A Seminar Report On CLEAN SOLAR ENERGY

By

SAMSHER SINGH GIN/095324

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING At

SANT LONGOWAL INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, LONGOWAL-148106, DISTT. SANGRUR

MAY-2012

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
It is matter of great pleasure for me to submit this seminar report on CLEAN SOLAR ENERGY, as a part of curriculum for award of Bachelor in Engineering in Instrumentation & control degree of Sant Longowal Institute Engineering and Technology, Longowal. I am thankful to my seminar guide Prof. J.S DHILLON Professor in Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering Department for his constant encouragement and able guidance. I am also thankful to Prof. V.K JAIN Head of Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering Department for their valuable support. I offer my sincerest gratitude to all the teachers who has supported me throughout my report, with his patience and knowledge. I attribute the level of my bachelor degree to his encouragement and effort and without him this report, too would not have been completed or written. I also wish to thank the other faculty members, for their valuable suggestions and directions. I am also indebted to the many countless contributors to the Internet, PDF file editors, Microsoft office for providing the numerous documents and tools I have used to produce both my report, data and figure. I take this opportunity to express my deep sense of gratitude towards those, who have helped us in various ways, for preparing my seminar. I also thanks for my batch mates for providing constant encouragement, Support and valuable suggestions during the development of the report. SAMSHER SINGH GIN/095324

PREFACE
Solar energy, radiant light and heat from the sun, has been harnessed by humans since ancient times using a range of ever-evolving technologies. Solar energy technologies include solar heating, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal electricity and solar architecture, which can make considerable contributions to solving some of the most urgent problems the world now faces.[1] Solar technologies are broadly characterized as either passive solar or active solar depending on the way they capture, convert and distribute solar energy. Active solar techniques include the use of photovoltaic panels and solar thermal collectors to harness the energy. Passive solar techniques include orienting a building to the Sun, selecting materials with favourable thermal mass or light dispersing properties, and designing spaces that naturally circulate air