Techno-Economic and Environmental Implications of Electricity Generation from Solar Updraft Chimney Power Plant in Meekatharra in Western Australia
A decentralised diesel power plant (DDPP) provides the electricity needs to Meekatharra, a remote Western Australia community. It consumes 476,000 l of diesel per annum, resulting in environmental and economic challenges which are due to the long transportation distances. A solar chimney power plant...
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| description | A decentralised diesel power plant (DDPP) provides the electricity needs to Meekatharra, a remote Western Australia community. It consumes 476,000 l of diesel per annum, resulting in environmental and economic challenges which are due to the long transportation distances. A solar chimney power plant (SCPP) has been suggested to complement the diesel power plant, thereby reducing the reliance on diesel fuel to meet the electricity demand. An SCPP is a system that utilises a combination of hot air and a central updraft chimney to generate a convective flow to drive turbines to generate electricity. The solar radiation potential in Meekatharra is high (24 MJ/m2), which allows solar energy technology to be employed for power generation. The technical design for Meekatharra SCPP has been based on the performance of Curtin’s small solar chimney. A life cycle assessment has been applied to assess the economic and environmental implications of supplementing the DDPP with the SCPP. Finally, this paper endeavours to detail the long-term sustainability benefits for Meekatharra resulting from the implementation of an SCPP |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-671532018-05-18T08:05:52Z Techno-Economic and Environmental Implications of Electricity Generation from Solar Updraft Chimney Power Plant in Meekatharra in Western Australia Boswell, B. Biswas, Wahidul A decentralised diesel power plant (DDPP) provides the electricity needs to Meekatharra, a remote Western Australia community. It consumes 476,000 l of diesel per annum, resulting in environmental and economic challenges which are due to the long transportation distances. A solar chimney power plant (SCPP) has been suggested to complement the diesel power plant, thereby reducing the reliance on diesel fuel to meet the electricity demand. An SCPP is a system that utilises a combination of hot air and a central updraft chimney to generate a convective flow to drive turbines to generate electricity. The solar radiation potential in Meekatharra is high (24 MJ/m2), which allows solar energy technology to be employed for power generation. The technical design for Meekatharra SCPP has been based on the performance of Curtin’s small solar chimney. A life cycle assessment has been applied to assess the economic and environmental implications of supplementing the DDPP with the SCPP. Finally, this paper endeavours to detail the long-term sustainability benefits for Meekatharra resulting from the implementation of an SCPP 2018 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67153 10.1007/978-3-319-69844-1 Springer, Cham restricted |
| spellingShingle | Boswell, B. Biswas, Wahidul Techno-Economic and Environmental Implications of Electricity Generation from Solar Updraft Chimney Power Plant in Meekatharra in Western Australia |
| title | Techno-Economic and Environmental Implications of Electricity Generation from Solar Updraft Chimney Power Plant in Meekatharra in Western Australia |
| title_full | Techno-Economic and Environmental Implications of Electricity Generation from Solar Updraft Chimney Power Plant in Meekatharra in Western Australia |
| title_fullStr | Techno-Economic and Environmental Implications of Electricity Generation from Solar Updraft Chimney Power Plant in Meekatharra in Western Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Techno-Economic and Environmental Implications of Electricity Generation from Solar Updraft Chimney Power Plant in Meekatharra in Western Australia |
| title_short | Techno-Economic and Environmental Implications of Electricity Generation from Solar Updraft Chimney Power Plant in Meekatharra in Western Australia |
| title_sort | techno-economic and environmental implications of electricity generation from solar updraft chimney power plant in meekatharra in western australia |
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