AI based Solar Thermal Energy Utilisation in India

Authors

  • Shridhar A. Kedar Department of Mechanical Engineering, MKSSS’s Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Pune – 411052, India
  • Deepak S. Watvisave Department of Mechanical Engineering, MKSSS’s Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Pune – 411052, India
  • Ajit A. Bhosale Department of Mechanical Engineering, MKSSS’s Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Pune – 411052, India
  • Harish M. Shinde Department of Mechanical Engineering, MKSSS’s Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Pune-411052, India
  • Ganesh Vijay More Department of Mechanical engineering, PVG’s College of Engineering and Technology and G. K. Pate (Wani) Institute of Management, Pune, India

Keywords:

Incentives, India, Policies, Potential, Solar Thermal Energy

Abstract

Fossil fuels are depleted over time from regular use, and they also contribute significantly to the atmosphere's CO2 emissions. Solar energy has emerged as one of the most intriguing clean energy options for generating heat and power through solar technology for a variety of industrial and domestic applications. India, the third-largest power consumer, and third-largest producer of sustainably generated power in the globe, has many opportunities for advancement in the solar thermal energy utilisation sector. India is eventually going toward its maximization because of its many advantages and uses in a variety of applications, which will help to reduce pollution to a greater extent. In accordance with suitable environmental conditions and researched statistical data reviewed by earlier researchers, the research paper demonstrates how solar thermal energy’s horizon is widening, right from household usages like solar cookers to industrial applications like air conditioning, process heating, and power generation. It also discusses advantages, limitations, and ways to overcome them. The use of solar thermal energy has increased across a variety of goods, processes, and industries because of the Indian government's acceptance of newer renewable energy policies. The current study examines India's massive demand for energy generation in the upcoming decades and the need for solar thermal energy utilisation, which is critical to creating suitable and sustainable choices for power generation soon. The results show techniques for properly utilising this abundantly available energy and its identification, as well as ideas for the amalgamation of existing technologies to curb environmental issues and increase efficiency. Storage, a major challenge in the solar energy utilisation sector, is also reviewed. This is depicted from India’s point of view.

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24.03.2024

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Kedar, . S. A. ., Watvisave, D. S. ., Bhosale, A. A. ., Shinde, H. M. ., & More, G. V. . (2024). AI based Solar Thermal Energy Utilisation in India . International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications in Engineering, 12(18s), 166–172. Retrieved from https://ijisae.org/index.php/IJISAE/article/view/4962

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Vol. 12 No. 18s (2024)

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