Designing of Various Solar Energy Conversion System -A Short Review

Solar energy is being increasingly employed around the globe e.g. in the countries like India where this is available in abundance, especially in Thar desert. In addition, it is the most important of the nonconventional sources of energy, as it is non-polluting and, thus helps in lessening the greenhouse effect. The important systems for harnessing the solar energy available in the market for use in homes and factories, are the solar panels which absorb the energy of the sun to provide heat for cooking and for heating water. Solar devices are also being employed for absorption refrigeration useful for ice-making and room-cooling. From the trends in USA and Japan, it is estimated that millions of households in the world will be using solar energy. India too is actively engaged in formulating a programme for harnessing the solar energy in more than a million households in the next few years through the efforts of the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency and the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources. For the optimum use of the solar energy, the designing of solar energy collectors is very important. Many researchers in the world have shown a lot of interest in this fascinating field from the utility point of view. In this paper, we have presented the discussion and designing of various solar energy conversion system-like types of solar collectors for heat a solar power system for home lighting solar bowl having a fixed spherical mirror with a tracking receiver solar collector assembling having absorber tube reflector and solar filled piping and solar collector are electricity generation.