The main problem associated with intermittent operation of the wind and
PV power plants is the lack of low cost electrical storage methods. In the
present paper a new type of solar chimney technology that we shall heretofore
call “Enclosed Solar Chimney Power Plant technology (ESCP technology) stands
for an effective alternative of combining both low cost electricity generation
as well as smooth, uninterrupted operation for 24 hours/day and for all 365
days/year. The ESCP technology also has the following benefits in relation to
PV technologies: 1) Local manufacturing and use of common material for their
construction (steel, glass, concrete and conventional axial fans as air
turbines); 2) Easy and low cost maintenance; 3) Longer operating life up to 50
years (its solar chimney up to 100 years); 4) No water consumption; 5) Zero
effect on living nature and ambient; 6) Their empty protected surface area
beneath the glassed roofs of their greenhouses can be used for desalination
with parabolic trough mirrors.
Cite this paper
Papageorgiou, C. D. (2016). Enclosed Solar Chimney Power Plants with Thermal Storage. Open Access Library Journal, 3, e2666. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1102666.
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