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creators_name: Al-Kayiem, H.H.
creators_name: Aja, O.C.
title: Historic and recent progress in solar chimney power plant enhancing technologies
ispublished: pub
keywords: Energy conversion efficiency; Energy efficiency; Heat storage; Industrial research; Passive solar; Solar chimneys; Solar thermal energy; Thermal energy; Turbogenerators; Wind turbines, Electric power; Integrated solar system; Performance; Recent progress; Solar chimney power plant; Solar irradiation; System efficiency; Turbine generator unit; Updraft solar heating; Wind turbine generators, Solar heating
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abstract: Upon the basic idea of the updraft solar heating, the solar chimney was proposed and implemented as a model and a prototype by many research and industrial bodies. Although the system efficiency is below 2, but it is a promising technology to harness and convert the solar energy to electric power through three basic components; namely: solar collector, tower or chimney, and wind turbine-generator unit. The low efficiency, the bulk size and the high dependency on the solar irradiation are the major issues experienced in the solar chimney power plants. Since the implementation of the first prototype in Manzenares, numerous attempts have been reported to enhance the performance of the system. The present paper is compiling most of the reported attempts to enhance the performance of the solar chimney power plant. The conclusion drawn is that the system performance can be enhanced considerably via integration with another source of thermal energy, or by using efficient solar thermal energy storages. This paper provides a platform to the researchers in the field to understand and get detailed literature on the enhancing technologies of the solar chimney power plant current updates. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
date: 2016
publisher: Elsevier Ltd
official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84954243829&doi=10.1016%2fj.rser.2015.12.331&partnerID=40&md5=644cae54fb56228d6b5b15cdf4ac7b5d
id_number: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.331
full_text_status: none
publication: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
volume: 58
pagerange: 1269-1292
refereed: TRUE
issn: 13640321
citation:   Al-Kayiem, H.H. and Aja, O.C.  (2016) Historic and recent progress in solar chimney power plant enhancing technologies.  Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 58.  pp. 1269-1292.  ISSN 13640321