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Industrial And Commercial Applications of Solar Panels

The business of employing solar panels in the industrial techniques is so lucrative that the solar panels are not able to escape the applications demanded by the core industries and commercial applications. In this article we explore the same.

Solar pumped laser:

A laser as a device takes input in the form of an electric current which excited the electrons from valence band to the conduction band. Batteries are used in conventional laser for the electrical excitement.

On the other hand, solar pumped laser has the same output properties like the highly coherent beam of light (in the form of photons). But there is some alteration to the input properties. There is a use of solar panels for the pumping action of the lasing medium. Hence this kind of laser is quite different in terms of power requirements. It is capable of deriving input power from light of the sun. Hence it can run under all condition practically till its life gets over because there is no artificial source which might drain out like in commonly found lasers in the market.

The applications of solar pumped laser come very much handy in the areas where there is a shortage of electricity like the off-grid locations. The solar pumped lasers can be manufactured to be light weight and also the reduced number of components. Since components are few, the availability and reliability are high.

Solar Vehicle:

Solar vehicle is a vehicle that derives its power from electricity. These types of vehicles are powered with solar panels so that they could either on a complete basis or significantly derive power from the sun. The solar panels in these vehicles have to be very quick response ones so that they could be fast enough in order to make the conversion possible of solar energy to electrical energy as and when vehicle demands to accelerate with pace and power.

To build one vehicle that runs on solar power, there needs to be an adaption of technology from various fields of engineering like automobile, mechanics, aerospace and alternative energy.

There are some limitations imposed on the vehicles of this type. A solar vehicle has a limited surface area to collect the sun's rays that are incident on them. Hence they can produce a limited throughput. Also, the solar panels that are designed till date are for the applications that are stationary. Deployment of the solar panels on to the solar vehicles changes the dynamics of solar cells. Their lifetime depreciates quickly which becomes a costly affair. Solar panels, since their outer covering is transparent glass, they become unsuitable for commercial application in automobile manufacturing. This is because of the glass weight and also the brittle property of glass.

Building integrated photovoltaic:

This is a concept of replacement of the commonly used materials for buildings. Instead of roofs, facades and skylights which provide the envelope to the buildings, an idea is proposed to replace them with solar panels so that the entire surface area of a building can be put to use in order to harness the power of the sun. This concept is rapidly being exercised to be put to use in the practical environment and also considered as one of the fastest growth sector witnessed by the photovoltaic industry. The advantage of this concept is that the cost of raw materials that are used for building can be reduced to a great extent and at the same time, more profit could be generated from the electricity production via solar panels. This will also increase the professional cost that can add to your budget for the solar panel installation and commissioning.

Solar panel technology is on the brink of rapid growth and development and is witnessing demands from almost every industrial and commercial application.

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