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1. Introduction to Solar Energy

Authors : S. N. Singh, Prabhakar Tiwari, Sumit Tiwari

Published in: Fundamentals and Innovations in Solar Energy

Publisher: Springer Singapore

Abstract

The sun is an ultimate source of energy, and all available forms of energies on earth, directly or indirectly, depend on it. It is a sphere of very hot gaseous substance having diameter of 1.39 × 10⁹ m with an average distance of 1.5 × 10¹¹ m from the earth. The sun has temperature (T_s) of 5777 K, and this temperature is maintained due to uninterrupted fusion reaction. Several fusion reactions have been proposed for production of the energy emitted by the sun; the most important being the one in which four photons of hydrogen unite to make helium (i.e., helium nucleus). The helium nucleus has less mass compared to four protons, which is converted to energy.

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Title: Introduction to Solar Energy
Authors: S. N. Singh
Prabhakar Tiwari
Sumit Tiwari
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Book: Fundamentals and Innovations in Solar Energy
Print ISBN: 978-981-336-455-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-336-456-1

Copyright Year: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6456-1_1