CFD analysis for solar chimney power plants

dc.contributor.authorFasel, Hermann
dc.contributor.authorShams, Ehsan
dc.contributor.authorGross, Andreas
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-09T11:42:05Z
dc.date.available2015-04-09T11:42:05Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractPaper presented at the 9th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Malta, 16-18 July, 2012.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractComputational 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.librariandc2014en_ZA
dc.format.extent9 pagesen_ZA
dc.format.mediumPDFen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationFasel, 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.isbn9781868549863
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/44294
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherInternational Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamicsen_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofHEFAT 2012en_US
dc.rightsUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.subjectComputational fluid dynamics (CFD)en_ZA
dc.subjectSolar chimney power plants (SCPP)en_ZA
dc.subjectFluid dynamicsen_ZA
dc.subjectHeat transferen_ZA
dc.subjectThermal efficiencyen_ZA
dc.subjectHeat transfer coefficienten_ZA
dc.subjectReynolds numbersen_ZA
dc.subjectPower outputen_ZA
dc.titleCFD analysis for solar chimney power plantsen_ZA
dc.typePresentationen_ZA

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