The consumption of energy is increasing day by day. It’s high time we have to switch to renewable energy sources. There is lot of options in front of us, like geothermal energy, solar energy, wind energy, even new ideas such as energy from thunderstorm etc. But again these have many disadvantages too. Geothermal energy can be utilized only in hot geothermal regions. Unfortunately these regions are very rare. Solar energy is another practical solution, but here also it is very difficult to light up a whole city using solar energy. Energy from thunderstorm is not practically implementable. So for the next generation we want a new system for generating energy. We can’t create new sources!! We have to find the best procedures to utilize those renewable sources. Only a very few amount of solar power is utilized in our daily life. Nowadays solar energy is used to the heat the water, for drying clothes etc. Even some researches have claimed that solar power can be used to light up the whole house if the roof of the house is made with solar panels; it is very difficult because the estimated cost for this will be around 4.8 lacks per house!! Again there will be large amount of maintenance cost.
When I was in a discussion regarding my final year B-tech project, my teacher Mr.Jerly Sir suggested an idea which utilizes solar power, and this system was so amazing that it can be utilized to light up a whole city.
When I was in a discussion regarding my final year B-tech project, my teacher Mr.Jerly Sir suggested an idea which utilizes solar power, and this system was so amazing that it can be utilized to light up a whole city.
The earth receives more energy from the Sun in just one hour than the world's population uses in a whole year. So far the solar panels used today can’t be utilized to light up a whole city, even when using thermal receiver they waste most of energy. In this arrangement, the solar power is utilized to produce electricity
without wasting single microvolts of energy. The solar energy is focused on to the water which is stored in a tank, which in turn makes the water heat (Same concept that we use in our house). Besides the solar panels, Mirrors are used to focus the light to the tank. The area of tank will be very large (a few acres) such that mirrors are kept around the tank. Solar energy is used to make the water in the tank heat and thereby producing steam. This steam is used to drive a steam turbine and thereby producing electricity. The steam is then condensed and is send back to the tank.
without wasting single microvolts of energy. The solar energy is focused on to the water which is stored in a tank, which in turn makes the water heat (Same concept that we use in our house). Besides the solar panels, Mirrors are used to focus the light to the tank. The area of tank will be very large (a few acres) such that mirrors are kept around the tank. Solar energy is used to make the water in the tank heat and thereby producing steam. This steam is used to drive a steam turbine and thereby producing electricity. The steam is then condensed and is send back to the tank.
