Countering Air pollution

Through Solar Energy

Presented By:
• Tejas Mushini (2015041)
• Soumya Soni (2013138)
• Shreyash Joshi (2013113)
• Manish Kumar Roy (2013005)
• Sansy Hasnu (2013082)
• Suman Goswami (2013006)
• Priya Pal (2013118)
• Mibom Moyong (2011008)
• Rishav Brahma (2013068)
• Rahul Gupta (2014111)
What is Solar Energy
• Energy consisting of radiant light and heat from the sun.
• Out of all the energy emitted by the sun only a small amount is
absorbed by the earth.
• Directly or indirectly the sun is responsible for all the energy on the
earth.
• This energy can be harvested using 3 main ways:
Solar hot water
Solar thermal electricity
Photovoltaic cells
Why Solar Energy
• World energy conservation predicted estimation about the rate of
utilization of energy resources shows that the coal and petroleum
deposits will deplete within the next few decades.
• Advantage of solar energy is that it is distributed over a wide
geographical area, ensuring that developing countries like India have
access to electricity generation at a stable cost for the long term
future.
• The huge consumption of fossil fuels have harmed the environment in
various forms.
IMPORTANCE OF SOLAR
ENERGY
 At present so many alternative fuels have been developed but they are only able to meet a small proportion of
our actual demand.

Amount of carbon and Sulphur in the atmosphere

Deforestation and forest firing

Human vehicle, waste

product etc

Fossil Fuel Burning

EARTH ENERGY BUDGET
• Earth’s energy budget describes the
balance between the radiant energy that
reaches Earth from the sun and the energy
that flows from Earth back out to space.
Energy from the sun is mostly in the
visible portion of the electromagnetic
spectrum.

• About 30 percent of the sun’s incoming

energy is reflected back to space by
clouds, atmospheric molecules, tiny
suspended particles called aerosols, and
the Earth’s land, snow and ice surfaces.

• The Earth system also emits thermal

radiant energy to space mainly in the
infrared part of the electromagnetic
spectrum. The intensity of thermal
emission from a surface depends upon its
temperature.

Source: NASA
CURRENT SOLAR ENRGY
CONSUMPTION
 How solar energy works

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This electricity then passes through various electrical
equipments which will step up or step down the
voltage generated based on requirement.

Solar panels convert sun’s

energy into electricity

Image is of solar panels in NIT Silchar. Source: SESI NIT Silchar

PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF
SOLAR ENERGY
PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF
SOLAR ENERGY

Sports car “QUANT NLV 2009” made by Koenigsegg runs on solar energy
Usage of solar energy in other sectors

 Agriculture and horticulture seek to optimize the capture of solar energy in order to
optimize the productivity of plants.
 Applications of solar energy in agriculture aside from growing crops include pumping
water, drying crops, brooding chicks, and drying chicken manure.
 Most recently the technology have been embraced by vinters, who uses it to power grape
press machines.
 Greenhouse gases convert solar light to heat, enabling year production of and growth of
speciality crops and other plants not naturally suited to the local environment.
Solar Lighting

 Daylight systems collect and distribute sunlight to provide interior illumination.

 Hybrid solar lighting is an active solar method of providing interior illumination.
 Solar thermal technologies can be used for water heating, space heating, space cooling
and process heat generation.
 Solar hot water systems use sunlight to heat water.
Use in cooking

 Solar cookers use sunlight for cooking, drying and pasteurization. They can be grouped
into three broad categories: box cookers, panel cookers, and reflector cookers
Cons of Solar energy

 Initial cost of solar cell is high

 Only able to generate electricity during daylight hours. That means for around half a day solar panels do not
produce electricity for your home.
 The weather can affect the efficiency of solar cell.
 Pollution can also be a con of solar energy, as pollution levels can affect solar cell efficiency, this would be
major con for business or industry wishing to install solar panel in heavily polluted area such as cities.
How can various components of solar energy be
used?

 Disinfection and sterilization without use of chemicals. UV light is also used to destroy bacteria and viruses.
 It stimulates the immune system and has shown good results in killing blood borne pathogens.
 Sime microorganisms destroyed by UV light are bacillus anthracis, salmonella or food poisoning, shigella
dysentariae or dysentery, bacteriophage or E. coli, hepatitis and influenza.
 UV light can be combined with other therapies.