Solar chimney power plant generating technology / edited by Tingzhen Ming.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ming, Tingzhen, author.

Contributor:

Ming, Tingzhen, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Solar power plants.

Solar energy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

London, England : Academic Press, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Solar Chimney Power Plant Generating Technology presents the latest advanced solar chimney power generating technologies to help engineers acquire a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental theories, technologies, and applications of solar chimney power generating systems. The book includes comprehensive theories, very detailed technologies, and many well-illustrated, basic configurations of different types of systems, enabling readers to understand the fundamental theory, the design methods of solar chimney systems, and the basic parameters of the construction and operation of these systems. Includes comprehensive theories, very detailed technologies, and many basic configurations of different types of systems Covers the basic mechanisms of fluid flow, heat transfer, power output, energy storage, and operational procedures of SCPPS (solar chimney power plant system) turbines Focuses on thermodynamic theory, helio-aero-gravity effect, fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics, design for SC turbine, energy storage, and the effect of ambient crosswinds

Contents:

Front Cover

Solar Chimney Power Plant Generating Technology

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Contributors

Preface

1 Introduction

1.1 Energy background

1.1.1 The Energy Issue and the Status Quo

1.1.2 China's Energy Policy and Prospect

1.1.3 Solar Power Generating Technologies and the Status Quo

1.1.3.1 The solar central power tower system [47,78-85]

1.1.3.2 The parabolic trough solar thermal system [54,56,57,87-95]

1.1.3.3 The Dish-Stirling solar power plant system [64,97-103]

1.1.3.4 The solar photovoltaic power generation system [70,72,73,75-77,105]

1.2 Solar chimney power plant system

1.2.1 The Appearance of a Solar Chimney Power Plant System

1.2.2 Advantages of SCPPS

1.2.2.1 Large scale renewable energy collection

1.2.2.2 Energy storage with low cost

1.2.2.3 Air as working fluid

1.2.2.4 Technical feasibility

1.2.2.5 Environmental remediation

1.2.2.6 Competitive investment and operation costs

1.2.3 Weaknesses of SCPPS

1.3 Research progress

1.3.1 Experiments and Prototypes

1.3.2 Theory Research

1.3.2.1 The thermodynamic theory for the circulation system

1.3.2.2 HAG effect of the system

1.3.2.3 Heat and mass transfer theory in the system

1.3.2.4 The operation principle of the turbine and the design optimization techniques

1.3.3 Economic and Ecological Theory and Feasibility Studies

1.3.4 Potential Application of SCPPS

1.4 Research contents of this book

References

2 Thermodynamic fundamentals

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Thermodynamic cycle

2.3 Thermal efficiency

2.4 Results and analysis

2.4.1 Computation Results for the Spanish Prototype

2.4.2 Computation Results for Commercial SCPPSs

2.5 Effect of various parameters

2.5.1 Influence of Turbine Efficiency

2.5.2 Influence of Chimney Height and Diameter.

2.5.3 Influence of Collector Diameter

2.5.4 The Influence of the Solar Radiation

2.5.5 The Influence of Ambient Temperature

2.6 Conclusions

Nomenclature

Subscript

Greek Symbols

3 Helio-aero-gravity (HAG) effect of SUPPS

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Relative static pressure

3.3 Driving force

3.4 Power Output and Efficiency

3.5 Results and discussions

3.6 Conclusions

4 Fluid flow and heat transfer of solar chimney power plant

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Theoretical models

4.2.1 Physics Model

4.2.2 Mathematical Model

4.2.3 Boundary Conditions and Solution Method

4.3 Results and discussion

4.4 Helical Heat-Collecting Solar Chimney Power Plant System

4.5 Mathematical and physical model

4.5.1 Physical Model

4.5.2 Mathematical Model

4.5.3 Solving Determinant Condition and Solution

4.6 Validition

4.7 Computation results and analysis

4.7.1 Comparison on Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics

4.7.2 Comparison of Output Power for the Two Type of Models

4.7.3 Comparison of Different Helical-Wall SC Systems

4.7.4 Contrast on Collector's Initial Investment

4.8 Conclusion

Greek symbols

5 Design and simulation method for SUPPS turbines

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Numerical Models

5.3 Mathematical models

5.3.1 In the Collector and Chimney Regions

5.3.2 In the Turbine Region

5.4 Near-Wall Treatments for Turbulent Flows

5.5 Numerical simulation method

5.6 Results and discussions

5.6.1 Validity of the Method for the Spanish Prototype

5.6.2 Characteristic of 3-Blade Turbine for the Spanish Prototype

5.6.3 Results for MW-Graded Solar Chimney

5.7 Conclusions

6 Energy storage of solar chimney

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Numerical models.

6.2.1 System description

6.2.2 Theoretical modeling

6.2.3 Boundary conditions and initial conditions

6.2.4 Solution method

6.3 Reliability of the simulation method

6.4 Results and discussion

6.5 Conclusions

7 The influence of ambient crosswind on the performance of solar updraft power plant system

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Model description

7.2.1 Geometric Model

7.2.2 Mathematical Model

7.2.3 Boundary Conditions

7.2.3.1 Inlet boundary (surface at x=0)

7.2.3.2 Outlet boundary (surfaces at x=400 and z=300)

7.2.3.3 Ground boundary (surface at z=0)

7.2.3.4 Side wall (surface at y=200)

7.2.3.5 Symmetry surface (surface at y=0)

7.2.3.6 Turbine coupling

7.2.4 Meshing Skills

7.2.5 Computational Procedure

7.2.6 Selection of Ambient Geometrical Dimensions

7.3 Results and discussion

7.3.1 Comparison of Flow Performances

7.3.2 Comparison of Relative Static Pressure Contours

7.3.3 Comparison of Temperature Contours

7.3.4 Comparison of System Temperature Increase, Driving Force, and Updraft Velocity

7.3.5 Influence of Crosswind With Turbine Pressure Drop

7.3.6 Main Findings

7.4 SC Model With Blockage

7.5 Results and Discussion

7.5.1 Comparison of Flow Performances

7.5.2 Comparison of Relative Static Pressure Contours

7.5.3 Flow Characteristics Near the Collector Inlet

7.5.4 Comparison of System Temperature Increase and Driving Force

7.5.5 Comparison of System Output Power

7.5.6 Main Findings

Subscripts

8 Experimental investigation of a solar chimney prototype

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Experimental Setup

8.3 Disposal of measurement points

8.4 Results and discussion

8.4.1 Variations of Temperature with Time.

8.4.2 Variations of Air Temperature and Velocity in the Chimney

8.4.3 Temperature Distributions of the System

8.5 Conclusions

9 Research prospects

9.1 Thermodynamic Theory for the Large-Scale SCPP

9.2 External Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Large-Scale Channels

9.3 Turbine Running Theory for the Large-Scale SCPPS

9.4 The Impacts of Environmental Factors on of Large-Scale SCPPS

9.5 New-Type Large-Scale SCPPS

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780128092934

0128092939

OCLC:

992147657