Design and Simulation of a Solar Chimney PV/T Power Plant in Northwest China

Table 2

Configuration sizes and coefficients of the SCPVTPP.

Component		Value
Solar collector	Collector radius	625 m
	Collector inlet height	3 m
	Collector cover emittance	0.87
	Glass extinction coefficient	32 m^−1
	Glass thickness	5 mm
	Refractive index	1.526
PV module	Percentage of PV area over whole solar collector area	30%
	Emittance	0.9
	Density	2330 kg/m^3
	Specific heat capacity	677 J/(kg·K)
	PV cover transmittance	0.912
	PV efficiency under standard conditions	0.115
	Temperature coefficient (Br)	0.0045 K^−1
	PV standard testing temperature	298 K
Chimney	Height	550 m
	Radius	22.5 m
Ground	Material	Granite
	Density	2640 kg/m^3
	Specific heat capacity	820 J/(kg·K)
	Thermal conductivity	1.73 W/(m·K)
	Normal emittance	0.92
	Reflectance	0.25
Turbine	Efficiency	0.8
	Inlet loss coefficient	0.056