Investigating the Integration of Solar Chimney Power Plants with Photovoltaic Thermal Systems Under Various Weather Conditions

Summary

Numerical simulations compare several configurations of a solar chimney power plant coupled with photovoltaic-thermal collectors against a conventional chimney plant, a chimney with plain PV panels, and standalone PV, using weather data for Austin, San Diego and Phoenix. The PVT hybrid gives the best efficiency, and its performance, driven mainly by the PV output, is similar across the three cities.

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