
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Wind loading on solar chimneys: From wind tunnel experiments
to CFD simulation
F. Lupi & C. Borri
University of Florence, Florence, Italy
H.-J. Niemann
Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
ABSTRACT: The Solar Updraft Power Plant technology is a combined sun-wind energy solution for renewable
energy harvesting. It is based on the natural updraft of warm air in a chimney and conversion into electric power
by wind turbines at the chimney foot. The tower structure is basically a circular cylinder