Efficiency improvement of the solar chimneys by insertion of hanging metallic tubes in the collector: Experiment and computational fluid dynamics simulation

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216305%3A26210%2F23%3APU150573" target="_blank" >RIV/00216305:26210/23:PU150573 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652623018504?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652623018504?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137692" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137692</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Efficiency improvement of the solar chimneys by insertion of hanging metallic tubes in the collector: Experiment and computational fluid dynamics simulation

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The solar chimney power plant (SCPP) is a straightforward and clean technique to generate electricity from solar radiation. However, this technology still faces major challenges, such as low efficiency, which has hindered its industrialization. This study experimentally develops a novel collector design to improve the solar chimney collector's efficiency. The new design includes metallic tubes as solar radiation absorbers hung from the canopy of the collector. The metallic tubes are open at the top and sealed with transparent sheets at the bottom to decrease the solar radiation reflected into the ambient air. Experimental and 3-D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analyses are performed to validate the new design. The effects of hanging metallic tubes on temperature and velocity distribution are explored. The temperature increased by about 5 K at the chimney inlet, causing a roughly 8% rise in collector efficiency due to the fact that metallic tubes operate as an extended surface. The impact of various tube geometries on solar chimneys' efficiency is examined. The CFD findings reveal that the metallic tube geometry variation has considerably impacted the collector's efficiency. Thus, the collector efficiency is increased by changing tube diameter by around 33.7%, similar to changing tube length by 30%.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Efficiency improvement of the solar chimneys by insertion of hanging metallic tubes in the collector: Experiment and computational fluid dynamics simulation

Popis výsledku anglicky

The solar chimney power plant (SCPP) is a straightforward and clean technique to generate electricity from solar radiation. However, this technology still faces major challenges, such as low efficiency, which has hindered its industrialization. This study experimentally develops a novel collector design to improve the solar chimney collector's efficiency. The new design includes metallic tubes as solar radiation absorbers hung from the canopy of the collector. The metallic tubes are open at the top and sealed with transparent sheets at the bottom to decrease the solar radiation reflected into the ambient air. Experimental and 3-D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analyses are performed to validate the new design. The effects of hanging metallic tubes on temperature and velocity distribution are explored. The temperature increased by about 5 K at the chimney inlet, causing a roughly 8% rise in collector efficiency due to the fact that metallic tubes operate as an extended surface. The impact of various tube geometries on solar chimneys' efficiency is examined. The CFD findings reveal that the metallic tube geometry variation has considerably impacted the collector's efficiency. Thus, the collector efficiency is increased by changing tube diameter by around 33.7%, similar to changing tube length by 30%.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

20700 - Environmental engineering

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EF15_003%2F0000456" target="_blank" >EF15_003/0000456: Laboratoř integrace procesů pro trvalou udržitelnost</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Cleaner Production

ISSN

0959-6526

e-ISSN

1879-1786

Svazek periodika

neuveden

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

415

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

15

Strana od-do

„“-„“

Kód UT WoS článku

001032950000001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85162167348