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TUTE
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TECHNOLOGYANDRESEARCHCENTRE, UMRAKH
AProj
ectRepor
ton
PowerGener
ati
onofsol
arsy
stem

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DESI
GNENGI
NEERING- I
B.B.E.I
I,Semest
er–Ⅳ
El
ectri
calDepartment
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1 BHAGATYASHVANTD. 170490109003
2 ANSARIRI
ZWANA. 170490109002
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VANIG. 170490109075
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Academicyear
(
2018-2019)
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sadv
ant
ages

 Concl
usi
on
I
NTRODUCTI
ON:

Whenpeopl et hi
nkaboutal ternati
veorr enewabl eener gy
,
thefir
stimaget hatcomest omi ndisof tenlargebl ueorbl ack
solarpanelsonr ooftopsorpor tablehighwaysi gnst hathavea
smallpanelat tached.These  solar panel s,al so known as
photovol
taicmodul es( orPV modul es),conv ertsunl i
ghtinto
elect
ri
cit
y,and t hey hav e been the backbone ofr enewable
energyfordecades.ThePhot ov ol
taicEf fect( how sunl i
ghtis
convert
edi nt
oel ectri
calener gy
)wasdi scov er
edov erahundr ed
yearsago!Yetwi despreadi mplement ationoft histechnology
has been v ery gr adual. Onlyi n v eryr ecent y ear
s has
photovol
taicsgai nedwi depopul ar
ityasanal ternat
iv ewayt o
produceelectri
city.
 

In1958t hef ir
stPVmodul eswer el aunchedi nt
ospacet o
powersat el
lit
es.Ev ent oday ,solarpoweri st heprimarysour ce
ofener gyatt he I
nternationalSpaceSt ation. OnEar thaswel l
,PV
hast radit
ionallybeenusedi nar easwher ether eisnopr act i
cal
sourceofel ect ri
calpowerbutt hereisabundantsunshi ne.  
Solar
panels areof ten used f orr emot eappl ications:likepower i
ng
cabins,RVs, boat sandsmal lelectroni
cswhengr idserviceisnot
avail
able.Recent l
y,“gri
d-interacti
ve”sol arel ectri
csy st
emshav e
start
ed gai ning moment um as a cost -effect
ive way t o
i
ncor poratesol arelectri
cityintoourev erydayl i
ves.Nowwecan
takeadv antageofav ai
lablesol arenergywhi lestil
lenjoyingthe
safetynetoft heut il
itygrid.
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1

I
nsheet1weconsidert
wosadstor
yandtwohappyst
ory
wi
threspectt
othePowerGener
ati
onofsol
arsy
stem.

I
nt hissheetnotonlyhappyandsadstoryar
ether
ebut
thereareincl
udedthewhoar eusedamodel,who’
sbenef
it
orconsumeret c.andacti
vi
ti
esareincl
uded.
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2

Sol
ar

mater
ial
stousei
nsol
arcel
li
ssi
l
icon,
GaAs,
cdTe,
are
mostl
yuses

Cri
teri
aformateri
alt
obeusedi nsolarcel
li
sbandgape
fr
om 1evt o,
1.8ev.Highopt
icalassumpti
onandconver
t
tohighel
ectr
ici
ty.
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Anenvi
ronmentissuit
abl
eforsol
arsy
stem.Sunny
,foggy
weat
her
, wi
nteranddust

Act
ivi
ti
esarei
nthi
splacei
ssafet
ysymbolont hesol
ar
powersyst
em.Sunanditbehavi
orandrel
ati
ont othe
ear
th.

Usersar
emostl
yusedsubst
ati
onsi
te,
consumer
,indust
ry
andengi
neer
s

Solarenergyi
sthetechnol
ogyusedtohar nessthesun's
energy and make i
tuseabl
e. 
As of2011,the t
echnol
ogy
producedl
esst
hanonet
ent
hofoneper
centofgl
obalener
gy
demand.
Manyar ef amil
iarwith so-
call
ed photovolt
aic cell
s,orsol ar
panels,foundont hi
ngsl i
kespacecraft
,rooftops,andhandhel d
calcul
ators.Thecell
sar emadeofsemi conductormat eri
alsli
ke
thosef oundincomput erchips.Whensunl i
ghthi t
st hecel l
s,it
knocksel ectr
onsloosefrom thei
ratoms.Ast heelectronsflow
throughthecell,
theygenerat
eelectr
ici
ty.

On a much l argerscale,solar-t
hermalpowerpl ant
s empl oy
varioustechni
quest oconcentrat
et hesun'sener
gyasaheat
sour ce.Theheati sthenusedt oboilwatertodriveast eam
turbinethatgenerateselect
ri
cityinmucht hesamef ashi
onas
coal and nucl ear power pl ants, suppl
yi
ng elect
ri
cit
y f or
thousandsofpeopl e.
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4

Theyhaveuseforsolarsystem ismanypeoplefor ar
ea
wisel
iker
ural,
urban,indust
rialar
eaandinst
it
uti
onalar
ea
.Butt
hismostl
yuseforinsti
tuti
onalar
ea.

Inthiscanvasofact
ivi
ti
esishow t
oconstr
uctthesol
ar
system.
 
Fir
stofalldeci
det
heplacewheny
ouconst
ructasyst
em.

Then cri
ter
ia or 
his bui
l
derar
e wor
kthi
s pl
ace and
const
ructasystem.
Becauset
hissol
arsy
stem i
sbr
ingi
ngt
hepubl
i
cfordel
ay
l
if
eusesandeasl
yused.

Notonlyt
hepl
aceorcr
it
eri
aismat t
er.Theyhav
edecided
andhow toworkt
hatweathersi
tuati
onaremat t
er.And
workfori
t.
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5

Weconstr
uctassyst
em so t
hatpeoplear
eused and
r
evi
ewthathowwei
ncl
udeanycri
ter
ia.

Andthisproductexper
ienceisbi
ginvest
mentbigsaving
andlargeener
gyconsumpt i
onandhisproductf
unct
ionis
tr
ackersundae
Aproductf
eat
urei
sdev
elopmentEngi
neer
ingandener
gy
sav
ing.

Customerr evel
ati
on i
s powergener
ati
on easi
l
y.And
I
nit
ial 
costhi
gh.

Governmentgi
vessubsi
diest
osol
arusersobuysol
ar
easi
ly
.
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6
 Adv
ant
agesandDi
sadv
ant
ages

Adv
ant
ages
 Elect r
icitypr oducedbysol arcel l
siscl eanandsi l
ent.
Becauset heydonotusef uelot herthansunshi ne, PV
systems do notr elease anyhar mf ulai rorwat er
pollution i nto the env ironment , deplete nat ural
resour ces, orendangerani mal orhumanheal th.
 Phot ov oltaic sy stems ar e qui et and v isually
unobt rusi ve.
 Smal l
-scal e solar pl ants can t ake adv ant age of
unusedspaceonr oof t
opsofexi sti
ngbui l
dings.
 PVcel lswer eor igi
nal l
ydev elopedf orusei nspace,
wher erepai risextremel yex pensi ve,ifnoti mpossi ble.
PVst il
lpower snearlyever ysat el
li
teci r
cli
ngt heear th
becausei toper atesr eli
ablyf orlongper iodsoft ime
withv i
rtuallynomai ntenance.
 Solarener gyi sal ocallyavai l
abl erenewabl eresour ce.
Itdoesnotneedt obei mpor tedf rom ot herregi onsof
the count ry or acr oss t he wor l
d.Thi sr educes
environment alimpact sassoci atedwi thtranspor tati
on
andal sor educesourdependenceoni mpor tedoi l
.
And,unl ikef uelsthatar emi nedandhar vested,when
weusesol arener gyt opr oduceel ectri
citywedonot
depl eteoral t
erther esource.
 APVsy stem canbeconst ruct edt oanysi zebasedon
ener gyr equi rements.Fur thermor e,theownerofaPV
 sy st
em canenlargeormov ei ti
fhisorherenergy
needschange.Fori nstance,homeowner scan add
modul eseveryfew y
earsast hei
renergyusageand
fi
nancialresour
cesgrow.Rancher scanusemobi l
e
trail
er-
mountedpumpingsy stemst owatercatt
leas
thecattlear
erotat
edtodiff
erentfi
elds.
Di
sadv
ant
ages

 Somet oxicchemi cal s,l ikecadmi um andar senic,are

used i n t he PV pr oducti
on pr ocess. These
envir
onment ali mpact sar emi norandcanbeeasi l
y
control
ledt hroughr ecy clingandpr operdisposal.
 Solarenergyi ssomewhatmor eexpensivetopr oduce
thanconv ent i
onalsour cesofener gyduei nparttot he
costofmanuf act ur ingPVdev i
cesandi npar ttot he
conversion ef ficienci es oft he equipment .As t he
conversionef ficienci escont i
nuet oincreaseandt he
manuf acturingcost scont i
nuet ocomedown,PVwi l
l
become i ncreasi ngl y cost compet it
ive wi th
convent i
onal fuels.
 Solarpoweri sav ariabl eener gysource,wi thener gy
productiondependentont hesun.Sol arfacil
iti
esmay
producenopoweratal l someoft hetime, whichcoul d
l
eadt oanener gyshor tagei ftoomuchofar egion's
powercomesf r
om sol arpower .
CONCLUSI
ON:

  Sol
ar power  i
s an immense sour
ce of directl
y
useable 
energy and ul
ti
matel
y creates
other
 energy
 resources:bi
omass,wind,and hy
dropower
andwav eenergy .