Summary
Proposes a chimney-tower system that turns low-temperature waste heat, represented by hot water, into electricity by heating air whose updraft drives a turbine. A first- and second-law thermodynamic model shows how source temperature, ambient temperature and heat-exchange area affect flow, power, and energy and exergy efficiency; updraft velocity is less sensitive to these changes than mass flow or pressure difference.
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