Solar Chimney Turbine: Part 1 of 2 — Design

Summary

Proposes a turbine for a full-scale solar chimney power plant, built into the chimney base, whose radially offset support legs double as inlet guide vanes that add pre-whirl and cut exit kinetic energy. A three-stage design procedure is used: free vortex sizing, matrix throughflow analysis, then optimised low-drag blade profiles. The resulting turbine recovers more than 80% of the flow's available power.

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