposed to environmental elements. A plurality of buoyant, homogenous evaporation devices...
4756300 Solar water heater, method of construction and stock water heating system  
A solar water heater apparatus particularly useful for stock tanks in remote locations has an open water tank, a heater floated in the tank with a portion of the heater below the water, and means...
4628906 Method and installation for raising the water temperature in inland basins  
The present invention is directed to a method for increasing the thermic content and, therefore, the water temperature in inland open water basins which have, therefore, an outlet or drain. The...
4622949 Floating solar pond and associated power plant  
A floating solar pond includes a reservoir of an aqueous solution having a predetermined density, and structure for enclosing a body of solution and segregating it from the reservoir. The enclosed...
4621612 Solar pond and method of establishing the same  
A solar pond of large scale comprises an intake and a return outlet which are not fixedly disposed but are movable in the direction of water depth. The intake and the return outlet are connected...
4572159 Temperature stabilized solar reservoir  
The invention relates to a temperature stabilized solar reservoir for trapping sunlight and storing solar energy in the solar reservoir itself, which includes a vessel (1) with a bed of a heat...
4537179 Polymer-gel covered solar energy collector and storage unit  
An aqueous gel comprising water and a cross-linked polyacrylamide provides a transparent, thermally insulating cover for a solar pond. Heat losses from the top of the pond to the atmosphere due to...
4512332 Stable density stratification solar pond  
A stable density-stratification solar pond 10 for use in the collection and storage of solar thermal energy including a container 12 having a first section 14 characterized by an internal wall of a...
4498454 Method of and means for seasonally storing heat in a body of water  
Heat is stored in a closed basin having a net inflow of relatively fresher water connected by a strait to a larger body of relatively saltier water by selectively controlling the exchange of water...
4479486 Method for utilization of oil field waste brine to develop a salt gradient solar pond  
A process and method is disclosed for utilizing oil field waste brine to develop and maintain a salt gradient solar pond which in turn provides thermal energy for doing work, including improved...
4470403 Saltless solar pond  
A solar pond (16) adapted for efficiently trapping and storing radiant solar energy without the use of a salt concentration gradient in the pond is disclosed. A body of water (20) which may be...
4465056 Method and means for removing heat from a heat storage layer of water  
A heat storage pond, of the type having a lower heat storage layer of water covered by an insulating layer, has a partition that extends from a location on the periphery of the pond toward an...
4462389 Method of trapping and utilizing solar heat  
A horizontal highly concentrated body of an aqueous solution constitute a solar pond in which the liquid body is divided into two horizontal strata (an upper and a lower stratum) of different...
4461276 Aqueous gel for heat storage pond and method for making the gel  
A gel is formed by copolymerizing an acrylic monofunctional monomer and an acrylic bifunctional monomer in an aqueous solution exposed to an oxygen containing atmosphere. Spontaneous polymerization...
4459970 Solar steam generating and distribution system  
Applicant's invention comprises a system for the generation and distribution of steam by solar energy comprising apparatus for the solar energy generation of steam. The system is comprised of an...
4452227 Active thermal storage using the ground underlying a solar pond  
An apparatus is presented for actively using the ground underlying a solar pond for storage of heat accumulated in the pond. Heated water will be injected down shallow wells and percolated through...
4429683 Gradient zone boundary control in salt gradient solar ponds  
A method and apparatus for suppressing zone boundary migration in a salt gradient solar pond includes extending perforated membranes across the pond at the boundaries, between the convective and...
4380993 Combined solar collector and storage pond  
The deep storage pond may comprise a flexible plastic bag or a rigid plastic compartment supported by a containment structure which may comprise insulating and supporting walls underground with an...
4350143 Solar power station having groups of solar collectors  
A solar power station comprising two groups of solar collectors joined together to form an annular platform which floats on a body of water. Each of the collectors of one group has a solar...
4328788 Heat storage in a pond containing a saturated aqueous saline solution  
Installation and method for the storage of thermal energy and its supply when required. The thermal energy may be solar or be derived from industry. For storage a pond is used which holds an...
4327706 Solar pond apparatus  
An improved Solar Pond Apparatus is described which comprises a solar pond means having a substantially flat, extended surface with upwardly directed sides thereof to retain the liquid while the...
4326498 Solar canal  
This invention relates generally to a device for the collection of solar energy and the production and storage of heat for industrial processes, space heating, cooling and other processes where...
4315500 Collection of solar energy  
Apparatus for collecting solar energy comprises one or more solar energy collectors attached to a frame which floats on a pool of water, and means for orienting the frame relative to the azimuthal...
4315496 Apparatus for storage and recovery of low temperature thermal energy  
A novel method and device is provided herein for improved storage and recovery of low temperature thermal energy from a mass capable of storing such energy by heat exchange with a heat carrying...
4249518 Method for maintaining a correct density gradient in a non-convecting solar pond  
The present invention resides in a method and apparatus for maintaining a substantially constant salt density gradient in a non-convecting salt gradient pond. The apparatus for carrying out the...
4244351 Solar collection system  
The concentration of the solute in solution in a saturated non-convecting solar pond is greatest at a lower hotter level decreases continuously toward a higher cooler level and is saturated at all...
4241724 Method and means of preventing heat convection in a solar pond  
A method and means of preventing heat convection in a solar pond is disclosed with the means comprising a liner element adapted to cover the sides and floor of a solar pond with the liner element...
4235221 Solar energy system and apparatus  
The present invention relates to solar energy collection and distribution systems and more particularly to such systems wherein the solar energy collecting elements, arrays or sections are disposed...
4121567 Solar energy collecting pond and covering therefor  
A buoyant, solar radiation-transparent covering for a water-containing, solar energy collecting pond. The pond is intended for utilization in the generation of power and/or the recovery of potable...
4108156 Solar-heated stock tank  
A heated stock tank with insulated walls and a drinking trough on a side is surrounded by a larger stock tank to protect it from livestock. The heated stock tank has a steel plate above the water....
4091800 Solar pond  
Use of shallow pools of liquid to collect low-temperature solar generated thermal energy on a large scale for commercial use becomes economically feasible when use is made of efficient means to...
3931851 Liquid aquifer energy storage method  
A liquid aquifer energy storage method by which hot water is collected and stored in underground aquifers during the summer months and made available for heating during winter months. The liquid...
3372691 Method and system for maintaining a vertically varying concentration in a liquid solution and for converting bodies of water into efficient solar collectors  
3161193 Pool-type solar heat and energy collector  
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