CFD analysis for solar chimney power plants

Fasel, Hermann; Shams, Ehsan; Gross, Andreas

dc.contributor.author	Fasel, Hermann
dc.contributor.author	Shams, Ehsan
dc.contributor.author	Gross, Andreas
dc.date.accessioned	2015-04-09T11:42:05Z
dc.date.available	2015-04-09T11:42:05Z
dc.date.issued	2012
dc.description.abstract	Paper presented at the 9th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Malta, 16-18 July, 2012.	en_ZA
dc.description.abstract	Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) was employed for investigating Solar Chimney Power Plants (SCPP). The effect of the geometric dimensions on the fluid dynamics and heat transfer was investigated. The thermal efficiency of the collector was found to improve with increasing scale, due to an increase of the heat transfer coefficient. The spread in relevant Reynolds numbers for the collector and chimney was four orders of magnitude from the smallest to the largest scale. Parametric studies were also performed to determine the effect of the distance of the collector from the ground on the power output. An optimum distance was determined for two different scales.	en_ZA
dc.description.librarian	dc2014	en_ZA
dc.format.extent	9 pages	en_ZA
dc.format.medium	PDF	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	Fasel, H, Shams, E & Gross, A 2012, CFD analysis for solar chimney power plants, Paper presented to the 9th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Malta, 16-18 July, 2012.	en_ZA
dc.identifier.isbn	9781868549863
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/44294
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.publisher	International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics	en_ZA
dc.relation.ispartof	HEFAT 2012	en_US
dc.rights	University of Pretoria	en_ZA
dc.subject	Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)	en_ZA
dc.subject	Solar chimney power plants (SCPP)	en_ZA
dc.subject	Fluid dynamics	en_ZA
dc.subject	Heat transfer	en_ZA
dc.subject	Thermal efficiency	en_ZA
dc.subject	Heat transfer coefficient	en_ZA
dc.subject	Reynolds numbers	en_ZA
dc.subject	Power output	en_ZA
dc.title	CFD analysis for solar chimney power plants	en_ZA
dc.type	Presentation	en_ZA