Scribd
Upload
111 views20 pages

The Solar Chimney: Ankit Singh Manish Singh B.Arch IV

The solar chimney uses greenhouse effect to generate electricity from solar energy. [1] It consists of three main parts: a collector, turbines, and a chimney. [2] The collector covers a large area to heat air using solar radiation, which rises into the tall chimney due to decreased pressure. [3] Inside the chimney, turbines powered by the heated air flow generate electricity.

Uploaded by

Ankit Singh
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
111 views20 pages

The Solar Chimney: Ankit Singh Manish Singh B.Arch IV

The solar chimney uses greenhouse effect to generate electricity from solar energy. [1] It consists of three main parts: a collector, turbines, and a chimney. [2] The collector covers a large area to heat air using solar radiation, which rises into the tall chimney due to decreased pressure. [3] Inside the chimney, turbines powered by the heated air flow generate electricity.

Uploaded by

Ankit Singh
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 20

The Solar Chimney

Ankit Singh / Manish Singh / B.Arch IV


The Prototype Solar Chimney
The Solar Chimney
The solar chimney offers a method for the large
scale generation of electricity from solar energy
The solar chimney system consists of three parts;
The collector, turbines and the chimney.
Parts of the Solar Chimney
The Collector
Collector is the part ,
which is used to
produce hot air by Collector
green-house effect. It
is usually 5-6 meters
high and covers a very
large area about
thousands of m.

The Collector
Since glazing increases the mass of the roof, glazed
collectors should have stronger rods and should be
attached as in figure.

The glazed collector roof of Solar Chimney.


There is no limitation for the surface area. The
larger the area, the more energy generated from
the chimney.
There should be slightly increasing height
towards to the chimney in order to obtain
minimum friction loss.
Covering materials may be different, such as;
glass, plastic film or glazed collector. The most
efficient one is glazed collector. It can convert up
to 70% of irratiated solar energy into heat a
typical annual average is 50%. Also, with proper
maintenance, its life span can easily be 60 years
or more.
Turbines
Turbines are placed horizontally in chimney, vertically in
the collector. In order to obtain maximum energy from the
warmed air, turbines blades should cover all the cross-
sectional area of the chimney.
To do this,one big turbine or a few small turbines should be
used in chimney.

Turbine for Solar Chimney Power Station.


The chimney
The most important
part of the plant is the
chimney. It acts as a Chimney
thermal engine. Since
the friction loss is
minimum in the
chimney it likes a
pressure tube.

The chimney.
Longer the chimneys height, the more the
energy produced from the chimney.
The efficiency of the chimney is not depend on
the amount of the temperature rising, but
depends on the outside temperature.

Thus, efficiency directly proportional to the


ratio between the height of the chimney and
the outside temperature.
Free-standing
There are two types of different
chimneys using for the plant. Free
standing chimneys and guyed tubes.

The life span of a free standing


chimney is longer than that of the
guyed tubes. It lasts about a hundred
years, while the guyed tubes is much Guyed Tubes.
shorter.
Working principles of Solar Chimney
Transparent roof, admits the short
wave solar radiation component
and retains long-wave radiation
from the heated ground. Thus,
when solar radiation pass through
the transparent roof it is absorbed
by the ground elements and it
converts into heat energy.

Transparent roof.
Since air is heated, it starts to rise up and move towards
to chimney. Also, it gains velocity.

Heated air enters the


chimney placed at the center
of the roof and creates an up
draught there.
Inside the chimney, turbines
with electric generator ,
produce electricity.

Schematic seen of the solar chimney


Collector Efficiency
Heat Output

Collector Area Solar Radiation

Mass flow The temperature


differences between the
collector and out flow
Chimney cross-section area
Specific heat capacity
of the air
Air speed at collector outflow
Specific dendsity of air at temperature
To + T at collector outflow
Why use a pipe or air channel to enclose the
turbines? Why not have a large "wind farm,"
with turbines mounted on towers in the open
air?
Answer:

First, the wind turbines enclosed in a pipe can produce 8


times as much power for a given wind speed than a
turbine in the open air. Second, the wind farm concept
would require a much larger number of turbines. Also,
the wind speed in the open air around the collector is
significantly less than the air velocity through the air
channel.
Technology
Solar chimneys are large-scale power plants with
an output of 5 to 200 MW each.
A 100 MW plant will produce about 750
GWh/year at 2.300 kWh/m global horizontal
radiation.
For that the glass roof has to be several
kilometers in diameter and the tube has to be as
high as possible to achieve a large annual output.
Advantages
Solar chimney power stations are particularly suitable for
generating electricity in deserts and sun-rich wasteland.
It provides electricity 24 hour a day from solar energy
alone.
No fuel is needed. It needs no cooling water and is
suitable in extreme drying regions.
It is particularly reliable and a little trouble-prone
compared with other power plants.
The materials concrete, glass and steel necessary for the
building of solar chimney power stations are everywhere
in sufficient quantities.
No ecological harm and no consumption of resources.
Disadvantages

Some estimates say that the cost of generating


electricity from a solar chimney is 5x more than
from a gas turbine. Although fuel is not required,
solar chimneys have a very high capital cost .
The structure itself is massive and requires a lot
of engineering expertise and materials to
construct .
Thank You

You might also like

pFad - Phonifier reborn

Pfad - The Proxy pFad of © 2024 Garber Painting. All rights reserved.

Note: This service is not intended for secure transactions such as banking, social media, email, or purchasing. Use at your own risk. We assume no liability whatsoever for broken pages.


Alternative Proxies:

Alternative Proxy

pFad Proxy

pFad v3 Proxy

pFad v4 Proxy