Floating solar chimney power stations with thermal storage

Papageorgiou, CD

dc.contributor.author	Papageorgiou, CD	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:50:23Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:50:23Z
dc.date.issued	2006	en
dc.identifier.issn	14827891	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/35100
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dc.subject	Thermal storage floating solar chimney Power Station	en
dc.subject.other	Balloons	en
dc.subject.other	Compressed air motors	en
dc.subject.other	Electric generators	en
dc.subject.other	Heat storage	en
dc.subject.other	Solar collectors	en
dc.subject.other	Balloon tubes	en
dc.subject.other	Conventional power stations	en
dc.subject.other	Floating solar chimney power station (FSCPS)	en
dc.subject.other	Thermal storage	en
dc.subject.other	Solar system	en
dc.title	Floating solar chimney power stations with thermal storage	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.publicationDate	2006	en
heal.abstract	A floating solar chimney power station (FSCPS) has three major components: A circular solar collector A floating solar chimney in the center of the solar collector A set of air turbines geared to electric generators around the bottom of the solar chimney The efficiency of the FSCPSs is roughly proportional to the height of their floating solar chimneys. The floating solar chimneys (FSCs) are made by successive balloon tubes, that are filled with He or NH3. This permits to the FSCs to float in the air and thus to have heights a few Kms. In the present paper the effect on the FSCPS's operation of the thermal storage, due to ground or water in plastic bags or closed plastic tubes, is examined. It is shown that the FSCPSs equipped with thermal storage can operate 24 hours per day 365 days per year with a minimum guaranteed power production. This means that the FSCPSs, although renewable by nature, have a similar operation to conventional power stations. Large FSCPSs (above 20 MW) can be very cost competitive to any conventional power station due to their low construction, maintenance and operation costs.	en
heal.journalName	Series on Energy and Power Systems	en
dc.identifier.volume	2006	en
dc.identifier.spage	325	en
dc.identifier.epage	331	en