Summary
A solar chimney power plant variant whose collector is a solar wall with a porous plate is proposed, and its coupled-cavity airflow and heat transfer are modelled with a two-equation porous medium approach. Raising permeability speeds chimney flow but makes inlet flow uneven, lowers temperature rise and draft, and makes power peak then fall, so an optimal permeability exists.
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