Stability of salt gradient solar pond salinity profile is examined under transient thermal phase. The analysis is done for straight as well as parabolic salinity profile. It is observed that the stability criterion at the upper interface of salinity profile is satisfied for a thin non-convective...

This paper proposes a common performance parameter for different solar cooker types in place of different performance parameters hitherto being used for each type. The performance parameter called cooker opto-thermal ratio (COR) is based on the Hottel–Whillier–Bliss (HWB) equation and may be...