1. Case study on
Solar power plant in LPU
Submitted to:-Navneet Kaur Mam
Submitted by:- Prathviraj Singh
B.Tech.(CSE)
Reg.No.:-11704969
Section:- K17GZ
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2. Solar Power Plant In LPU
Solar power plant in LPU has been established in 2013.
It is situated on the roof top of the 38th block.
It consist of near about 400 panels.
Such 20 panels are connected in parallel of approximately 20
rows which generates output current of approximately 170 Ampere.
5. Solar Power Plant
Solar power plant is the conversion of energy from sunlight
into electricity.
Either directly using photovoltaic (PV), or indirectly using
concentrated solar power or a combination,
PV cells convert light into an electric current using
photovoltaic effect.
6. Components of solar power plant
Solar panels
PV cells
Controller
Inverter
7. Solar panels
Solar panels are the devices that converts light into electricity.
They are called solar panels because most of the time, the most
powerful source of light available is the Sun, called sol by
astronomers.
8. Photovoltaic(PV) Cell
A PV cell is specialized semiconductor diode that converts visible light
into direct current (DC).
Some PV cells can also converts infrared or ultraviolet radiations into
DC.
9. Working principal of PV cell
PV cells works on the principle of photo electric effect.
When sufficient energy of solar light falls on panels electrons
starts ejecting and start travelling from phosphorus doped (N-
type) to boron doped (P-type).
When sunlight strikes the surface of a PV cell then this
provides momentum and direction to electrons, resulting in a
flow of current.
10. Efficiency of PV cell
Regardless of size a typical silicon PV cell produces about 0.5-
0.6 V DC under open circuit, no load conditions.
The current output of a PV cell is proportional to the intensity
of sunlight striking the surface of a cell.
For example, under peak sunlight conditions, a typical PV cell
will produce about 2 watt peak power.
If the sunlight intensity were 40% of peak, this cell would
produced about 0.8 watt.
11. Controller
A solar charge controller manages the power going into the
battery bank from the solar array.
It ensures that the batteries are not overcharged during the
day.
Also, the power doesn’t run backward to the solar panels
overnight and drain the batteries.
Some charge controller are also available with additional
capabilities like lighting and load control.
13. Inverter
A solar inverter or PV inverter converts the variable DC output
of a PV solar panel into a utility frequency alternating current.
That can be fed into a commercial electrical grid or used by a
local off-grid space electrical network.
14. Conclusion
Solar power is an immense source of usable energy.
The energy of light shifts electrons in some semiconducting materials.
This photoelectric effect is capable of large-scale electricity
generation.
Efficiency.
It requires large area.