PRESENTATION

ON
SOLAR ENERGY AND IT’S
APPLICATION,PRESENT SENERION

PRESENTED BY

NIDHI YADAV
Solar Energy – A Bright Idea!
“I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of
power! I hope we don’t have to wait ‘til oil and coal run out before we
tackle that.”
- Thomas Edison
People have been harnessing
solar energy for a long time!

Solar collector for

heating water

A home in California in 1906

What is Solar Energy:-
 Solar Energy is radiant Energy i.e. produced
by sun. Every day the sun radiate ,or send
out an enormous amount of energy. The sun
radiate more energy in 1 sec. then people
have used since the beginning of time.
 Solar Energy often refers to processes that
use this energy generate heat and electricity
for human use.
 Solar radiation transmitted by sun.
 The Energy receives from the sun primarily
as visible light and other form of
electromagnetic radiation.
 Sun is Earth’s natural power source.
Where does Energy Comes from
that constantly radiate from the
sun?
 It comes from with in the sun it self like other stars, the sun is a
big ball of gases mostly hydrogen and helium atoms they
make a nuclear reaction and produce high amount of Energy.

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How much solar energy?

The surface receives about 47% of the total

solar energy that reaches the Earth. Only this
amount is usable.
Sun Angles For Solar Radiation On
Earth
PRESENT SCENARIO
1st Fossils

2nd Bio-fuels

3rd Hydro-based

4th Nuclear

5th SOLAR(0.8%)

6th Windmills
 PRESENT SCENARIO

• The fossil fuels are non renewable

sources so we can not depend on
them forever.
• Though nuclear energy is a clean
and green energy ,as said by
Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam, there are
always some problems associated
with it.
• So the only option we have is
solar energy because it is a
nonpolluting and silent source of
electricity and also low
maintenance and long lasting
energy.
 USES OF SOLAR ENERGY

• Heaters Green houses

• Cars water pumps
• Lights Desalination
• Satellites Chilling
• Dryers Solar ponds
• Calculators Thermal
• Commercial use
On an office building , roof areas can be covered with solar
panels .
• Remote buildings such as schools , communities can
make use of solar energy.
• In developing countries , this solar panels are very much
useful.
• Even on the highways , for every five kilometres ,solar
telephones are used.
 Applications

Solar car

Solar heater Solar lights

 BETTER WAYS OF USAGE

• Government should take measures and see that solar

lights are used as street lights in all the areas.
• We can place solar panels in the barren lands instead of
keeping it away uselessly.
• We can also keep these solar panels in the deserts ,
where we can make use of this energy with the help of a
rechargeable battery.
• Efficiency of solar panels depends on the range of
frequencies of light that strikes the surface . So they can
give higher efficiency if we split the light into different
frequency ranges and direct the beams onto the cells
tuned to these frequencies.
• Building a new home is the best time to design and orient
the home to take the advantage of the sun’s rays.
 Efficiency and Disadvantages
 Efficiency is far lass than
the 77% of solar spectrum
with usable wavelengths.
 43% of photon energy is
used to warm the crystal.
 Efficiency drops as
temperature increases
(from 24% at 0°C to 14% at
100°C.)
 Light is reflected off the
front face and internal
electrical resistance are
other factors.
 Overall, the efficiency is
about 10-14%.
 Cost of electricity from coal-
burning plants is anywhere
b/w 8-20 cents/kWh, while
photovoltaic power
generation is anywhere b/w
$0.50-1/kWh.
 Does not reflect the true
costs of burning coal and its
emissions to the nonpolluting
method of the latter.
 Underlying problem is
weighing efficiency against
cost.
 Crystalline silicon-more
efficient, more expensive to
manufacture
 Amorphous silicon-half as
efficient, less expensive to
produce.
 Advantages and Disadvantages
 Advantages
 All chemical and radioactive polluting byproducts of the thermonuclear
reactions remain behind on the sun, while only pure radiant energy reaches
the Earth.
 Energy reaching the earth is incredible. By one calculation, 30 days of
sunshine striking the Earth have the energy equivalent of the total of all the
planet’s fossil fuels, both used and unused!
 Disadvantages
 Sun does not shine consistently.
 Solar energy is a diffuse source. To harness it, we must concentrate it into
an amount and form that we can use, such as heat and electricity.
 Addressed by approaching the problem through:
1) collection, 2) conversion, 3) storage.
Final Thought
 Argument that sun provides power only during
the day is countered by the fact that 70% of
energy demand is during daytime hours. At
night, traditional methods can be used to
generate the electricity.
 Goal is to decrease our dependence on fossil
fuels.
 Currently, 75% of our electrical power is
generated by coal-burning and nuclear power
plants.
 Mitigates the effects of acid rain, carbon
dioxide, and other impacts of burning coal and
counters risks associated with nuclear energy.
 pollution free, indefinitely sustainable.
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