(2019-07-08T11:06:32Z) ABHAY A PAI; DANIEL ISSAC; MUHAMMAD SAYEED M; MULLASAI PRASHANTH
A solar chimney power plant is a solar power generating unit in which a solar air collector and a
central updraft tower is used to generate a solar induced air flow which drives turbines to
generate electricity. ANSYS is used in order to determine the volume and the temperature
variation of the air flow in the chimney. A scaled model is designed and developed with power
generation capacity enough to light a conventional light bulb. The present study also
investigates the influence of tower cross sectional area changes on the performance of a solar
tower power plant.