Summary
Numerical simulations examine how reverse flow penetrates a ventilation solar chimney and how strongly it affects buoyancy-driven airflow. Tilting the passive wall is proposed to suppress the reversal; for Rayleigh numbers between 10^9 and 10^11, an optimal tilt angle and aspect ratio maximise mass flow. Scaling analysis and flow visualization tests back the simulations.
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