Solar chimney possible today

 http://www.globalwarmingsolutions.co.uk/the_solar_chimney.htm

Is it possible to build a solar chimney today for every day use ?

  If the giant one they are building in Oz is only 2% efficient, maybe
the one described in your link could be a lot smaller if it is more
efficient.

 sure, one can build anything.  might work ok in some areas - like hot
deserts.

i saw drawings of similar in oceans.  the idea is to get a funnel to
focus waves & SLAM into a column.  use turbines to collect the water
energy.

while being low in efficiency, they might be economically attractive by
having equipment readily accessible.  designing a home in such a way to
passively use that air movement might be a smart idea.

see ya

steve

 Their is a firm in California that doing the same thing. I agree i would
like to see a smaller scale one.

BobG wrote:

 

Might be OK for a bit of passive cooling, and that's been tried in the
UK, but I wouldn't expect it to be viable for power generation.

What did you have in mind ?


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John Beardmore