Evaluation of solar-chimney power plants with multiple-angle collectors

Hoseini, Hamideh; Mehdipour, Ramin

doi:10.22061/jcarme.2017.2282.1213

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

hamideh Hoseini ¹
ramin mehdipour ²

¹ MSc Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tafresh University, Tafresh, Iran

² Assistant Professor Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Tafresh University Tafresh, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22061/jcarme.2017.2282.1213

Abstract

Solar chimney power plants are plants based on solar thermal power including three parts of collector, chimney and turbine, which is able to produce electrical energy. One of the effective parameters in increasing the power production is the collector angles versus horizon. In the present study, a numerical analysis of a solar chimney power plant for different angles of the collector (divergent, convergent and horizontal type collector) is proposed. The introduced numerical model uses mathematical models of heat transfer. In this regard, effect of various angles of the three considered collectors on temperature distribution and power production of the solar chimney is evaluated.
Divergent type collectors produce more power than convergent and horizontal collectors, as they produce more velocity and mass flow rates. It will be shown that by increasing the angle of divergent-type collector (keeping the inlet height constant), the power production will be increased and the output temperature will be decreased, in a way that the angle variation of 0.8 to 1 will increase the divergent type collector output power by 11 % and will decrease the output temperature by 0.78%. In the other case, when the output height is kept constant and the collector angle changes, performance of the divergent type collector is better than the other two collectors. Power production in a constant mean height is shown to be 3 times and 1.5 times more than the convergent and horizontal collectors respectively.

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Keywords

20.1001.1.22287922.2018.8.1.8.9

Main Subjects

Solar Energy

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Volume 8, Issue 1 - Serial Number 15September 2018Pages 85-96

Volume 8, Issue 1 - Serial Number 15
September 2018
Pages 85-96