Summary
A model of an inclined rooftop solar chimney couples spectral solar radiation with convective heat transfer, using empirical stack-effect and heat-transfer correlations to estimate surface temperatures before refining them through iterative CFD runs. Once converged, the approach yields the chimney's airflow rate and thermal behaviour, and is applied to predict ventilation flow under different configurations and irradiance levels.
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