Solar Chimneys could produce 100 or 200 MW each and...
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Solar Chimney Manzanares Location Manzanares, Spain Project type Pilot plant: tower of 194 m height and 10 m diameter, translucent membrane / glass roof of 40,000 / 6,000 sqm Client mit Unterstützung von: Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie, Bonn Completed on 1989 Our scope Basic research: design, construction, operation and evaluation Cooperation Maurer Söhne, München Balcke-Dürr, Ratingen Siemens Interatom, Bergisch Gladbach Technical data Chimney height 200 m Collector diameter 240 m Turbine 50 kWel Material Quantities - Chimney diameter 10 m Collector height 2 m Collector area 45,000 m² Chimney weight 125 t Collector weight 5.5 kg/m² (without glass) A Solar Chimney converts solar radiation (direct and diffuse) into elec- tricity by combining three well-known principles: the greenhouse effect, the chimney and wind turbines in a novel way. Hot air is produced by the sun under a large glass roof. This flows to a chimney in the middle of the roof and is drawn upwards. This upwind drives turbines installed at the base of the chimney and these produce elec- tricity. A 50 kWel prototype was built in Manzanares, Spain, and produced electricity for seven years, thus proving the efficiency and the reliability of this new kind of solar power generating system. Tall Solar Chimneys could produce 100 or 200 MW each and power production cost may go down below 0.07 /kWh.
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Solar Chimney Manzanares
Location Manzanares, SpainProject type Pilot plant: tower of 194 m height and 10
m diameter, translucent membrane /glass roof of 40,000 / 6,000 sqm
Client mit Unterstützung von:Bundesministerium für Forschung undTechnologie, Bonn
Completed on 1989Our scope Basic research: design, construction,
operation and evaluationCooperation Maurer Söhne, München
Balcke-Dürr, RatingenSiemens Interatom, Bergisch Gladbach
Technical dataChimney height 200 mCollector diameter 240 mTurbine 50 kWelMaterial Quantities -Chimney diameter 10 mCollector height 2 mCollector area 45,000 m²Chimney weight 125 tCollector weight 5.5 kg/m² (without glass)
A Solar Chimney converts solar radiation (direct and diffuse) into elec-tricity by combining three well-known principles: the greenhouseeffect, the chimney and wind turbines in a novel way. Hot air isproduced by the sun under a large glass roof. This flows to a chimneyin the middle of the roof and is drawn upwards. This upwind drivesturbines installed at the base of the chimney and these produce elec-tricity. A 50 kWel prototype was built in Manzanares, Spain, andproduced electricity for seven years, thus proving the efficiency andthe reliability of this new kind of solar power generating system. TallSolar Chimneys could produce 100 or 200 MW each and powerproduction cost may go down below 0.07 /kWh.
