RENEWABLE POWER

SOURCES

UNIT 1
Principles of Solar Radiation
Role of potential of new and renewable sources,
the Solar energy option
Introduction to renewable energy sources
 Clean energy, comes from natural sources
Replenished by nature
Derived principally from sun’s radiation
Non solar renewable ( tidal, geothermal energy)
Solar power – direct(solar radiation)
- indirect (wind,hydro,bioenergy)
Lower environmental impacts than fossil fuel
 Types of Renewable Energy
 Solar energy,
Wind,
Tidal,
Geothermal,
Biomass
Solar Energy
PROS and CONS
PROS:
Clean energy source
Renewable ad Sustainable
Get power in remote area
Can be installed in Rooftops
Reduce Electricity bills
Availability
Low maintenance cost and Silent in operation
Solar energy
• CONS
Initial cost (100 to 150rs /watt)
Can produce Power only during day time
Solar cells effectiveness
Large area for set up
Expensive Storage
Environmental impacts of Solar Energy
• Energy generation and Transmission effects the environment
• SET provides obvious environmental advantages in comparison to the
conventional energy sources
• Reduced Co2 Emission
• Reduction of Emission of Greenhouse gasses and prevention of toxic
gas emissions
• Reduction of the required transmission lines of electricity grids
• Improvements of quality of water resources
Application of Solar energy

• Heating and cooling residential buildings

• Solar water heating
• Solar drying of agricultural and chemical products.
• Solar distillation of a small community scale
• Salt production by evaporation of sea water
• Solar cookers
• Solar engines for water pumping
• Food refrigeration
• Bio conversion and wind energy and which are indirect source of solar energy
• Solar furnaces
• Solar electric power generation by i) Solar ponds ii) Steam generators heated
by rotating reflectors iii) reflectors with lenses and pipes for fluid circulation
• solar photovoltaic cells which can be used for conversion of solar energy
directly into electricity (or) for water pumping in rural agriculture purposes.
Solar Radiation and Constant
• Intermittent and variable manner of arrival
• Large area required

• Sun is large sphere of very hot gases

• Heat generated by various kinds of fusion reactions
• Diameter (sun) 1.39x10^6km (earth) 1.27x 10^4km
• Mean distance between the two I 1.5 x 10^8km
• Isc = 1367 watts/m^2
• The power of the sun at the earth per square meter is called Solar constant