Numerical analysis on the performance of solar chimney power plant system

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 876-883

  Xu, Guoliang ^a   Ming, Tingzhen ^a   Pan, Yuan ^a   Meng, Fanlong ^a   Zhou, Cheng ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; COLLECTOR; ENERGY LOSS; ENERGY STORAGE LAYER; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; MASS FLOW RATE OF AIR; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OUTPUT POWER; POWER GENERATING TECHNOLOGIES; POWER OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS; SOLAR CHIMNEY POWER PLANT; SOLAR CHIMNEY POWER PLANT SYSTEM; TURBINE EFFICIENCY;

AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLYWHEELS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POWER PLANTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; TURBINES;

SOLAR CHIMNEYS;

EID: 78649321125     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2010.08.014     Document Type: Article

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