Numerical Modelling of a Solar Chimney Power Plant

Summary

Uses a 3-D steady CFD model of an entire solar chimney power plant, 100 m tall with a 100 m collector roof radius, with realizable k-ε turbulence and discrete-ordinates radiation so that solar load can be applied directly. The initial results show that CFD can handle the coupled aerodynamic and thermal behaviour and can be used to optimise the plant's geometry.

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