Summary
CFD simulations of a 1 MW solar chimney power plant planned for southern Tunisia feed a cost model used to size its chimney height, chimney radius and collector radius, followed by a levelized-cost-of-electricity assessment. The optimised design would generate about 2.1 GWh per year at roughly 0.105 TND/kWh while avoiding substantial CO2 emissions over its lifetime.
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