Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Collector Profile, Tower Diameter and Tower Height on the Performance of Small-Scale Solar Updraft Power Generator
Abstract:The performance of a small-scale solar updraft power generator is experimentally investigated under the effects of collector profile, tower diameter and tower height. The updraft velocity and temperature are measured from a total of 36 experiment cases. The current study's objective is investigating the optimum configuration that produces maximum updraft velocity and mechanical power output. The highest average updraft velocity of 1.22 m/s was recorded in experiment case number A-20. The highest average mechan… Show more
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