RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES

SOLAR ENERGY& SOLAR BUILDINGS

PREPARED BY

P.SIVA(08EC79)

R.K.JILL DEVI(08EC91)
III year ECE department
CONTENTS :
Introduction to renewables.
Overview of solar energy.
Reasons for preferring solar energy.
Introduction to solar buildings.
Construction of a solar building.
Advantages and disadvantages of solar energy.
Cost .
Some measures to overcome disadvantages.
Conclusion.
 NATURAL AND RENEWABLE
SOLAR SOURCES OF ENERGY

Geothermal …THEY NEED

OUR HELP!
Recyc ural
le Use Nat
es
Resourc

Wind

G T
Generator Transformer Distribution
Lines Your Home

Biomass

Hydroelectric
Biogas
 OVERVIEW OF SOLAR ENERGY
 Solar energy, as the
name implies uses the
sun energy to harness
energy in some
other useful forms.
Radiant light and heat
from the sun, has been
harnessed by humans
since ancient times using
a range of ever-evolving
technologies.
APPLICATIONS OF SOLAR ENERGY
Agriculture & horticulture

Architecture &
Solar LIGHTING
urban planning

Process heat

Water treatment Solar cooking

 ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF YOUR
HOME
Have you made the low cost, easy to
implement changes that can reduce
your energy bill ?
Yes , the best approach is constructing
SOLAR BUILDING
A solar building, by definition, incorporates
and builds upon energy efficient attributes,
in its aggressive use and/or mitigation of
environmental resources and conditions.
 REQUIREMENTS OF SOLAR BUILDING
Techniques used for construction such as
 Active solar techniques : these include the photovoltaic
panels & thermal collectors ………
 Passive solar techniques : these include orienting a
building to the sun& selecting other materials…….
 Material approaches such as
 Solar panels(photovoltaic module or photo voltaic
panel).
 Thermal mass.
 Thermal skin.
 Composite.
What is photovoltaic technology ?
 Solar PV technology uses arrays of solar cells to receive
sunlight and convert the same into electricity.
 A SOLAR PANEL (photovoltaic module or photovoltaic panel) IS
A PACKAGED INTERCONNECTED ASSEMBLY OF SOLAR CELLS,
ALSO KNOWN AS PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS.

Solar cell
 How Solar Panels Produce Electricity ?
PV Solar panels do not necessarily need direct sunlight,
they can function in daylight.
A PV cell is made up of one or more layers of semi –
conducting material, which is normally silicon.
PV cells also made by other materials such as
 mono crystalline
 poly crystalline
 amorphous and
 thin – film varieties.
Architecture Of Solar Building
 Passive Solar Building Materials
THERMAL MASS:  Materials of high thermal capacity
and density are often used for both their characteristics
to impede heat flow as well as storage of heat or cold.

THERMAL SKIN: Typical materials include highly insulated

heavier frame construction.

 COMPOSITE: The building envelope is a thermal "skin"

approach with much of the building's interior elements
of floors ; walls ; and structural and decorative elements
providing the storage for natural heating and cooling.
 summer

ceiling

Warm air Passive Solar Building

Designs
Thermal mass
winter
(Concrete ,brick ,rock)
Heat generated by
south sunlight

Rigid
board
insola
tion

Living space Water drum

storage
These Should Be Remembered While
Construction:
 WINTER ORIENTATION: Sun is generally south of us.

 SUMMER ORIENTATION: Minimization of east and west

facades should be adopted &increasing the south facing
facade.

 THERMAL TRANSITIONS: In areas of temperature

extremes (severe cold or severe heat), thermal
decompression should be considered.
 COST V/S POWER GENERATION
 AVERAGE SOLAR OUTPUT POWER PER SQ.FT IS 10.6
WATTS.

 FOR PRODUCING 1 KW POWER REQUIRES 1 lakh-TO

1.5 lakh.

 400 SQ.FT TO 800 SQ.FT OF INSTALLED AREA

PRODUCES 4 KW TO 8 KW OF POWER.

 SOLAR PANELS COST IS BEING DECREASING DAY BY

DAY.
 PROS&CONS OF SOLAR BUILDINGS
 PROS:
• Solar energy is abundant in regions that have the largest
number of people living off grid.
• Passive solar building  design and zero energy buildings  are
demonstrating significant energy bill reduction.
• Distributed point-of-use photovoltaic systems eliminate
expensive long-distance electric power transmission losses.
 Cons:
o Solar heat and electricity are not available at night and may be
unavailable because of weather conditions.
o Solar cells produce DC which must be converted to AC .
o Solar electricity is currently more expensive than grid
electricity.
 SOLAR ENERGY IN INDIA
With about 300 clear sunny days in a year, India's
theoretical solar power reception, just on its land area, is
about 5 PWh/year.
35,000 km² area of the Thar desert has been set aside
for solar power projects, sufficient to generate 700 to
2,100 GW.
The daily average solar energy incident over India varies
from 4 to 7 kWh/m2 .
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