Summary
Proposes a solar chimney power plant combined with seawater desalination, modelling its transient heat transfer and validating the model against outdoor tests of a prototype. Water depth strongly shapes performance: shallow water raises freshwater yield and theoretical power, while deeper water smooths day–night output and steadies operation, with little effect on daily solar energy utilisation.
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