Abstract

This study interprets the effect of using sand or gravel as energy storage unit in solar chimney power plants. The effect of using low-cost materials is evaluated. Based on the Manzanares pilot plant, a 3D CFD model is created. Geometric parameters are kept constant in simulations performed with ANSYS FLUENT engineering commercial software. By simultaneously solving DO (discrete ordinates) solar ray tracing algorithm and RNG k-ε turbulence model, the outputs of the system are examined at 290 and 300 K temperatures. The temperature distribution and power outputs of the use of sand and gravel as soil material at different temperatures and solar radiation are compared. It is understood that the use of both materials does not significantly affect the performance of the system and can be used economically instead of each other. It is seen that the system will give a power output of approximately 41.636 kW with both storage materials at a radiation intensity of 800 W/m2 and an ambient temperature of 300 K. It is seen that the ambient temperature affects the temperature increase in the system, and the temperature increase is higher at 290 K.

Details

Title
Performance assessment of solar chimney power plants with natural thermal energy storage materials on ground: CFD analysis with experimental validation
Author
Cuce, Erdem 1 ; Saxena, Abhishek 2 ; Pinar Mert Cuce 3 ; Sen, Harun 1 ; Eroglu, Hasan 4 ; Selvanathan, Shanmuga Priya 5 ; Kumarasamy Sudhakar 6 ; Hasanuzzaman, Md 7 

 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Zihni Derin Campus, 53100 Rize, Turkey; Low/Zero Carbon Energy Technologies Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Zihni Derin Campus, 53100 Rize, Turkey 
 Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Dev Bhoomi Uttarakhand University, Dehradun 248007, India 
 Low/Zero Carbon Energy Technologies Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Zihni Derin Campus, 53100 Rize, Turkey; Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Zihni Derin Campus, 53100 Rize, Turkey 
 Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Zihni Derin Campus, 53100 Rize, Turkey 
 Department of Chemical Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576104, India 
 Faculty of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26600, Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia; Centre for Automotive Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26600, Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia; Energy Centre, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 462003, Bhopal, India 
 Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), UM Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Centre (UMPEDAC), Level 4, Wisma R&D, University of Malaya, Jalan Pantai Baharu, 59990, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 
Pages
752-759
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISSN
17481317
e-ISSN
17481325
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3174471263
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.