Numerical analysis on the influence of ambient crosswind on the performance of solar updraft power plant system

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 5567-5583

  Ming, Tingzhen ^a   Wang, Xinjiang ^a   De Richter, Renaud Kiesgen ^b   Liu, Wei ^a   Wu, Tianhua ^a   Pan, Yuan ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Tour solairefr   (France)

Author keywords

Ambient crosswind; Chimney; Collector; Output power; Solar updraft power plant system (SUPPS)

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CROSSWIND; CHIMNEY EFFECT; COLLECTOR; GEOMETRICAL MODELS; MASS FLOW RATE; OUTPUT POWER; POWER PLANT SYSTEM; SOLAR THERMAL APPLICATIONS; SYSTEM OUTPUT;

CHIMNEYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POWER PLANTS;

SOLAR CHIMNEYS;

EID: 84866891738     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.04.055     Document Type: Review

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