☀️ Solar Chimney: Collector Heating, Stack Draught and Turbine Power (2D)

Section through a solar updraft tower: a glass collector warms the air, the tall stack turns the temperature rise into a draught and a turbine takes a share of the pressure. Set irradiance, collector and stack size, turbine share and ambient temperature to see flow, temperature rise and electric power. Flow balance, energy balance and the two-thirds optimum are checked in the page. A 2D companion of the 3D solar chimney lab.