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Preface |
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1.1.1 The Energy Issue and the Status Quo |
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1.1.2 China's Energy Policy and Prospect |
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1.1.3 Solar Power Generating Technologies and the Status Quo |
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1.2 Solar Chimney Power Plant System |
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1.2.1 The Appearance of a Solar Chimney Power Plant System |
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1.2.2 Advantages of SCPPS |
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1.2.3 Weaknesses of SCPPS |
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1.3.1 Experiments and Prototypes |
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1.3.3 Economic and Ecological Theory and Feasibility Studies |
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1.3.4 Potential Application of SCPPS |
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1.4 Research Contents of this Book |
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Chapter 2 Thermodynamic Fundamentals |
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54 | (6) |
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2.4.1 Computation Results for the Spanish Prototype |
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2.4.2 Computation Results for Commercial SCPPSs |
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2.5 Effect of Various Parameters |
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2.5.1 Influence of Turbine Efficiency |
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2.5.2 Influence of Chimney Height and Diameter |
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2.5.3 Influence of Collector Diameter |
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2.5.4 The Influence of the Solar Radiation |
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2.5.5 The Influence of Ambient Temperature |
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Chapter 3 Helio-Aero-Gravity (HAG) Effect of SUPPS |
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3.2 Relative Static Pressure |
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3.4 Power Output and Efficiency |
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3.5 Results and Discussions |
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Chapter 4 Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer of Solar Chimney Power Plant |
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4.2.3 Boundary Conditions and Solution Method |
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4.3 Results and Discussion |
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4.4 Helical Heat-Collecting Solar Chimney Power Plant System |
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4.5 Mathematical and Physical Model |
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4.5.3 Solving Determinant Condition and Solution |
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4.7 Computation Results and Analysis |
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4.7.1 Comparison on Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics |
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4.7.2 Comparison of Output Power for the Two Type of Models |
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4.7.3 Comparison of Different Helical-Wall SC Systems |
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4.7.4 Contrast on Collector's Initial Investment |
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Chapter 5 Design and Simulation Method for SUPPS Turbines |
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127 | (3) |
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5.3.1 In the Collector and Chimney Regions |
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5.3.2 In the Turbine Region |
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5.4 Near-Wall Treatments for Turbulent Flows |
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5.5 Numerical Simulation Method |
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5.6 Results and Discussions |
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5.6.1 Validity of the Method for the Spanish Prototype |
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5.6.2 Characteristic of 3-Blade Turbine for the Spanish Prototype |
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5.6.3 Results for MW-Graded Solar Chimney |
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Chapter 6 Energy Storage of Solar Chimney |
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6.2.2 Theoretical Modeling |
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6.2.3 Boundary Conditions and Initial Conditions |
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6.3 Reliability of the Simulation Method |
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6.4 Results and Discussion |
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Chapter 7 The Influence of Ambient Crosswind on the Performance of Solar Updraft Power Plant System |
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Renaud Kiesgen de Richter |
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164 | (5) |
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7.2.3 Boundary Conditions |
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7.2.5 Computational Procedure |
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7.2.6 Selection of Ambient Geometrical Dimensions |
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7.3 Results and Discussion |
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7.3.1 Comparison of Flow Performances |
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7.3.2 Comparison of Relative Static Pressure Contours |
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7.3.3 Comparison of Temperature Contours |
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7.3.4 Comparison of System Temperature Increase, Driving Force, and Updraft Velocity |
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7.3.5 Influence of Crosswind With Turbine Pressure Drop |
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7.4 SC Model with Blockage |
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7.5 Results and Discussion |
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7.5.1 Comparison of Flow Performances |
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7.5.2 Comparison of Relative Static Pressure Contours |
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7.5.3 Flow Characteristics Near the Collector Inlet |
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7.5.4 Comparison of System Temperature Increase and Driving Force |
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7.5.5 Comparison of System Output Power |
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Chapter 8 Experimental Investigation of a Solar Chimney Prototype |
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8.3 Disposal of Measurement Points |
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8.4 Results and Discussion |
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8.4.1 Variations of Temperature with Time |
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8.4.2 Variations of Air Temperature and Velocity in the Chimney |
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8.4.3 Temperature Distributions of the System |
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Chapter 9 Research Prospects |
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221 | (4) |
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9.1 Thermodynamic Theory for the Large-Scale SCPP |
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221 | (1) |
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9.2 External Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Large-Scale Channels |
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222 | (1) |
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9.3 Turbine Running Theory for the Large-Scale SCPPS |
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223 | (1) |
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9.4 The Impacts of Environmental Factors on of Large-Scale SCPPS |
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223 | (1) |
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9.5 New-Type Large-Scale SCPPS |
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Index |
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