My MS thesis was about exploring designs of solar updraft tower and performance analysis of the power output. The solar chimney power plant works on the principle of natural convection. I designed a geometry with a conical diffuser at the base of the solar chimney. An example schematic is given below.
The table below shows the power outputs for all considered design attributes for the diffuser compared with the original design. The diffuser design shows promising results with up to 26.6% power output increment. These simulations were performed using ANSYS Fluent. Consider reading my thesis for the details.
