Summary
A steady-state thermal model of airflow in a solar chimney power plant, built on a buoyancy-corrected Bernoulli equation and the ideal gas law, compares a constant-density chimney with a discretised one where air density varies with height. Assuming constant density simplifies analysis but overestimates power output. Chimney height, collector radius, irradiance and turbine head drive the design, with peak power varying non-monotonically with turbine head.
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