O. Belhadj
Dépôt Institutionnel de lUniversité de Tlemcen
IMPROVING THE THERMO-ENERGETIC PERFORMANCES OF A SOLAR CHIMNEY THROUGH EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL METHODS O. Belhadj Thesis examining how the height-to-base-length ratio of a trapezoidal-prism solar chimney affects its ventilation efficiency, combining tests on three shapes, new correlations for airflow and efficiency, and CFD of a wind-assisted exhaust design. Efficiency peaks at a ratio near 1.65, and a RETScreen analysis suggests each square metre of chimney can ventilate about 37 m2 of living space.
Building ventilation
Experimental
Numerical / CFD
2023
Dépôt Institutionnel de lUniversité de Tlemcen
no
2023-10-14 12:00:00 00002194
improving the thermo-energetic performances of a solar chimney through experimental and numerical methods
2023
Dépôt Institutionnel de lUniversité de Tlemcen
O. Belhadj
Summary
Thesis examining how the height-to-base-length ratio of a trapezoidal-prism solar chimney affects its ventilation efficiency, combining tests on three shapes, new correlations for airflow and efficiency, and CFD of a wind-assisted exhaust design. Efficiency peaks at a ratio near 1.65, and a RETScreen analysis suggests each square metre of chimney can ventilate about 37 m² of living space.
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