Bbird
Civil/Environmental
- Aug 6, 2003
- 140
Is this the right place to get up to date information on the solar chimney?
For those who are not familiar with it a sloar chimney has a large green house at the bottom. The sunlight causes the temperature rises inside the green house forcing the air to escape through the chimney by the buoyancy effect. By sticking a turbine inside the chimney energy is generated.
Australia government has recently approved a scheme to construct a solar chimney for generating about 200MW energy at around A$700 million to be completed in 2005 to 2006.
The stack structures which I am aware of had been built to a current limit of about 350m high. I hold a personal belief that if this one-kilometre chimney fails its expectation then the structural engineering/economic could be the last straw that breaks the camel's back.
Any view from fellow strcutural professionals?
For those who are not familiar with it a sloar chimney has a large green house at the bottom. The sunlight causes the temperature rises inside the green house forcing the air to escape through the chimney by the buoyancy effect. By sticking a turbine inside the chimney energy is generated.
Australia government has recently approved a scheme to construct a solar chimney for generating about 200MW energy at around A$700 million to be completed in 2005 to 2006.
The stack structures which I am aware of had been built to a current limit of about 350m high. I hold a personal belief that if this one-kilometre chimney fails its expectation then the structural engineering/economic could be the last straw that breaks the camel's back.
Any view from fellow strcutural professionals?
