Title :
Solar power plants - Sustainability in civil works
Author :
Thalluri, Rams ; Shenoy, Sneha
Author_Institution :
Water & Renewable Energy IC, L&T Constr., Solar EDRC, Chennai, India
Abstract :
This paper reviews the various possible methodologies for attaining sustainability in solar plants in terms of civil works. Sustainability in terms of reducing finite source losses in solar plants like water and energy has been concentrated on. The direct methodologies have been intelligently designed to modify conventional practices and use it towards the benefit of the plant such as rain water harvesting and passive cooling systems for buildings. The existing design has been evolved at every step of the plant development so that the consumption or the dependence of the plant on external energy sources is reduced or cut down completely. Case studies dealing on both the issues reveal the challenges faced, possible best solutions, key learnings and the adoption of these methods in the plant design right from the planning stage. The indirect methodologies are solutions proposed and to be developed in a view to build structures that are ground adapting in PV plants and to stabilize the soil in arid areas prone to heavy winds and sand storms so that the soiling losses in the modules or reflectors are reduced.
Keywords :
buildings (structures); cooling; energy harvesting; photovoltaic power systems; rain; solar power stations; arid areas; buildings; civil work sustainability; external energy sources; finite source loss; ground; heavy winds; passive cooling systems; photovoltaic plants; planning stage; rain water harvesting; sand storms; soiling loss; solar power plants; Conferences; Decision support systems; Hafnium; Region 10; Solar modules; contour following structures; groundwater; passive cooling; rain water harvesting; soil management; soiling loss; solar plant; solar radiation;
Conference_Titel :
Humanitarian Technology Conference (R10-HTC), 2014 IEEE Region 10
Conference_Location :
Chennai
DOI :
10.1109/R10-HTC.2014.7026320