Solar energy is used in many ways such as:-
•It is used for cooking food in solar cooker.
•It is used for producing electricity by solar plates.
•It is used for charging solar...
Hint— Your answer must include: working of a solar device using reflectors/solar cell. Limitations: Available during day time/sunny days. Requires huge installations and costly. To overcome limitation: Use of solar cell.
Solar cookers have limited utility at places which remain cloudy or have longer winters; e.g., hilly areas.
Advantages of using a solar cooker:
(l) It cooks food without causing;any kind of pollution.
(ii)...
Box-type solar cooker
Spherical reflector type solar cooker
1. Plane mirror is used as a reflector.
2. It does not concentrate solar energy at a point.
3. Cornparativeiv low temperature is produced in it.
4. It is used to...
As we know, the range of wavelength of visible radiation is from 400 nm to 700 nm. The radiation having wavelength greater than 700 nm is termed as infra-red radiations...
Solar cell panel comprises of a large number of solar cells and can provide a much higher power for many uses. Two materials used for making solar cell are Gallium...
Solar cell is a device that converts solar energy into electricity. Since the output of a single solar cell is quite small, a large number of solar cells are combined...
