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2. Floating solar - Wikipedia

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   Floating photovoltaic on an irrigation pond. Floating solar or floating photovoltaics (FPV), sometimes called floatovoltaics, are solar panels mounted on a structure that floats. The structures that hold the solar panels usually consist of plastic buoys and cables. They are then placed on a body of water.

3. Solar still - Wikipedia

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   In 1952, the United States military developed a portable solar still for pilots stranded in the ocean. It featured an inflatable 610-millimetre (24 in) floating plastic ball, with a flexible tube in the side. An inner bag hangs from attachment points on the outer bag. Seawater is poured into the inner bag from an opening in the ball's neck.

4. Solar pond - Wikipedia

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   Solar Evaporation Ponds in the Atacama Desert. The largest operating solar pond for electricity generation was the Beit HaArava pond built in Israel and operated up until 1988. It had an area of 210,000 m² and gave an electrical output of 5 MW. [3] India was the first Asian country to have established a solar pond in Bhuj, in Gujarat.

5. Evaporation pond - Wikipedia

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   Evaporation ponds are artificial ponds with very large surface areas that are designed to efficiently evaporate water by sunlight and expose water to the ambient temperatures. [1] Evaporation ponds are inexpensive to design making them ideal for multiple purposes such as wastewater treatment processes, storage, and extraction of minerals .

6. Kugel fountain - Wikipedia

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   Kugel fountains can be found all over the world. Many are at popular tourist destinations, such as science museums, [ 4 ] shopping centers, lobbies, and gardens. Kugel is the German word for ball or sphere .

7. External floating roof tank - Wikipedia

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   External floating roof tank (double deck type) An external floating roof tank is a storage tank commonly used to store large quantities of petroleum products such as crude oil or condensate. It consists of an open- topped cylindrical steel shell equipped with a roof that floats on the surface of the stored liquid.