The research database on solar chimneys
Every scientific publication on solar chimneys, also called solar updraft towers: power plants, building ventilation, desalination, drying and hybrid systems, in one place.
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- 2,260 publications
- 536 free PDFs
- 696 journals
- 1980–2026
Edited by Renaud de Richter · Data from OpenAlex, Crossref, OpenAIRE and Google Scholar · Updated October 2026 · How the database is built
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Computational Investigation of Different Taper Ratios and Chimney Divergence Effects on Solar Chimney Power Plant Performance
Solar chimney power plants (SCPPs) are a promising renewable energy technology whose performance is strongly influenced by geometric configuration. This study investigates the effects of collector taper ratio (TR) and chimney divergence ratio (CORR) on the thermo-fluid behavior and performance of…
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Solar Chimney Systems in Sustainable Buildings: A Critical Review of Designs, Materials, and Thermal Performance
Surveys solar chimneys and Trombe walls for net-zero buildings, tracing their evolution from standalone passive devices to hybrid systems with mechanical aids and advanced materials such as phase change and nano-enhanced materials. Drawing on cases from arid, tropical and cold climates, it…
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Innovations in Solar Chimney Power Plant: A Review
Survey of recent ways to make solar chimney power plants more efficient and reliable: thermal and phase-change storage, hybridisation with photovoltaics or waste and geothermal heat, better absorbers and glazing, and changes to chimney and collector geometry. PV hybrids and wavy or stepped absorber…
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Solar Chimney for Sustainable Natural Ventilation in Buildings: A Systematic Review of Design Innovations, Hybrid Coupling, and Performance Enhancement
Systematic PRISMA-based review of 30 studies from the past decade on solar chimneys for passive building ventilation, covering geometry, hybrid configurations and optimisation. Coupling with earth–air heat exchangers enables round-the-clock ventilation and cuts cooling energy by roughly 40%. The…
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A Data-Driven Validation Methodology for a Multi-City Solar Chimney Dataset in Smart-City Applications
This article presents a methodology for a validated multi-city parametric dataset for data-driven assessment of single-channel solar chimneys as energy-efficient components of smart-city buildings. The dataset covers Mexico City, Hermosillo, Mérida, Monterrey, Toluca, and Villahermosa across…
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Numerical Investigation of Solar Chimney Performance: CFD Comparative Study of Different Coupling Configurations
A computational fluid dynamics comparison of solar chimney performance across several coupling configurations.
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Numerical Assessment of the Thermal and Ventilation Performance of an Earth–Air Heat Exchanger Coupled with a Solar Chimney for Passive Conditioning of Dwellings in a Warm–Humid Climate
Passive cooling strategies are essential to curbing the growing air-conditioning demand of dwellings in warm–humid regions. This work presents a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) study, carried out with the open-source code OpenFOAM, of a passive system that couples an earth–air heat exchanger…
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Thermal–Flow Characteristics and Ventilation Performance of a Wall-Mounted Building-Integrated Solar Chimney Under Indonesian Humid Tropical Climatic Conditions
Solar chimneys (SCs) utilize solar-induced buoyancy to enhance natural ventilation; however, design recommendations remain challenging because of differences in modelling assumptions, thermal boundary conditions, and operating environments. This study investigates the thermal–flow characteristics…
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Enhanced Performance of a Solar Still Desalination Unit Using an Integrated Solar Chimney and Additional Waste Heat Input.
Concerns a solar distillation setup paired with a chimney structure and fed with supplementary heat recovered from other sources, with the aim of raising its freshwater output.
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Dynamic Heat Transfer Model and Performance Simulation of Photovoltaic Solar Chimney Coupled with Earth–Air Heat Exchanger (PVSC-EAHE) in Cold and Arid Regions
Against the backdrop of the global energy transition and carbon reduction in the building sector, this study proposes a photovoltaic solar chimney coupled with an earth–air heat exchanger (PVSC-EAHE) system to integrate passive ventilation, thermal pre-treatment, and photovoltaic power generation…
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Numerical thermal performance assessment of a Trombe wall solar chimney for passive space heating under variable solar radiation and outdoor temperature
Simulation-based evaluation of how effectively a solar chimney of the Trombe wall type warms indoor spaces without mechanical systems, as sunshine intensity and ambient air temperature fluctuate.
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Parametric study of the geometry of a solar chimney power plant in Peru using computational fluid dynamics
Solar Chimney Power Plants (SCPPs) are emerging renewable-energy systems that convert solar radiation into electrical energy through buoyancy-driven airflow. Despite recent advances in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling of SCPPs, studies employing fully three-dimensional parametric…
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Numerical Investigation of Collector Area Ratio Effects on Buoyancy-driven Flow and Pressure Development in a Solar Chimney Power Plant
Solar chimney power plants (SCPPs) convert buoyancy-driven airflow into renewable electricity, and their performance strongly depends on geometric design parameters. While chimney height and collector diameter have been extensively investigated, the influence of the collector outlet-to-inlet area…
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Numerical analysis of environmental influences on ventilation solar chimney coupled with photocatalytic reactor/photovoltaic system
Reducing building energy demand and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions are important challenges for low-carbon building development. The solar chimney coupled with photocatalytic reactor/photovoltaic system (SC-PCR/PV) can provide passive ventilation, power generation, and atmospheric methane…
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Optimizing Solar Chimney–Double-Skin Façade Integration in High-Rise Buildings: A Multi-Criteria CFD Parametric Study with Machine-Learning-Based Prediction
A building façade normally keeps the weather out, lets in daylight, allows ventilation, and shapes how a building looks from outside. This study asks whether it can also help generate electricity without giving any of that up. Solar chimney power plants (SCPPs) generate clean electricity from solar…
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Improving Ventilation Performance in a Multi-Storey Solar Chimney System Using Neutral Plane Analysis: A CFD Case Study
Multi-storey solar chimneys are often evaluated using shaft-outlet airflow, which may conceal uneven airflow distribution among floors. A shaft may provide adequate extraction while upper floors receive insufficient air or experience reverse airflow. This study examined the relationship between…
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Reaction engineering of a solar chimney-driven honeycomb photocatalytic reactor for outdoor low concentration methane oxidation
Mitigation of dilute methane in outdoor air is challenging because of its low concentration and high chemical stability. This study proposed a solar chimney-driven honeycomb photocatalytic reactor (SC-HPCR) to couple solar-induced buoyancy, methane transport, and photocatalytic oxidation. An HPCR…
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Experimental and Numerical Study of the Performance of a Hybrid Solar Chimney Power Plant
Solar chimney power plant (SCPP) are used to harness solar energy and generate power, but their low conversion efficiency motivates strategies to improve output, such as integrating the collector with photovoltaic (PV) cells.This study presents an experimental and numerical investigation of a…
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Integrating a Solar Chimney into a Traditional Skywell Dwelling: A New Climate-Adaptive Retrofit Design Approach
Traditional skywell dwellings embody climate-responsive passive design but may remain hot and humid under low-wind summer conditions, requiring passive-ventilation retrofits while preserving their spatial organization. Skywell performance and component-level solar chimneys are comparatively well…
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Investigation of Natural Ventilation in a Room Integrated with Evaporative Cooler and Solar Chimney Using a Metal Foam Absorber
Examines how air moves passively through an indoor space when a solar-driven stack with a porous metallic heat-collecting layer is paired with a water-based cooling unit.
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