A comprehensive approach to design and improve a solar chimney power plant: A special case – Kerman project

Gholamalizadeh, Ehsan; Mansouri, S. H.

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.06.012

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“…For the purpose of improving the function, the effects of the collector diameter, and chimney diameter and height on the generated power in solar insolation of 800 W/m 2 were investigated by Gholamalizadeh et al. [27].…”

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A review on solar chimney systems

Kasaeian

Molana

Rahmani

et al. 2017

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

143

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The increased utilization of solar energy has gained the attention of researchers to develop the solar chimney (SC) technology in recent years. Many studies have been conducted in this aear both experimentally and theoretically, whereas experimental studies are mainly focused on small-scale systems. This work provides a comprehensive and updated review that include most of the experimental studies, analytical and simulation works, the solar chimney applications, hybrid systems and geographical case studies based on extended references, citation of the updated works and the specified way of looking at different sections. The technological gaps in differnet sections are identified and a summary of suggestions is given for the future work, including more experimental works on the large-scale systems, and CFD analyses for optimization between the geometrical parameters and the output power. More studies on new applications of solar chimney technology including hybrid systems are also recommended.

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Section: Review On Experimental Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review on solar chimney systems

Kasaeian

Molana

Rahmani

et al. 2017

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

143

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“…A validated comprehensive mathematical modeling to design the SCPP was developed in [15]. This model is used to calculate the objective functions of the optimization process in this study.…”

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“…where the boundary condition in the appropriate ground's depth can be expressed as a constant temperature boundary which is of the same value as ambient air temperature [15].…”

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“…In this case, Burger's correlation is applicable to calculate the convective heat transfer coefficient between the ground surface and airflow through the collector [15] as given below:…”

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“…The main parts of the SCPP, including the collector, wind turbine, and chimney were modeled theoretically, and the equations were solved numerically by Koonsrisuk and Chitsomboon [14]. Gholamalizadeh and Mansouri [15] developed a comprehensive mathematical model to calculate the performance and total expenditure of an SCPP. Moreover, in several investigations, a coupled set of conservation equations of mass, momentum, and energy have been solved using computational fluid dynamics (CFD).…”

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Multi-Objective Optimization of a Solar Chimney Power Plant with Inclined Collector Roof Using Genetic Algorithm

Gholamalizadeh

Kim

2016

Energies

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This paper presents an optimization of a solar chimney power plant with an inclined collector roof using genetic algorithms. Five design parameters that affect the system performance are the collector radius, collector inlet height, collector outlet height, chimney height and diameter. A multi-objective design to simultaneously optimize three conflicting objectives including system efficiency, power output and expenditure is used. Based on this approach, obtaining the best combination of the possible geometrical parameters, performance of two built pilot power plants in Kerman (Iran) and Manzanares (Spain) are optimized thermo-economically. The heights of the zero-slope collectors of the Kerman and Manzanares systems are 2 m and 1.85 m, respectively. The results show that in the Kerman pilot the optimal collector inlet and outlet heights are 1.5 m and 2.95 m, respectively, while those optimal heights in the Manzanares prototype are 1.5 m and 4.6 m, respectively. It is found that selecting the optimal collector roof configuration in addition to the other design parameters has a significant effect in the system optimization process.

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Numerical Investigation of Flow and Performance Characters of Diverged Chimney Solar Updraft Tower

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2022

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A comprehensive approach to design and improve a solar chimney power plant: A special case – Kerman project

Cited by 72 publications

References 18 publications

A review on solar chimney systems

A review on solar chimney systems

Multi-Objective Optimization of a Solar Chimney Power Plant with Inclined Collector Roof Using Genetic Algorithm

Numerical Investigation of Flow and Performance Characters of Diverged Chimney Solar Updraft Tower

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