An Ignored Wind Generates More Electricity: A Solar Updraft Tower to a Wind Solar Tower

A solar updraft tower is one of the wind power generation plants which utilizes solar energy. The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether the tower was also able to utilize crosswind energy. Wind tunnel experiments and numerical simulations were conducted simulating the crosswind. The results...

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Main Authors: Koichi Watanabe, Sho Fukutomi, Yuji Ohya, Takanori Uchida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:International Journal of Photoenergy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/4065359
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