Numerical analysis for optimizing solar updraft tower design using computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

• Main Author: Too, Jeffrey Heng Yuen
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/77677/1/JeffreyTooHengMFKM2016.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/77677/; http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:93929

This master project thesis presents the history and background of the solar updraft tower which explains the working principle of the system and also describes the major components of the solar updraft tower. The system utilizes solar thermal technology by heating up the air below the solar collecto...