Numerical study of the thermal characteristics of a solar chimney for creating interior multi-climate zones

Summary

Simulations, validated against experimental data, examine whether a very large solar chimney heated by solar radiation, steel-plant waste heat and groundwater could host climate zones for plant cultivation. Air warms by roughly 6 °C in summer and 17 °C in winter. Lowering the collector inlet or shrinking the radius has little effect until a threshold, beyond which flow and temperatures change markedly.

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