NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS ON A SOLAR CHIMNEY INTEGRATED IN A BUILDING FACADE

Summary

Fluent simulations with a turbulence model and tests on a prototype are combined to examine a facade-mounted solar chimney whose duct narrows between an upright and a slanted wall, assessing how channel height and gap width shape airflow and heating; preliminary measurements on a rig 4 m tall and 1.5 m wide report heated-wall temperatures and channel velocities.

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