Solar Updraft Towers – giga-towers of 1 km in height or even more in Solar Updraft Power Plants (SUPPs) – were first introduced at the last EACWE in 2009 (Niemann et al., 2009). Since then, an extensive wind tunnel investigation has been performed at WiSt laboratory at Ruhr-University Bochum and at Criaciv laboratory (University of Florence). On the basis of the experiments, CFD simulations are currently on-going. Relevant features for the design of ultra-high cylindrical towers emerged throughout the whole investigation: a new aerodynamic phenomenon and its effects are discussed in the paper.
Solar Updraft Power Plants: beyond structural challenges, towards multi-physical simulations / Francesca, Lupi; Claudio, Borri; Hans-jürgen, Niemann; Udo, Peil. - ELETTRONICO. - (2013), pp. 1-8. (Intervento presentato al convegno EUROPEAN & AFRICAN CONFERENCES ON WIND ENGINEERING (EACWE) tenutosi a Robinson College, Cambridge, UK nel July 7-11, 2013).
Solar Updraft Power Plants: beyond structural challenges, towards multi-physical simulations.
LUPI, FRANCESCA;
2013
Abstract
Solar Updraft Towers – giga-towers of 1 km in height or even more in Solar Updraft Power Plants (SUPPs) – were first introduced at the last EACWE in 2009 (Niemann et al., 2009). Since then, an extensive wind tunnel investigation has been performed at WiSt laboratory at Ruhr-University Bochum and at Criaciv laboratory (University of Florence). On the basis of the experiments, CFD simulations are currently on-going. Relevant features for the design of ultra-high cylindrical towers emerged throughout the whole investigation: a new aerodynamic phenomenon and its effects are discussed in the paper.
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