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HISTORY:-
In 1903, Spanish colonel of the Isadora Cabanyes first proposed a solar
chimney power plant in the magazine la energia electrica.
One of the earliest descriptions of a solar chimney power plant was written
in 1931 by a German author, Hanns Gunther.
Beginning in 1975, Robert E. Lucier applied for patents on a solar chimney electric
power generator; between1978 and 1981 these patents (since expired) were
granted in austrailia, Canada, Israel, and the USA. For many years Professor Jorge
Schlaich and his team at Schlaich bergermann and Partner (SBP) of Stuttgart,
Germany, have been vitally interested in large scale solar energy applications. In
the late 1970’s and early 1980’s the team developed a detailed proposal for a
Solar Tower. An experimental 50 kW capacity pilot plant was then built to SBP’s
design in manzanares, spain, some 50 km south of Madrid, which collapsed in a
sand storm after six years.
2. SET UP OF MODELLED SOLAR CHIMNEY
2.1 ASSUMPTIONS:
The main assumptions used in the present study are summarized in table (1).
Parameters values
Chimney height (Hch) 7 feet
Chimney diameter (Dch) 90 mm
Collector diameter (Dcoll) 5 feet
Distance from ground to the cover (Hcoll) 2 feet
Solar irradiance (G) 198.32 W/m2
Collector efficiency factor (F’) -
Ambient temperature (Tamb.) 27 C
3.1 SpaceMeasurement
Available Space:
Classroom of 15ft 5” (whiteboard) by 15ft 10” [About 4.7m by 4.826m]
Classroom height of 11ft available [3.3528m]
3.2 Procedure
• Arrange the physical setup
• Note initial values (Tambient; TTop, TBottom; vTop, vBottom; VTurbine, ITurbine)
• Turn on the heat lamps and start the timer.
• Record 1st reading at 15 minutes
• Take interval readings every 15 minutes.
To help identify the middle of the setup, a cross was made from four corners of the ground.
After positioning the chimney, the point was marked for future reference.
The turbine was made of a DC motor and an appropriately sized fan blade. After attaching the
blades to our motor, the entire setup was attached to a frame support which is then hot glued to
the insides of our chimney. The seven fan blade selected were 2.5” and 3” and were intended to
fit our chimneys with inner diameter of 3” and 3.5” respectively.
With data that states the 7mW output of Solar Tower, the circuit was scaled small as our power
output is predicted to be in the milliwatts range. Resistors of 0.25W rating were purchased as
we do not need the higher power ratings for this experiment.
A basic schematic as shown below connecting the motor generator M1 to a resistor load R1 is
used, along with the measuring tools Ammeter and Voltmeter. A 10 resistor is used as R1.
Alligator clips act as connecting wires between the various parts.
4.5 Fabrication of solar plate collector
For our collector, five pieces of toughened glass was bought. We then cut out a sheet of plastic,
with an opening in the centre to fit over the chimney. Fishing lines were tied from the chimney
base to surrounding stand to suspend the glasses, letting it act as our collectors.
5.3 Dynamo
6. POTENTIAL OF SOLAR ENERGY IN INDIA