It examines the various types of solar technologies that will be most efficient for a bus stop.

1. INTEGRATING SOLAR ENERGY WITH BRTS BUS STOPS
-CASE STUDY OF AHMEDABAD BRTS
NIKHIL SHARMA
B. PLANNING, MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY , BHOPAL , INDIA
SOLAR
ENERGY
ALTERNATE
RESOURCE
EXHAUTING
ENERGY
 SOLAR ENERGY HAS BEEN HARNESSED BY HUMAN BEINGS SINCE ANCIENT TIMES
USING A RANGE OF EVER EVOLVING TECHNOLOGIES.
SOLAR ENERGY AS A POWER SOURCE HAS SHOWN TO BE ENVIRONMENTAL
FRIENDLY.
BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM (BRTS) PROVIDES
FASTER AND MORE EFFICIENT SERVICE THAN AN
ORDINARY BUS SERVICE TO THE SOCIETY
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1. INTEGRATING THE BRT BUS STOPS USING
BUILDING-INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS.
2. BRTS SYSTEM CAN BE MADE MORE
SUSTAINABLE BY INTEGRATING THE CURRENT
SYSTEM WITH THE LATEST SOLAR TECHNOLOGY.
3. DECREASE THE LOAD ON THE ELECTRICITY
CONSUMPTION OF THE BRT BUS STOP.
AIM AHMEDABAD BRTS IS A HIGHLY AMBITIOUS
RAPID TRANSPORT SYSTEM DEVELOPED
BY GUJARAT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
BOARD (GIDB) FOR THE CITY OF AHMEDABAD
AHMEDABAD (BRTS), INDIA WINS (GLOBAL)
2010 SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT AWARD.
AHMEDABAD JANMARG BRTS BRINGS HONOR
TO GUJARAT (AWARDED BEST MASS RAPID
TRANSIT SYSTEM IN INDIA DURING 2009).
BUS STOP
SOLAR THERMAL
COLLECTOR
PHOTOELECTRIC
PANEL
1. 300 CLEAR SUNNY DAYS IN A YEAR
2. INDIA'S THEORETICAL SOLAR
POWER RECEPTION, JUST ON ITS
LAND AREA, IS ABOUT 5 PWH/YEAR
(I.E. = 5 TRILLION KWH/YR
~ 600 TW)
3. THE DAILY AVERAGE SOLAR ENERGY
INCIDENT OVER INDIA VARIES FROM
4 TO 7 KWH/M2 WITH ABOUT
1500–2000 SUNSHINE HOURS PER
YEAR, DEPENDING UPON LOCATION.
COMPONENTS
1. PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS
2. MOUNTING STRUCTURE
3. CHARGE CONTROLLER AND
LIGHTING CONTROLLER
4. BATTERIES
5. OPTIONAL BATTERY CHARGER
TOP
VIEW
THE PLANS REQUIRE
1. 16 = 40-WATT LIGHT TUBE LIGHT
PER STOP DURATION 5:00 PM TO
12:00 mid night.
2. TOTAL OF 640 WATTS PER STOP FOR
7 HOURS.
3. POWER REQUIREMENT OF 4480
WATT-HOURS PER DAY (W*H/DAY)
PER BUS STOP.
4. USING THE FORMULA VOLTS X AMPS
= WATTS, WE CONVERTED THIS TO
AMP-HOURS PER DAY.
5. WHEN WIRED TO A 15.4 VOLT
BATTERY, THIS COMES TO 298.6
AMP-HOURS PER DAY.
6. IN THIS REGION OF THE INDIA, THE
AVERAGE POWER OF THE SUN IS 4
TO 7 KILOWATT-HOURS PER SQUARE
METER PER DAY. WE USED THE DAILY
LOW VALUE OF 5.5 KWH/M2/DAY.
7. AMPERAGE VALUE OF 54.3 AMPS.
8. WE HAVE CHOSEN SOLAR PANELS
WITH AN OPERATING CURRENT OF
10 AMPS. HENCE, WE WILL NEED 6
PANELS ON EACH BUS STOP
CONCLUSION
THIS PROJECT CAN BE IMPLIMENTED IN TWO
WAYS USING STAND ALONE SYSTEM AND
SUPPLYING OF POWER THROUGH THE GRID TO
THE BUS STOPS.
NIKHIL SHARMA
MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY