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A solar power plant and still is disclosed in which a heat source for a Rankine Cycle engine is provided by a shallow pond which is covered by a sheet of suitable material, i.e., plastic; and which has a layer of air between the pond and the cover, flowing in accordance with a flue-induced motion, a

A solar power plant and still is disclosed in which a heat source for a Rankine Cycle engine is provided by a shallow pond which is covered by a sheet of suitable material, i.e., plastic; and which has a layer of air between the pond and the cover, flowing in accordance with a flue-induced motion, and moving water vapor from the pond through the flue. Because both the ambient air and the water supply enter at the periphery of the pond, at a location remote from the flue, their temperature gradients both rise from the pond periphery toward the flue.

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A solar energy system comprising: a water pond which is heated by solar energy; a cover above the pond which transmits solar energy; an air space between the pond and the cover through which warm air and vaporized water move; a chimney which induces the rapid flow of warm humid air into its lower en

A solar energy system comprising: a water pond which is heated by solar energy; a cover above the pond which transmits solar energy; an air space between the pond and the cover through which warm air and vaporized water move; a chimney which induces the rapid flow of warm humid air into its lower end and delivers such air at its upper end; a fresh water heat sink which receives condensed vapor from the chimney-induced flow; a heat energy driven engine, the power output of which is a function of the temperature difference between higher and lower temperature levels; a first heat exchanger in the engine connected to the top of the chimney, and arranged to convert the vapor condensation energy into the higher temperature level of the engine; a second heat exchanger in the engine arranged to provide the lower temperature of the engine by connection to the heat sink; and power transfer means driven by the temperature differential energy of the engine.