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Energy and exergy analysis of the airflow inside a solar chimney

Maia, Cristiana Brasil, et al. "Energy and exergy analysis of the airflow inside a solar chimney." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 27 (2013): 350-361.
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.06.020

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Summary

Data recorded on a prototype solar chimney feed a thermodynamic assessment of its internal air stream, applying both energy conservation and second-law reasoning to estimate heat and available-work losses to the environment, plus the resulting second-law efficiency. Of two reference-environment choices compared, adopting the minimum ambient value gave smaller losses and better efficiency than using the time-varying ambient reading.

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