Güneş Bacası Güç Santrallerinde Kule Çapının Çıkış Gücüne Etkisi

Authors : Pinar Mert CUCE, Harun ŞEN, Erdem CUCE

Pages : 253-263

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Publication Date : 2021-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Solar chimney power plants (SCPPs) are very attractive solar energy systems with low maintenance costs and zero CO2 emissions. After its first application, the Manzanares facility, numerous studies were conducted related to the impact of geometric and climatic parameters on the system. In this study, the impact of chimney diameter change on the system, which has not been adequately examined in literature, has been investigated in detail. In the 3D CFD model created with ANSYS commercial software, simulations have been conducted by using the solar ray tracing algorithm and DO (discrete ordinates) model along with RNG k-ε turbulence model. By referencing the Manzanares facility for the other geometric parameters, system behaviour has been assessed by changing the chimney diameter between 4.865-64.866 m. The impact of the change in tower diameter on the pressure and velocity distribution in the system has been analysed first in comparison with the reference situation. In addition, the influence of diameter change on the power output, mass flow rate, efficiency of the system and the average pressure difference at the turbine position has been evaluated. It has been concluded that the chimney diameter value that gives maximum performance for the Manzanares pilot plant is 24.325 m. When the chimney diameter has been configured as 24.325 m, it has been seen that the power output will improve by 85.9% compared to the reference situation and will be 101 kW. Similarly, the efficiency rises by 94% in comparison with the reference case, and becomes 0.194%.
Keywords : Solar chimney, Tower diameter, Power output, Energy analysis