Summary reader response assignment part 1 (draft 1)

 The article from The Economic Times, “What are solar light panels and how do they work” Team ProductLine (2019), briefly touches on the purpose, usage, features of solar panels and the advantages of using them. Solar or photovoltaic cells comprises of elements that are able to conduct electricity better than insulators but worse than pure conductors. These cells can vary in sizes up to a few inches and can be placed together that can measure up to “few feet wide and several feet long” (Team ProductLine, 2019) and are known as photovoltaic modules or PV modules. The photovoltaic modules can be altered accordingly to power requirements and the sunlight available in the area of installation. Solar panels can be connected directly to the power grid in which case the “DC power generated through PV panels is converted to AC power using a power conditioning unit” (Team ProductLine, 2019), otherwise the system “needs a backup system in the form of a full load bearing battery, power conditioning system and advanced load management equipment” (Team ProductLine, 2019). The reason for push for solar panels is to reduce the “dependability on traditional power sources and fossil fuels” that “generate harmful greenhouse gases that pollute the environment” (Team ProductLine, 2019) and the application variety is enormous ranging from simple household and commercial items including “gadgets like calculators, wrist watches, torches, flashlights etc.”, “traffic signs”, “street lights” and “homes to reduce electricity cost and the effects of global warming” to much more complicated applications like “powering water pumps, communication satellites, etc.” (Team ProductLine, 2019). 

      

 

References: 

Team ProductLine (2019, May 7) What are solar light panels and how do they work. The Economic Times 

 https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/productline/power-generation/what-are-solar-light-panels-and-how-do-they-work/articleshow/69130408.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst 

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