Experimental study of solar chimney power plant system

In the view of the complex environment of high altitude areas, a solar chimney power plant experimental setup with a chimney 15 m in height and a collector 15 m in diameter was built. The temperature and velocity of air flow within the collector were tested and analyzed. The results show that the variation of air flow temperature and velocity are similar to the solar radiation. Furthermore, the energy storage layer provides an efficient energy supply for supporting continuous operation at night. The air flow temperatures at different locations inside the collector are different. From the comparison results of air temperature within the collector along each direction, the air temperature in the west side is relatively large and the temperature in the north side is relatively low due to the geographical reason.