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A NUMERICAL study of solar chimney power plants in Tunisia

Creators

  • 1. University of Carthage, Polytechnic School of Tunisia, BP. 743, La Marsa (Tunisia)
  • 2. University of Carthage, National Engineering School of Bizerte, BP66, Campus Menzel Abderrahman, 7035 Bizerte (Tunisia)
  • 3. University of Carthage, National Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, Laboratory of Materials, Measurements and Applications, BP. 676, 1080 Tunis (Tunisia)

Description

A 3D CFD (Computational fluid dynamics) model of a Solar Chimney Power Plant (SCPP) was developed and validated through comparison with the experimental data of the Manzanares plant. Then, it was employed to study the SCPP performance for locations throughout Tunisia

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/596/1/012006

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1742-6596/596/1/012006;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
596
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[8 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
Tunisia-Japan symposium on R&D of energy and material sciences for sustainable society
Dates
28-30 Nov 2014
Place
Gammarth (Tunisia)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47113667
Subject category
S14: SOLAR ENERGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POWER PLANTS; SOLAR CHIMNEYS; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; TUNISIA
Descriptors DEC
AFRICA; ARAB COUNTRIES; CHIMNEYS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVALUATION; MATHEMATICS; MECHANICS; POWER PLANTS; SIMULATION