Abstract
This study analyzes the feasibility of implementing an integrated system for electricity and freshwater production, focusing on solar chimney technology as its main pillar. A preliminary study based on literature is carried out to analyze electrical generation and the heat transfer to the storage system of the solar chimney. In addition, a seawater thermal desalination is incorporated with the idea to increase the overall efficiency of the solar chimney. Furthermore, in order to address electricity and freshwater demand without interruption, a hydro-storage system with a water turbine is integrated. As a result, implementing an integrated system with a solar chimney as its main source of energy, the overall energy efficiency is obtained to be 8.4%, which is substantially higher than a single solar chimney.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 100687 |
| Journal | Case Studies in Thermal Engineering |
| Volume | 21 |
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| Publication status | Published - Oct 2020 |
Keywords
- Desalination
- Energy
- Exergy
- Solar chimney
- Solar updraft tower