Computing flow in a solar chimney plant subject to atmospheric winds

Proceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference 2004, HT/FED 2004

Volumn 2 B, Issue , 2004, Pages 1153-1162

  Serag Eldin, M A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TURBOGENERATORS; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC WINDS; CHIMNEY STACK; RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVICES; SOLAR CHIMNEY;

SOLAR HEATING;

EID: 21544474128     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ht-fed2004-56651     Document Type: Conference Paper

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