Solar chimney for enhanced stack ventilation

N. K. Bansal, Rajesh Mathur, M. S. Bhandari

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Abstract

A steady state mathematical model has been developed for a solar chimney which is used to enhance the effect of thermally induced ventilation in buildings. The model takes into consideration different sizes of the openings of a solar chimney with varying values of the discharge coefficients. Numerical calculations performed for different values of ambient temperature and solar radiation show that a solar collector area of 2.25 (m2) is able to induce an air flow between 140 (m3/hr) to 330 (m3/hr) for solar radiation of 200 (W/m2) and 1000 (W/m2) respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)373-377
Number of pages5
JournalBuilding and Environment
Volume28
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1993
Externally publishedYes

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