Dependence of sound velocity on salinity and temperature in saline solutions

An ultrasonic velocimeter has previously been developed and tested for the measurement of salinity distributions in salt-gradient solar ponds. The results of the previous study were salinity relations for NaCl solutions as a function of speed of sound and temperature over the salinity and temperatur...

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Published in:Solar energy 1991, Vol.46 (6), p.371-375
Main Authors: Kleis, S.J., Sanchez, L.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
141000 - Solar Collectors & Concentrators
ACOUSTIC MONITORING
AGUA SALINA
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
Applied sciences
AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
CALCIUM CHLORIDES
CALCIUM COMPOUNDS
CALCIUM HALIDES
CAPTEUR SOLAIRE
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
COLECTORES SOLARES
DISPERSIONS
EAU SALINE
ENERGIA SOLAR
ENERGIE SOLAIRE
Energy
EQUATIONS
ESTANQUES
ETANG
Exact sciences and technology
FORECASTING
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MAGNESIUM CHLORIDES
MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS
MAGNESIUM SULFATES
Marine
MATEMATICAS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATHEMATICS
MATHEMATIQUE
MEASUREMENT
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MEDICION
MESURE
Miscellaneous
MIXTURES
MONITORING
Natural energy
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PONDS
SALINE WATER
SALINIDAD
SALINITE
SALINITY
SALINITY GRADIENTS
SEAWATER
SODIUM CHLORIDES
SODIUM COMPOUNDS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR PONDS
SOLUTIONS
sound speed
SOUND WAVES
SULFATES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SURFACE WATERS
TEMPERATURA
TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
ULTRASON
ULTRASONIC WAVES
ULTRASONICS
ULTRASONIDO
VELOCIMETERS
WATER
WAVE PROPAGATION
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Summary:An ultrasonic velocimeter has previously been developed and tested for the measurement of salinity distributions in salt-gradient solar ponds. The results of the previous study were salinity relations for NaCl solutions as a function of speed of sound and temperature over the salinity and temperature ranges commonly encountered in solar ponds. The present work develops similar relations for several other common single salt solutions. Also, a general relationship which gives the change in sound speed as a function of salinity and temperature for a mixture of salts is developed. This relation allows the prediction of salinity as a function of speed of sound and temperature in any solar pond based only on the composition of salts in the pond and the individual constituent salt calibration relations. The present results show that the general relation accurately predicts sound speed behavior in bittern solutions. Extension of the results to mixtures with large fractions of constituent salts has yet to be demonstrated.
ISSN:0038-092X
1471-1257
DOI:10.1016/0038-092X(91)90052-X