Study of the Effect of Air Pollution on Solar Power Generation Using Sun Simulator

Abstract

The basic objective of this project is to study the solar radiation pattern at different instants of time and produce such a pattern using an LED matrix and thereby calculate the power generated in each case. The second objective is studying the effect of level of air contamination or presence of pollutants in air, on solar power generated, using solar panel of a given size, and thereby evaluating the future prospects of solar energy as a substitute of non-renewable energy sources. This project helps us to calculate the size of solar panel required to generate given amount of power at different pollution levels.