Counter-rotating turbines for solar chimney power plants

Renewable Energy

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1873-1891

  Denantes, F ^a   Bilgen, E ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Counter rotating turbine; Solar chimney

Indexed keywords

CHIMNEYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POWER PLANTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

COUNTER-ROTATING TURBINES; OFF-DESIGN PERFORMANCE MODELS; SOLAR CHIMNEY; SOLAR RADIATION MODELS;

TURBINES;

CHIMNEYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POWER PLANTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; TURBINES; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; POWER PLANT; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBINE;

EID: 33746471162     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2005.09.018     Document Type: Article

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