What is it about?
Many countries started to adopt clean energy sources, where solar energy is the first priority. Solar chimney power plant was selected in this study as a system which converts solar thermal energy into electrical power. In this research, hybrid solar chimney power plant model has been proposed as a day and night functionally integrated system using an external heat source to enhance the system performance and cover the setback of solar absence at night and cloudy days.
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Why is it important?
This research presents a hybrid solar chimney power plant as a proposed model. This model would not only increase the efficiency of the power plant during the day, but it would also provide power even when there is no at night time and cloudy days. The technique in this model utilizes the flue gasses or exhausts gasses from a nearby gas turbine power plant or any external waste heat source and converts the waste thermal energy in these exhausts to thermal energy in the SCPP, considering a new form of waste heat energy recapture. Thus, it is an ideal way to reduce global warming.
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I hope by writing this article as amain author there is a benefit to sharing in solving some of the global warming problems partially.
Dr. Mohammed A. Aurybi
University Technology PETRONAS
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This page is a summary of: Numerical analysis of solar updraft power plant integrated with external heat source, MATEC Web of Conferences, January 2017, EDP Sciences,
DOI: 10.1051/matecconf/201713101004.
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