
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Simulation of multi-physical processes in solar updraft power generation
W.B. Krätzig
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
KRÄTZIG & PARTNER Civil Engineering Consultants, Bochum, Germany
ABSTRACT: After elucidating Schlaich’s classical evaluation of the harvested electricity in solar updraft power
plants, the paper derives a modern numerical simulation concept for the thermo-fluid-mechanical processes
therein. This will be supplemented by the description ...