STUDY ON SOLAR AC GENERATOR

Abstract

This project has opted a way to generate AC power directly from a solar panel. Why is this so important? It makes it possible to simply hook the solar panels directly into the power grid without the need for expensive DC to AC power conversion equipment. This invention, when commercialized, will make the cost of solar power more practical and affordable. in the world’s sunniest areas all the cities would be supplementing their power with clean renewable solar power. Solar panels today produce DC power which has to be converted to AC to be used by most homes and businesses. The price of solar panels combined with the price of inverters, phase synchronizers, installation and maintenance has made the price of solar prohibitive. Add to that the loss of power from the different components used in the DC to AC conversion process and it becomes even more unattractive.
Today AC power is produced for the power grid by AC generators. The generators are powered by mechanical energy provided by water turbines (hydro- electric) or steam turbines powered from coal, natural gas or nuclear fuel. The mechanical energy rotates the coils of the generator in a magnetic field to produce voltage. Because the conductor coil of the generator flips direction during rotation in the magnetic field the resulting voltage produced is sinusoidal or AC. The process Inventive Research used to do this is simple but pure genius in its application. In model arranged modified standard solar cells into a circular pattern mounted on a base.