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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Balijepalli, Ramakrishna
• Chandramohan, V.P.
• Kirankumar, K.

Titel

A computational approach to estimate the flow and output parameters of various solar updraft tower plants and a proposed model for the best power output

Ist Teil von

• International journal of sustainable energy, 2022-12, Vol.41 (11), p.2097-2120

Ort / Verlag

Abingdon: Taylor & Francis

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Quelle

Taylor & Francis

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Three different models were developed to examine the flow and thermodynamic characteristics of the solar updraft tower (SUT) power plant and the best model is proposed. A step is taken to find the location of the turbine to absorb maximum kinetic energy. It is found that the maximum and average air velocities inside model-I were higher (3.06 and 1.63 ms −1 , respectively) compared to model-II (2.4 and 1.34 ms −1 ) and model-III (2.9 and 1.57 ms −1 ). The maximum air temperature inside the model-II was higher (322 K). Turbulent kinetic energy, power produced and overall efficiency were the best in model-II than the other two models. The present outcomes were validated with the literature data and observed a good match.