Session 3K: Solar Chimney Optimization for Environmental Energy Absorption
Session Number
Session 3K: 1st Presentation
Advisor(s)
Dr. Sanza Kazadi, IMSA
Location
Room B125
Start Date
26-4-2018 12:40 PM
End Date
26-4-2018 1:25 PM
Abstract
A solar chimney comprises two main parts: a solar collector and a largely vertical component. The solar collector absorbs solar energy, converting it to heat, and transfers it to air contained therein. Because the air becomes buoyant, it rises and exits out of the vertical component. As the air leaves the solar chimney, it tends to draw new air into the chimney, resulting in a continual airflow. We examine the design, construction, and performance of a novel solar chimney incorporating the following components: a desiccator that contains a liquid which is dried by the airflow, and a coaxial chimney design enabling solar heating of the chimney. Our research focuses on constructing and characterizing a solar chimney that performs the desiccation task. An evaluation of the fitness of this solution to the energy acquisition step in the entrochemical cycle will be performed.
Session 3K: Solar Chimney Optimization for Environmental Energy Absorption
Room B125
A solar chimney comprises two main parts: a solar collector and a largely vertical component. The solar collector absorbs solar energy, converting it to heat, and transfers it to air contained therein. Because the air becomes buoyant, it rises and exits out of the vertical component. As the air leaves the solar chimney, it tends to draw new air into the chimney, resulting in a continual airflow. We examine the design, construction, and performance of a novel solar chimney incorporating the following components: a desiccator that contains a liquid which is dried by the airflow, and a coaxial chimney design enabling solar heating of the chimney. Our research focuses on constructing and characterizing a solar chimney that performs the desiccation task. An evaluation of the fitness of this solution to the energy acquisition step in the entrochemical cycle will be performed.