Numerical analysis of solar chimney power plant system: Algeria as a case study

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10.2991/emcpe-16.2016.153How to use a DOI?

Keywords

solar, solar chimney, Algeria, numerical simulation, performance

Abstract

Solar energy holds great significance in the research programs on renewable energy. Recent studies show that with the use of solar energy, we can create a movement of air in the form of artificial wind. This air flow is used to drive one or more wind turbines and produce electrical energy. At this conversion appear thermal and dynamic coupled phenomena. The objective of this work is to simulate these phenomena in the solar chimney to estimate the electrical power produced by the solar chimney power plant as well as to study the effect of different climatic conditions on energy production in some regions of Algeria, using the commercial code Fluent. A solar chimney of 200 m height and 240 m collector diameter is capable of producing electrical power from 40 to 70 KW monthly as a yearly average. The results for the regions of Constantine, Ouargla, Adrar and Tamanrasset are consistent with the literature.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Rayan Rabehi
AU  - Abla Chaker
AU  - Zeroual Aouachria
AU  - Tingzhen Ming
PY  - 2016/08
DA  - 2016/08
TI  - Numerical analysis of solar chimney power plant system: Algeria as a case study
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 5th International Conference on Environment, Materials, Chemistry and Power Electronics
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 588
EP  - 593
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/emcpe-16.2016.153
DO  - 10.2991/emcpe-16.2016.153
ID  - Rabehi2016/08
ER  -