Journal of Mechanical and Construction Engineering, 2022,
Vol. 02, Iss. 02, S. No. 002, pp. 1-15
ISSN (Online): 2583-0619
ISSN (Online) : 2583-0619 1
Journal of Mechanical and Construction Engineering
(JMCE)
A2Z Journals
Experimental Studies on Solar Chimney for
Building Space Heating and Ventilation
Enhancement: Energy, Exergy and
Economic Analysis
Shiv Lal
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rajasthan Technical University Kota, India
shivlal1@gmail.com
How to cite this paper: Author 1,
Author 2 and Author 3, “Paper Ti-
tle,” Journal of Mechanical and
Construction Engineering (JMCE),
Vol. 02, Iss. 02, S. No. 002, pp. 1–15,
2022.
https://doi.org/10.54060/jmce.v2i2.
21
Received: 20/10/2022
Accepted: 07/11/2022
Published: 25/11/2022
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Abstract
Solar chimneys are with or without heat storage widely used for improving the ventila-
tion and thermal comfort in buildings. The energy, exergy, economic analysis of solar
chimney and the CO2 mitigations (EEEC) are evaluated in this communication. The
improved solar chimney with MS plate and MS box was designed and developed by the
author in the CBRI Roorkee. The observations of typical day of December have been
taken for the presentation and the whole month data have been used to evaluate the
EEEC parameters. The maximum energy efficiency has been observed by 26.68% dur-
ing 12 hours of the typical day, and at the same time the exergy efficiency has ob-
tained 3.69%. Approximately 2285kWh energy can be saved during a year through
solar chimneys. The payback period of an improved solar chimney with MS plate
(SCWMSP) is estimated to be less than one year and with MS box (SCWMSB)) it is likely
to be one year. CO2 can also be saved with the energy conservation parameter ob-
served saving of 4.37 ton / year CO2 by SCWMSP, on the other hand if SCWMSB have
implemented than CO2 would be save by 5.51 ton/year.
Keywords
Energy, exergy, techno-economic analysis, CO2 mitigation
1. Introduction (Heading 1)
Natural ventilation is the process of air supply contribution for indoor space by natural in-out method, significance of that is
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