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Analysis of Global Solar Radiation in Solar Sector: An Empirical
Feasibility Study in India
GAURAV KUMAR
1
, VIMAL KUMAR DESHMUKH
2
, Mr. RAVINDRA MOHAN
3
1
M.E. Research Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
IES College of Technology, Bhopal (M.P.), India.
2
Co-Guide, M.Tech. Research Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Raipur (C.G), India.
3
Guide, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
IES College of Technology, Bhopal (M.P), India.
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Abstract - Most of the previous research focused on the
solar radiation but they never paid much attention to the
optimum radiation collection with the solar sector in India.
There are so many other benefits also like prevention of
climate change and nature procurement. This article
concentrates on the factor of solar radiation that influences
the optimum collection of solar radiation. This article is an
attempt to Bridge the gap between previous researchers and
new research. It is not possible to study or survey of entire
research in a single research paper. So I have taken a district
of South Region that is Coimbatore (Tamil-Nadu) and data
analyses on the basis of factors such as wind speed, relative
humidity, Sunshine hours, suspended particulate matter
(SPM) and air pressure. The Methodology is quantitative
Perspective. And the impact on the price of PV cell with the
change in time and technology, which may be helpful for the
government as well as the private sectors in India, because
we think that the initial capital cost of solar panel
installation is too high. This may be a source for selection of
proper location and also proper PV cell. Nowadays,
measurement of solar radiation is very essential for the
different-different field of applications, such as meteorology,
climatology, hydrology, pollution forecasting and also for
agriculture. Also for the design and operation of solar
energy conversion devices, solar radiation is considered as a
most important parameter.
Key Words: Global solar radiation, factors of radiation,
non-conventional energy, distribution of incoming solar
radiation, change in position of the sun with time, price
variation of PV cell.
1. INTRODUCTION
In Today’s era, there is a global energy crisis in India as
well as in entire world and this will increase day by day
due to the depletion of conventional energy sources. To
overcome this problem, the demand for the development
of alternative energies has also grown in past few decades.
Therefore, to complete this energy demand, solar energy is
one of the best elimination for conventional sources (such
as coal, oil, wood etc.) because these are limited and also
creates pollution due to high carbon content. As we know
that entire India, as well as the world, is suffering from
“Climate Change”, for prevention of climate there is a lot of
money expended by so many countries like the USA. This is
due to high concentration of carbon and its oxides such as
Carbon monoxide (CO), methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide
(CO2) present in air, due to air pollution which results
“Global Warming” and due to Global warming, the
temperature of surrounding also increased and this
increase in temperature will also utilize as a solar energy.
1.1 India Scenario of Area
India is one of the biggest countries in South Asia.
India has 29 states and 7 union territories and the
population is around 1.35 billion (in 2018), which is
accounting for more than 17.74% of world’s population. It
is 7
th
largest country in the world with total land area
3,287,263 km square. It has a land frontier of 15,200 km
and coastline of 7,517 km. India measures 3214 km from
North to South and 2933 km from East to the west. The
energy consumption of India is at 4
th
position in the world
i.e. after China, USA and Russia.
1.2 Solar energy scenario in India
Renewable source of energy is the great opinion for
the long-term view. Among the various renewable energy
sources, India receives a very large amount of solar energy,
which is about 300 clear sunny days (Pillai and Banerjee
2009) in a year. India receives approximately 5000
kWh/year and the daily average solar radiation incident
over India varies from 4kwh/day to 7kWh/day. The
Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) was
launched by Prime minister of India in 2010, with a target
of 20,000 MW solar power capacities by 2022. In January
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