Summary
Develops a theoretical model of solar chimney power plants that treats air as a compressible ideal gas and examines how collector and chimney flow areas affect the optimal turbine pressure drop factor and fluid power. The optimum is 2/3 when density is held constant but approaches 1 when density varies. Enlarging the chimney cross-section or narrowing the inlets raises output, though stronger solar heat input matters more than shape optimization.
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