Solar Chimney Power Plant: Under The Guidance of Prof - Umeshchandra H.G. Presented by - Vasantha Kumara R S 4AL14CV428

SOLAR CHIMNEY POWER
PLANT
Under the guidance of

Prof.Umeshchandra H.G.
Presented By -
Vasantha kumara R S
4AL14CV428
SOLAR CHIMNEY POWER PLANT 1

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
PARTS OF SOLAR CHIMNEY
WORKING PRINCIPLE
ENERGY STORAGE IN THE COLLECTOR
MILDURA SOLAR CHIMNEY
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
CONCLUSION
REFERENCE
fig.1 solar chimney power plant

INTRODUTION
In many parts of the world, there is a growing
awareness that some alternative energy sources could
have an important role to play in the production of
electricity.
However, only the solar energy represents totally
nonpolluting inexhaustible energy resource that can
be utilized economically to supply Mans energy
needs for all time
There are lots of methods of using the solar energy ,
and the Solar Chimney is one of them.
PARTS OF SOLAR CHINEY
Collector
Turbines
Chimney
Fig.2
SOLAR CHIMNEY POWER PLANT

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Collector : Collector is
the main component of
solar chimney power
plant. Solar energy
collectors are the special
kind of heat exchangers
that transforms the solar
radiation energy to
internal energy of the
transport medium .
Fig.3

There is no limitation for the surface area. The
larger the area, the more energy generated from the
chimney.
Covering materials may be different, such as;

glass, plastic film or glazed collector. The most
efficient one is glazed collector. It can convert up to
70% of irratiated solar energy into heat a typical
annual average is 50%. Also, with proper
maintenance, its life span can easily be 60 years or
more.

Turbines : Turbine is an
important component of
solar chimney power plant.
It is used to convert air flow
into mechanical energy and
transmit to the generator. It
is similar to the wind
turbine and located at the
base of chimney.
Fig.4

Turbines are placed
horizontally in chimney. In
order to obtain maximum
energy from the warmed air,
turbines blades should cover
all the cross-sectional area of Fig. 5 Turbine with large diameter.
the chimney.
To do this, one big turbine or a
few small turbines should be
used in chimney, as can be
seen from the figure 5. and
figure 6.
Fig. 6 Small turbines.

Chimney : Chimney is
another most important
component of the solar
chimney power plant .The
efficiency of plant
depends on the material,
structure and height of the
chimney. It also depends
on the diameter of the
chimney .it is mounted at
the centre of the roof Fig. 7 The chimney.
collector.

WORKING PRINCIPLE
Transparent roof, which is
seen in fgure , admits the
short wave solar radiation
component and retains long-
wave radiation from the heated
ground. Thus, when solar
radiation pass through the
transparent roof it is absorbed
by the ground elements and it
converts into heat energy.
Fig.8
Since air is heated, it starts
to rise up and move towards
to chimney Also, it gains
velocity.
Heated air enters the
chimney placed at the
center of the roof and
creates an up draught there.
Inside the chimney, turbines
with electric generator,
produce electricity .
Fig.9

ENERGY STORAGE IN THE
COLLECTOR
Since collectors produce hot air by green house
effect, to produce electric during the night, tight
water-filled tubes are placed under the roof.
The water heats up during the daytime and emits its
heat at night.
These tubes are filled only once, no further water is
needed, because the tubes remain closed after filling
process.

The volume of water
in the tubes is
selected to
correspond to a water
layer with a depth of
5 to 20 cm depending
on the desired power
output.
Fig.10

TECHNOLOGY
Solar chimneys are large-scale power plants with
an output of 5 to 200 MW each.
A 100 MW plant will produce about 750
GWh/year.
For that the glass roof has to be several
kilometers in diameter and the tube has to be as
high as possible to achieve a large annual output.

MILDURA SOLAR CHIMNEY
The Solar Chimney in
Mildura, Australia,
will be the tallest
plant, and can produce
200MW of electricity,
providing power to
200,000
homes.Schematic seen
of a construction of a
chimney is in figure
Fig.11
The cost to build the tower is estimated at
$395 million. (About 14 percent more than an
equivalent coal-fired power station, and about
70 percent more per installed megawatt than a
comparable wind farm).
The Australian government target of
producing 2% of energy from renewable
sources could be met easily

ADVANTAGES
Solar chimney power stations are particularly suitable for
generating electricity in deserts and sun-rich wasteland.
It provides electricity 24 hour a day from solar energy alone.
No fuel is needed. It needs no cooling water and is suitable in
extreme drying regions.
It is particularly reliable and a little trouble-prone compared
with other power plants.
The materials concrete, glass and steel necessary for the
building of solar chimney power stations are everywhere in
sufficient quantities.
No ecological harm and no consumption of resources.

DISADVANTAGES
solar chimneys have a very high capital cost.
The structure itself is massive and requires a
lot of engineering expertise and materials to
construct.

CONCLUSION
Solar chimney power stations could make important
contributions to the energy supplies in Africa, Asia
and Australia, because there is plenty of space and
sunlight available there .
It is an ideal technology that can be adopted in the
countries like India that have sunshine almost nine
months in the year and lot of free space available for
setting large amount of power plants.
It is very important for the future, because our
resources are limited, except our sun.
REFERENCES
Reid Smith and Lisa Cohn, the 27 European Photovoltaic Solar
energy conferences and exhibition Messi Frankfurt Germany,
2012
2. A.A. El-Haroun, Performance Evaluation of Solar Chimney
Power Plants in Egypt, Int. J. Pure Appl. Sci. Techno, 2012
3. G.M.Ngala, A.T. Sulaiman, I. Garba, Review of Solar
Chimney Power Technology and Its Potentials in Semi-Arid
region of Nigeria, International Journal of Modern Engineering
Research (IJMER)
4. Mohammad O. Hamden, Analysis of a solar chimney power
plant in the Arabian Gulf region, Renewable Energy, 2011
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