Effects of flow area changes on the potential of solar chimney power plants

Energy

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 400-406

  Koonsrisuk, Atit ^a   Chitsomboon, Tawit ^a  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Convergent top solar chimney; Divergent top solar chimney; Performance enhancement; Solar chimney power plant; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

KINETICS; ROOFS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

CFD TECHNOLOGIES; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FLOW PROPERTIES; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; PLANT PERFORMANCE; SOLAR CHIMNEY POWER PLANT; TALL CHIMNEY; THEORETICAL MODELS;

SOLAR CHIMNEYS;

AIRFLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; KINETIC ENERGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER PLANT; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84875408332     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.12.051     Document Type: Article

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