Research Article
Impacts of Ground Slope on Main Performance Figures of Solar Chimney Power Plants: A Comprehensive CFD Research with Experimental Validation
Table 2
Physical properties of the materials used in the CFD research [
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| Physical property (unit) | Glass | Ground | Chimney |
| Density (kg.m-3) | 2500 | 2160 | 2719 | Thermal conductivity (W.m-1 K-1) | 1.15 | 1.83 | 202.4 | Specific heat capacity (J.kg-1 K-1) | 750 | 710 | 871 | Transmissivity | 0.9 | Opaque | Opaque | Absorption coefficient | 0.03 | 0.9 | 0 | Refractive index | 1.526 | 1 | 1 | Emissivity | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1 | Thickness (m) | 0.004 | 0.5 | 0.00125 |
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