Abstract :
This paper involves the prediction of convective layers on the sidewalls of a solar pond. A three-dimensional finitevolume
method for incompressible flows with different initial and boundary conditions is applied for the solution of
convective layers generated on solar pond walls. A parametric study was conducted to predict the effects of wall tilt
angle and salt concentration on the characteristics of the convective layers.
Comparison of the present numerical results with experimental data from previous studies shows that it is possible to
capture the flow features of the convective layers. Furthermore, the trends predicted for the effects of the tilt angles and
the salt concentrations agrees well with that obtained from experimental data.
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