Simulation of a pilot solar chimney thermal power generating equipment

Renewable Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1637-1644

  Zhou, Xinping ^a   Yang, Jiakuan ^a   Xiao, Bo ^a   Hou, Guoxiang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chimney; Power output; Solar collector; Turbine generator

Indexed keywords

CHIMNEYS; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR RADIATION; TURBOGENERATORS;

POWER OUTPUT; SOLAR CHIMNEY; THERMAL POWER GENERATING SYSTEM;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

CHIMNEYS; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR RADIATION; TURBOGENERATORS;

ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 33847369099     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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