Solar Energy Conversion.

Abed, Youssif A.; Mohamed Tantawy, Mohamed Abd El-Moniem

doi:10.21608/bfemu.2021.187375

Solar Energy Conversion.

Document Type : Research Studies

Authors

¹ Assistant Professor, Electrical Power & Machines Department, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.

² Assistant Professor, Electrical Power & Machines Department, Faculty of Engineering., Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.

10.21608/bfemu.2021.187375

Abstract

The paper presents a survey for the methods of generating the electric energy from the solar energy , These methods are devided according to the influence of incident light on the different materials into direct and indirect methods. In the first , the solar energy is converted directly to electricity by means of solar cells , without any byproducts and without any moving parts. The indirect conversion of solar energy into electricity is done through intermediate stage , such as thermal , mechanical and chemical . Each of these methods is discussed in details and comparison between them is done regarding the conversion efficiency.

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