One Dimensional Steady Model for Natural Ventilation of Solar Chimney

Solar chimney is effective to enhance the natural ventilation by heating the air with solar radiation. Based on the research by other authors, a revised mathematical model is proposed. One dimensional heat conduction model is proposed when the thermal resistance of both the glass cover and heat absorbing wall are taken into account. The mean temperatures of the air and heat absorbing wall, the air mass rate and heat collection efficiency in the solar chimney are calculated with the present model. The results of the present model are compared with the related experimental data and reasonable agreement is validated. It is shown that the present revised model is able to predict the temperatures of the air and wall, the air mass rate and heat collection efficiency more preciously than the original model.