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Apr 26, 2012
From Cooling Towers to Chimneys of Solar Upwind Power Plants
Authors: Reinhard Harte, Wilfried B. Krätzig, and Hans-Jürgen Niemann [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: Structures Congress 2009: Don't Mess with Structural Engineers: Expanding Our Role
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Natural draft cooling towers and chimneys of solar updraft power plants have many structural properties in common: They are dominated by thin ring-stiffened shell structures made of reinforced concrete, they transport by their internal updraft warm air into the atmosphere, and because of their height, gale actions play the most important role in the design.
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Structures Congress 2009: Don't Mess with Structural Engineers: Expanding Our Role
Pages: 1 - 10
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© 2009 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Chimneys
- Concrete
- Concrete structures
- Cooling (wastewater treatment)
- Cooling towers
- Energy engineering
- Energy infrastructure
- Energy sources (by type)
- Engineering materials (by type)
- Environmental engineering
- Infrastructure
- Lifeline systems
- Materials engineering
- Power plants
- Reinforced concrete
- Renewable energy
- Shell structures
- Solar power
- Structural engineering
- Structural systems
- Structures (by type)
- Towers (by type)
- Waste management
- Waste treatment
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Reinhard Harte
Bergische University Wuppertal, Pauluskirchstrasse 7, D-42285 Wuppertal
Wilfried B. Krätzig
Ruhr-University, D-44780 Bochum
Ruhr-University, D-44780 Bochum. E-mail: [email protected]
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