VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

“JNANA SANGAMA” -BELAGAVI 590018

SAPTHAGIRI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

BENGLURE 560057.

#14/5, Chikkasandra, HesaraghattaMain Road,

BENGALURU 560057.
TECHNICAL SEMINAR
ON

SOLAR ROADWAYS
SUBMITTED BY

G SAI PRASANNA
1SG15CV012
GUIDED BY
MR. RAJIV T
ASST PROFESSOR
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 Introduction
Theory
Structure
CONTENTS Advantages &
Disadvantages
Conclusion
Reference
 INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
• The solar roadways consists of structurally engineered
solar panels that we drives on.

• Each solar road panel(roughly 12’ x 12’) interlinks with

neighboring panels to form the solar roadways system.

• The solar roadways generates electrical power from the

sun and becomes a nations decentralized,intelligent,self
–healing power grid,replacing our current deteriorating
power distribution infrastructure.
 THEORY
• Years ago,when the phrase “Global Warming” began
gaining popularity,we started batting around the idea
of replacing asphalt and concrete surfaces with solar
panels that could be driven upon.

• Now its time to gear up for manufacturing upon.

• We thought of the “black box” on know airplanes: we

did’nt know what material that black box was made
of,but it seemed to be able to protect sensitive
electronics from the worst of airline crashes.
• Suppose we made a section of road out of this material
and housed solar cells to collect energy,which could pay
for the cost of the panel, there by creating a road that
would pay for itself overtime.

• What if we added LED’s to “Paint” the roadlines from

beneath,Lighting up the road for safer night time
driving?

• What if we added a heating element to prevent snow/ice

accumulation in northern climates?

• The ideas and possibilities just continued to roll in and

the solar roadway project was born.
 LITERATURE REVIEW
SL. Journal Title & Author Work done/remarks
No paper

1. IJERA, MAY Solar Roadways- Tried to replace all current

2013 Rebuilding our petroleum based asphalt
Infrastructure and roads,parking lots and
economy driveways with solar
-Alark A Kulkarni roadways technology.He
showed that solar roadways
will create the clean energy
boom and provide a
decentralized ,secure,
intelligent, sel-healing power
grid which pays for itself .
SL Journal Title & author Workdone/remarks
No. paper
2. Conference of Innovative pavement Has done a research on existing
the design: Are solar pavement materials and tried to
transportation roads feasible? replace a existing pavement
association of -Andrew materials with solar panels.He
Canada Northmore. has discussed in this paper about,
frederiction, How such a road panel can be
2012. constructed and manufactured
and also the design of each layer
of solar road panel,how the panel
can be integrated with photo
voltaic electronics,how such a
design can be weather
proofed,and how to optimise
between solar capture area and
structural integraty.
STRUCTURE OF SOLAR ROADWAYS
• Road Surface Layer:
-The road surface layer is semi-transperant and is of high
strength.
- The sunlight can still pass through it to the cells where solar
energy is collected.

►Electronics layer:
-A number of ultra capacitors are also fitted in this layer to store
energy for future use.

►Base Plate Layer:

-It has the responsibility of distributing the power b eing
collected from the electronic layer.
-The energy thus collected is transmitted to homes linked to the
solar roadway.
 ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES

• ADVANTAGES:
-The solar roadway distributes its electrical power to
all business and residential homes connected to the system via
their parking lots and driveways(made up of solar panels).

-In addition to electrical power,data signals (cable TV

,high –speed internet,telephone ,etc…)also travel through the solar
roadways ,which acts as a conduit for these signals.

-This feature eliminates the unsightly power lines,

utility poles , and relay stations we see all over the countryside.
 Military And Rescue Assitants
-In the event of an environmental disaster or military
emergency,solar roadways would provide power when it is
needed most.

-As solar power is renewable,it obviouslyrequires no

external connection to an artificial power source.

On-the-Go charging
-With induction plating embedded inside these roads,all
electric cars can be recharged while in motion on top of these
roads.

-This would reduce the costs and time-inconvenience to

wait at a charging station.
• DISADVANTAGES:

-Initially ,the start up and maintainance cost of building

such solar roadways and parking lots is extremely high.

-The average efficiency is currently 20%.

-It cannot be constructed in the poorest developing nations due

to high initial start-up costs.

-The initial high cost of implementation.

-Questionable durability and damage controlabilty that may

affect traffic and power.
 -Installation would take huge amount of time and
money,and so would trained labours should be assembled to
maintain them properly.

-Most likely,it would take several years before the

electricity generated by the panels would renew their own
cost.For this reason the companies suggests smaller-scale
projects are the best place to start.
 CONCLUSION
CONCLUSION
• For roughly the same cost of the current systems
(asphalt roads & fossil fuel burning electricity
generation plants),the solar roadways can be
implemented.

• No more Global Warming.

• Safer driving conditions.
• Far less pollution.
• No more dependency on foreign oil.
• A new secure highway infrastructure that pays for
 REFERENCE
• Alark A.Kulkarni,Director, Orbit Consultants
pvt.ltd.,Pune Solar Roadways-Rebuilding our
Infrastructure and Economy.
• International Journal of Engineering Research and
Applications(IJERA) www.ijera.com
• Scott Brusaw –Solar Roadways at TEDx-Ideas worth
spreading.
• Andrew ,Northmore ,MASc Candidate and Dr.Susan
Tighe,Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental
Engineering University of Waterloo.
Innovative Pavement Design: Are Solar Roads feasible?
• Andriopoulou Symeoni, MSc, Environmental
Engineering & Sustainable Infrastructure, A
review on Energy harvesting from Roads.
• Joseph Moges & Manoj K. Jha, Dept. of Civil
Engineering Morgan State University, 1700
East Cold Spring lane, Baltimore, Maryland
21251, USA.
Examining the oppurtunities associated with
Solar Roadways: case study of interstate 95 in
baltimore
HANKYOU

-G SAI PRASANNA