Summary
Combines laboratory tests with theoretical analysis of a building solar chimney heated by a uniform wall heat flux, with gap-to-height ratios from 0.1 to 0.5. Temperature and velocity fields proved strongly nonuniform, the best ratio was about 0.4, and reverse flow appeared at wider gaps. An improved airflow prediction model that accounts for changing outlet pressure losses agreed with the measurements.
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