Under loaded condition of a solar chimney power plant system with vertical collectors

the theoretical output power rate of the system was deduced

without considering the resistance loss of air flowing through the turbine unit and the friction and leakage of the system.The mathematical models that apply to the solar chimney power plant system were established and the distributions of pressure

velocity and temperature of the system were obtained by employing the numerical methods.According to the numerical simulation results

the kinetic energy difference before and after the turbine units and the transformational relationship between heat and mechanical energy were analyzed.It concluded that the best place to locate the turbine unit was the top of the solar chimney power plant with vertical collectors

where near the exit position.