29-08-2017, 09:56 AM
The Solar Ascendant Tower (SUT) is a renewable energy power plant for generating electricity from low-temperature solar heat. Sunshine heats the air beneath a very wide roof collector structure like the greenhouse surrounding the central base of a very tall chimney tower. The resulting convection causes an upward flow of hot air in the tower by the chimney effect. This airflow drives the wind turbines placed in the rising outlet of the chimney or around the base of the chimney to produce electricity. Plans for expanded versions of demonstration models will allow significant energy generation and may allow the development of other applications, such as water extraction or distillation, and agriculture or horticulture.
Commercial investment may have been discouraged by the high initial cost of building a very large new structure, the large area required and the investment risk, however, there seems to be a renewed interest in solar upstream towers, especially in remote areas sunny Some prototypes have recently been built and projects are being proposed for parts of Africa, the United States and Australia. An important fact to consider is that solar upstream towers appear to be the only renewable energy technology that can generate electricity from low temperature heat. Functional or mechanical viability is not so much a matter now as capitalization.
A full review of the theoretical and experimental aspects of the development of the upstream solar tower (SUTPP), with a recommendation for commercial development, is available. A popular update with the interview of an informed engineering advocate has been published in National Geographic in 2014.
Commercial investment may have been discouraged by the high initial cost of building a very large new structure, the large area required and the investment risk, however, there seems to be a renewed interest in solar upstream towers, especially in remote areas sunny Some prototypes have recently been built and projects are being proposed for parts of Africa, the United States and Australia. An important fact to consider is that solar upstream towers appear to be the only renewable energy technology that can generate electricity from low temperature heat. Functional or mechanical viability is not so much a matter now as capitalization.
A full review of the theoretical and experimental aspects of the development of the upstream solar tower (SUTPP), with a recommendation for commercial development, is available. A popular update with the interview of an informed engineering advocate has been published in National Geographic in 2014.