Investigation on the performance of a small-scale solar chimney power plant for different geometrical parameters using experimental

Mohd Yunos, Ahmad Zakwan (2021) Investigation on the performance of a small-scale solar chimney power plant for different geometrical parameters using experimental. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

In recent years, there has been a lot of interest in developing solar updraft tower (SUT) technology because of the increased use of solar energy. Many experimental and theoretical studies have been conducted in this area, with experimental studies focusing primarily on small-scale systems. The result predictions ware validated through comparison of five previous studies with the experimental data of indoor scale solar updraft tower. The results show that, collector height of 0.1 m, chimney height of 1 m, area of collector of 4.67 m² and solar radiation intensity of 300 W/m² are the best alternatives for construction of small-scale solar updraft tower. It is found that the velocity magnitude obtained is 0.4375 m/s with 307.51 K of temperature inside the solar collector. The height of chimney, area of collector and solar radiation intensity are also the most important physical variables for solar updraft tower design, according to the comparison.

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