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A Model to Estimate Ambient Conditions and Behavior of the Airflow Inside a Solar Chimney

Silva, Janaína Oliveira Castro, et al. "A Model to Estimate Ambient Conditions and Behavior of the Airflow Inside a Solar Chimney." Springer eBooks (2015): 661-671.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-18215-5_59

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Summary

Models ambient conditions and internal airflow for a small solar chimney prototype in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, using literature correlations for diffuse radiation, ambient temperature and convection together with an energy balance. Hourly simulations over a full year matched measurements well, including four autumn test days. The largest discrepancies appeared in the night-time mass flow rate.

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