exploring solar energy
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Exploring Solar Energy. Radiant Energy. Nuclear Fusion. Daylight Drying Agricultural Products Space Heating Water Heating Generating Electrical Power Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Photovoltaics. Major Uses of Solar Energy. Daylighting. Drying Agricultural Products. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Exploring Solar Energy
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Radiant EnergyNuclear Fusion
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Major Uses of Solar Energy• Daylight• Drying Agricultural Products• Space Heating• Water Heating• Generating Electrical Power• Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)• Photovoltaics
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Daylighting
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Drying Agricultural Products
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Space Heating Through Passive Solar
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Active Solar Heating
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Solar Collector• Glass on outside• Absorbent on inside• Circulating Fluid
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Generating Electrical Power• Concentrating Solar Power
(CSP)• Trough systems• Power towers
• Heat exchanger plus steam turbine
• Photovoltaics• Small-scale (buildings) kW
production• Large-scale (utilities) MW
production• Photoelectric effect
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Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)
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Ivanpah, Mojave Desert• The United States houses the largest CSP plant in the Mojave Desert. • Ivanpah is operated by NRG. It uses 347,000 garage door-sized
mirrors and 173,500 heliostats.
Image courtesy of NRG Energy
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Photovoltaics
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PV Cell
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PV Array Components
• PV Cells• Modules• Arrays
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PV System Components
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Remote PV Power
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Top Countries for Installed PV Capacity
US Department of Energy, NREL 2015 Renewable Energy Data Book
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Global PV Growth
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Advantages of Solar Energy• Clean• Sustainable• Free• Provide electricity to remote places
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Disadvantages of Solar Energy• Less efficient and costly equipment• Part Time• Reliability Depends On Location• Environmental Impact of PV Cell Production
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Using a Digital Multimeter
Indicates voltage from alternating current. Do not use.
DC Current Scale
DC Voltage Scale
Resistance Scale. Do not use.
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Wiring the PV ModulesSeries Parallel
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For More InformationThe NEED Project•www.need.org• [email protected]• 1-800-875-5029
Energy Information Administration•U.S. Department of Energy•www.eia.gov
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