Solar Chimney: Project Arabia

SCCN - Solar Chimney Competence Network

Structural Division Germany

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reinhard Harte

Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Pauluskirchstraße 7, D 42285 Wuppertal
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rüdiger Höffer
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Universitätsstraße 150, D 44780 Bochum
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Wilfried B. Krätzig
Krätzig & Partner Ingenieurgesellschaft für Bautechnik mbH
Buscheyplatz 9 – 13, D 44801 Bochum
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Jürgen Niemann
Niemann & Partner Ingenieurgesellschaft
Universitätsstraße 142, D 44799 Bochum

SCCN 08/2-2 SCCN Solar Chimney Competence Network – Strutural Division Germany
Experience

SCCN - Solar Chimney Competence Network

Experienced in
¾ shell theory and numerical analysis
¾ structural design and proof
¾ buckling of shells
¾ wind aerodynamics
¾ seismic excitation
¾ thermal effects
for
¾ wind turbines
¾ cooling towers
¾ tanks
¾ chimneys
¾ bridges
¾ power plants
¾ stadium roofs

SCCN 08/2-3 SCCN Solar Chimney Competence Network – Strutural Division Germany
World Largest Cooling Tower Niederaussem: 200m
Completed RWE Coal-fired Power-Plant in 2002

Source: RWE Energie Essen

SCCN 08/2-4 SCCN Solar Chimney Competence Network – Strutural Division Germany
Solar Chimney Project Arabia: Variants
Variants for Solar Chimney Towers 1500m solar chimney

acc. prefeasibility studies

performed by
Krätzig & Partner GmbH Bochum

1000m solar chimney

500m solar chimney

200m cooling tower

Niederaussem

SCCN 08/2-5 SCCN Solar Chimney Competence Network – Strutural Division Germany
Central crane and climbing formwork

Source: Heitkamp, Herne

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Climbing formwork (1 to 2 m per day)

Source: Krätzig & Partner, Bochum

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 Exhibition Centre, Bilbao, Spain
Source: PERI, Ulm

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Gust Wind Profile
2500

2000
height over ground in m

1500m
1500
Green Tower

800m
1000 Burj Dubai

300m
500 200m Eiffelturm
Niederaußem

0
0 20 40 60 80
gust speed in m/s

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Design wind profile and tower deflection
1500 1500 max. deflection

1250 1250

height over ground in m

height over ground in m

1000 1000

750 750

500 500

250 250

0 0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 0.0 0.5 1.0
wind load in kN/m deflection

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Boundary layer wind tunnel - Ruhr-Universität Bochum

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Gust modeling in the wind tunnel

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Lignite power station Neurath in boundary wind tunnel

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From high natural draft cooling towers to solar chimneys

SCCN 08/2-30 SCCN Solar Chimney Competence Network – Strutural Division Germany
1000m tower for a 200MW SCPP

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Maximum meridional compression and tension forces n22w

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Maximum shear forces n12w for a particular tower design

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Meridional (n22w) and in-plane shear (n12w) forces for 500m tower

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Instability modes for 500m tower without stiffenings rings (G+W+S)

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Instability modes for 500m tower with 4 stiffenings rings (G+W+S)

SCCN 08/2-38 SCCN Solar Chimney Competence Network – Strutural Division Germany
Instability modes of 1000m tower for G+W+S

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Vibration modes of 1000m tower

SCCN 08/2-40 SCCN Solar Chimney Competence Network – Strutural Division Germany
Small solar tower of 500m of height

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Solar Chimney Project Arabia: 500m variant

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Solar Chimney Project Arabia: 1000m variant

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Solar Chimney Project Arabia: Turbine house

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 Schematic solar chimney power plant

Sun
Acc. Kroeger/Praetorius (Univ. Stellenbosch):
Solar Chimney Power Plant Performance

Solar Chimney SC

Collector Area CA Turbine

Ground Generator coupled

to the turbine PCU

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