Comparison of conventional solar chimney power plants and sloped solar chimney power plants using second law analysis

Solar Energy

Volumn 98, Issue , 2013, Pages 78-84

  Koonsrisuk, Atit ^a  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Entropy generation; Mathematical model; Second law efficiency; Sloped solar chimney power plant; Solar chimney power plant; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY GENERATION; ENTROPY GENERATION NUMBERS; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; SECOND LAW ANALYSIS; SECOND-LAW; SOLAR CHIMNEY POWER PLANT;

EFFICIENCY; ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POWER PLANTS; SOLAR CHIMNEYS; SOLAR ENERGY;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84887020548     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.02.037     Document Type: Article

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