Analytical thermal analysis of solar chimney power plant

Mohammad O. Hamdan

doi:10.1115/ES2010-90015

Analytical thermal analysis of solar chimney power plant

Mohammad O. Hamdan

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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Abstract

An analytical model and a thermodynamics study of the steady airflow inside a solar chimney are performed in this paper. A simplified Bernoulli equation combined with fluid dynamics and ideal gas equation are modeled and solved using EES solver to predict the performance of a solar chimney power plant. The analytical model is validated against an experimental and numerical data available in the literature. The developed analytical model is used to evaluate the effect of geometric parameters on the solar plant power generation. The analysis is showing that the height and diameter of the tower are the most important physical variables for the solar chimney design. The collector area has minimal effect on second-law efficiency but strong effect on harvested energy. The second law efficiency has non-monotonic relation with the turbine head.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2010
Pages	451-455
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/ES2010-90015
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2010 - Phoenix, AZ, United States Duration: May 17 2010 → May 22 2010

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Name	ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2010
Volume	1

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Other	ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2010
Country/Territory	United States
City	Phoenix, AZ
Period	5/17/10 → 5/22/10

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

Atmospheric updraft
Buoyancy force
Green energy
Solar chimney
Solar collector

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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Hamdan, MO 2010, Analytical thermal analysis of solar chimney power plant. in ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2010. ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2010, vol. 1, pp. 451-455, ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2010, Phoenix, AZ, United States, 5/17/10. https://doi.org/10.1115/ES2010-90015

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