Solar Chimney Cycle Analysis With System Loss and Solar Collector Performance

Summary

Builds on the idealized air-standard thermodynamic cycle of a solar chimney power plant by adding losses from chimney wall friction, the turbine, the overall system and the kinetic energy of air leaving the stack, together with a basic collector model that links airflow rate to heating. Predictions for a full-size plant are checked by simulating a small prototype and comparing with its measured data.

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