Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREEN ENERGY
Volume 14, Issue 12, Pages 971-982Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/15435075.2017.1339043
Keywords
Algeria; numerical simulation; power output; solar chimney power plant; solar energy
Funding
- Scientific Research Foundation of Wuhan University of Technology [40120237]
- ESI Discipline Promotion Foundation of WUT [35400664]
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The solar chimney power plant (SCPP) is a power generator which uses solar radiation to increase the internal energy of the air circulating in the system, thereby transforming the useful gain of the solar collector into kinetic energy. The produced kinetic energy then can be converted into electrical energy by means of an appropriate turbine. In this paper, four locations in Algeria(Constantine, Ouargla, Adrar, and Tamanrasset) were considered as case studies to describe the SCPP mechanism in detail. Numerical simulation of an SCPP which has the same geometrical dimensions was performed to estimate the power output of SCPP in these regions. Using the CFD software FLUENT we simulated a two-dimensional axisymmetric model of a SCPP with the standard k-epsilon turbulence model. The simulation results show that the highest power output produced monthly average value 68-73KW over the year and the highest hourly power produced in June is around 109-113KW.
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