2. INDEX
• Introduction
• Types of Solar Aircraft
• Weight
• Why it is Important To Use Solar Aircraft?
• Working Of Solar Aircraft
• Advantages Of Solar Aircraft
• Disadvantage of Solar Aircraft
3. INTRODUCTION
• It is manned solar-powered aircraft that was designed by
David Williams and produced by Solar Powered Aircraft Co.
The planning of the aircraft was started in 1979. It first flew
in 2014 across the Asia to America.
4. Types of Solar Aircraft
• The Aircraft is classified into two typed :-
1. Long Wing
2. Short Wing
5. WEIGHT
• There is mass difference between the weight of a normal
aircraft and a solar aircraft. A normal plane weight 560 Tons
and A Solar Plane weight 2 tons.
6. WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO USE SOLAR
AIRCRAFT?
• It is important to use Solar Aircraft because the fossil fuels
are finishing day by day and It also release heat which is
causing Global Warming.
7. WORKING OF SOLAR
AIRCRAFT?
• When Sunlight falls on the solar panel , the solar panel
absorbs the energy and uses it by the help of inverter which
the energy is converted into AC ( Alternating Current ) or (
Direct Current ).
8. ADVANTAGES OF SOLAR
PLANE
• Advantages of Solar. Solar energy is a resource that is not
only sustainable for energy consumption, it is indefinitely
renewable (at least until the sun runs out in billions of
years). Solar power can be used to generate electricity, it is
also used in relatively simple technology to heat water (solar
plane).
• Does not emit heat or sound
9. DISADVANTAGE OF SOLAR
PLANE
• Inefficiency : Since not all the light from the sun is absorbed by the
solar panels therefore most solar panels have a 40% efficiency rate
which means 60% of the sunlight gets wasted and is not harnessed.
New emerging technologies however have increased the rate of
efficiency of solar panels from 40 to 80% and on the downside have
increased the cost of solar panels as well.
• Reliability : Unlike other renewable source which can also be operated
during night, solar panels prove to be useless during night which
means you have to depend on the local utility grid to draw power in the
night. Else you can buy solar batteries to store excess power which you
can later utilize in the night.
• Installation area : For home users, a solar energy installation may not
require huge space but for big companies, a large area is required for
the system to be efficient in providing a source of electricity.
