A New Sustainable and Novel Hybrid Solar Chimney Power Plant Design for Power Generation and Seawater Desalination

Emad Abdelsalam, Fares Almomani, Feras Kafiah, Eyad Almaitta, Muhammad Tawalbeh, Asma Khasawneh, Dareen Habash, Abdullah Omar and Malek Alkasrawi
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Emad Abdelsalam: School of Engineering Technology, Al Hussein Technical University, Amman 11831, Jordan
Fares Almomani: Chemical Engineering Department, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar
Feras Kafiah: School of Engineering Technology, Al Hussein Technical University, Amman 11831, Jordan
Eyad Almaitta: Department of Power and Mechatronics Engineering, Tafila Technical University, Tafila 66110, Jordan
Muhammad Tawalbeh: Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering Department (SREE), University of Sharjah, Sharjah P.O. Box 27272, United Arab Emirates
Asma Khasawneh: School of Engineering Technology, Al Hussein Technical University, Amman 11831, Jordan
Dareen Habash: School of Engineering Technology, Al Hussein Technical University, Amman 11831, Jordan
Abdullah Omar: Chemical Engineering Department, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar
Malek Alkasrawi: UWSP Paper Science & Engineering Department, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI 54481, USA

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 21, 1-24

Abstract: This study presents a case study of a novel hybrid solar chimney power plant (HSCPP) design’s performance in the city of Doha, Qatar. The HSCPP construction is similar to the traditional solar chimney power plant (SCPP) but with the addition of water sprinklers installed at the top of the chimney. This allowed the solar chimney (SC) to operate as a cooling tower (CT) during the nighttime and operate as an SC during the daytime, hence providing a continuous 24-h operation. The results showed that the HSCPP produced ~633 MWh of electrical energy per year, compared to ~380 MWh of energy produced by the traditional SCPP. The results also showed that the HSCPP was able to produce 139,000 tons/year of freshwater, compared to 90,000 tons/year produced by the traditional SCPP. The estimated CO 2 emission reduction (~600 tons/year) from the HSCPP is twice that of the traditional SCPP (~300 tons/year). The results clearly show that the HSCPP outperformed the traditional SCPP.

Keywords: solar water distillation; solar chimney; cooling tower; hybrid solar chimney (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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