GreenTower working mechanism -
The Updraft Tower (Solar Chimney) Principle
of Schlaich & Partner, Stuttgart, Germany
- Visible solar radiation heats the air inside glass covered collector,
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•its buoyancy causes an up-draught (sucking) inside the central chimney flue,•driving turbines + integrated generators at chimney foot.•Solar to power efficiency = 3-4%, theoretical limit = 27%, practical limit =14%.•Greenhouse vegetation raises power production. 2/3 Collector area = greenhouse•Evaporational energy loss compensated by re-condensing water in greenhouse•Near-zero water agriculture in GT greenhouse.
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