Abstract: This technical brief develops a theoretical model of all the pressure losses in the solar chimney power plant (SCPP, also called solar updraft power plant) and analyzes the pressure losses for different chimney internal ...

Abstract: In this paper, a theoretical model of solar chimney power plants (SCPPs) is presented based on compressible ideal gas law assumptions. The theoretical optimal turbine pressure drop factors (TPDFs) for constant and nonconstant ...