[HTML][HTML] Experimental treatment of solar chimney power plant—A comprehensive review

N Biswas, DK Mandal, S Bose, NK Manna, AC Benim - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Solar chimney power plants (SCPPs) are encouraging sustainable energy sources due to
their low cost, abundance, low maintenance, and eco-friendliness. However, despite …

Energy, exergy and economic analysis of an indirect type solar dryer using green chilli: A comparative assessment of forced and natural convection

VR Mugi, VP Chandramohan - Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2021 - Elsevier
The energy, exergy and economic analysis of indirect type solar dryer (ITSD) was performed
while drying green chilli under forced and natural convection. Fans powered by PV panels …

Novel stair-shaped ground absorber for performance enhancement of solar chimney power plant

N Biswas, DK Mandal, NK Manna, AC Benim - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
The present study investigates the use of a stair-shaped ground surface of a chimney-based
solar thermal power plant (SCPP). The stair-shaped absorber is implemented to augment …

3D numerical study on estimating flow and performance parameters of solar updraft tower (SUT) plant: Impact of divergent angle of chimney, ambient temperature …

P Das, VP Chandramohan - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
A 3D numerical model was made to analyse the effect of divergence angle of chimney (Φ
ch), ambient temperature (T a), solar flux (I) and turbine efficiency (η tur) on wind flow and …

Performance analysis of roof collector used in the solar updraft tower

PN Belkhode, SD Shelare, CN Sakhale… - Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The solar collector is the heart of the solar updraft tower as the solar updraft tower's
performance depends on the generation of solar energy under the collector roof. Hence, the …

Development of a small scale plant for a solar chimney power plant (SCPP): A detailed fabrication procedure, experiments and performance parameters evaluation

R Balijepalli, VP Chandramohan, K Kirankumar - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, a small scale solar chimney power plant (SCPP) was developed. Appropriate
location, dimensions of each component, selection of materials for different components and …

Technical analysis of a large-scale solar updraft tower power plant

VP Singh, G Dwivedi - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study investigates the possibility of applying a large-scale solar updraft tower power
plant in India with local ground conditions as an environmentally friendly and economically …

Performance enhancement and optimization of solar chimney power plant integrated with transparent photovoltaic cells and desalination method

K Rahbar, A Riasi - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2019 - Elsevier
This study proposed two novel configurations of Conventional Solar Chimney Power Plants
(CSCP) integrated with transparent PV cells (PVSCP) and saline water desalination …

A 3D numerical study to evaluate optimum collector inclination angle of Manzanares solar updraft tower power plant

SR Keshari, VP Chandramohan, P Das - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, a three-dimensional turbulent study was carried out on Manzanares (Spain)
plant to study the effects of collector inclination angle (θ). Different ranges of θ (30–0°) with …