Numerical analysis of flow and heat transfer characteristics in solar chimney power plants with energy storage layer

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2872-2879

  Ming, Tingzhen ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Pan, Yuan ^a   Xu, Guoliang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chimney; Collector; Energy storage layer; Solar chimney power plant

Indexed keywords

AIR; CHIMNEYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FLYWHEELS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING EQUIPMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POWER PLANTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; SUN; THERMOANALYSIS;

AIR FLOWS; CHIMNEY; COLLECTOR; ENERGY STORAGE LAYER; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; SOLAR CHIMNEY POWER PLANT; SOLAR CHIMNEY POWER PLANT SYSTEM; SOLAR CHIMNEYS; STORAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

ENERGY STORAGE;

EID: 48849113507     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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