SIMULATION OF SOLAR CHIMNEY POWER PLANT WITH AN EXTERNAL HEAT SOURCE

The Solar Chimney Power Plant is a power generating facility. It produces
electricity by harnessing the energy from the sun into kinetic energy of air inside a
collector. Its power to size ratio is very small. The plant commonly does not deliver
significant output during the night hours. However, many studies have suggested its
operation during night with an addition of facilities. The current research adopts the
conversion of waste to energy policy using exhaust gases to enable the continuous
plant operation and increase solar chimney power plant performance