Analysis of Experimental Setup of a Small Solar Chimney Power Plant

The paper details the analysis of solar power generating unit in which a solar collector and solar chimney is used to generate a solar induced air flow which drives turbine to generate electricity. Paper presents formulation of mathematical model for experimental setup of a small chimney power plant. Prototype plant is built on the top hill of the Institute which covers almost 250 Sq. ft. area has a UV Reinforced Plastic, Crystalline Plastic, Polycarbonate each of thickness 2 mm and glass as the collector. The base of collector is covered with sand on the ground layer of brick and concrete. The tower is made of PVC pipe of 8 inch of 20 feet height. The experimental results show the average power output varies from 10 to 25 watts as relatively low because of the lacking of solar intensity as the experimentation is taken in winter the month of November 2017 from the experimental setup of small chimney plant. The setup has a low initial cost and absolutely no operating cost. Thus using of less costly components enables making of a small economical plant.