Suggestion to Use Solar Energy for Lighting of Factory Area

CE 3.1 Project Information
Name of the project: Suggestion to Use the Solar Energy for Lighting of Factory
Area (12,274 m2)
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Role and Designation during the time: Team Member of the project
CE 3.2 Project Background
CE 3.2.1 Characteristics of the project
Solar energy is being created by the heat or light that is eventually emitted by sun,
within the specific form of electromagnetic radiation. This solar energy can be defined as the
nuclear fusion reaction of sun in the constant energy generated. The average intensity of solar
radiation is 1367 kW/m2. This project of Suggestion to Use the Solar Energy for Lighting of
Factory Area (12,274 m2) was my first mini project in electrical and electronics engineering
career. In 2016, the company was facing a shortage of projects and it was necessary to
support the company to overcome this crisis. So I submitted proposal to use the solar energy
to run the lighting of the Factory Area instead of the traditional electricity to reduce the
monthly costs, this idea was based on some of the scientific theories that I studied during the
MS thesis.
CE 3.2.2 Objectives developed for the project
During the project, I have known that solar energy is the most important energy that
provides light with the help of ever evolving technologies like photovoltaic, solar heating

and solar architecture. Since, our factory area was to be lightened with the solar energy, I had
developed the following objectives in this particular project of Suggestion to Use the Solar
Energy for Lighting of Factory Area (12,274 m2):
 To propose a suggestion for using solar energy to light the factory area.
 To calculate individual loads for each light and total load.
 To determine the quantities of materials that are required for running the system like
photocell and inverter.
 To compare the final cost with the annual lighting costs.
CE 3.2.3 My area of work
The project Suggestion to Use the Solar Energy for Lighting of Factory Area (12,274
m2) was the third important project in my engineering career. I had several areas of work in
this particular project. My first major area of work was to design a simple network that
comprised of 7 lines at the rate of 26 units and that would be easier to access and maintain the
system. I even researched about solar energy and how solar energy was helpful in various
case studies. I even analyzed the data for further analysis.

CE 3.2.4 Project Group
Figure 1: People involved in the project
CE 3.2.5 My responsibilities throughout the project
I had some of the major responsibilities in this particular project. The first and the
most important responsibility in this project was the inventory of lamps inside the factory
which equal 182 units at the rate of 400 watts. I even studied the possibility of reducing light
unit while maintaining the quality of lighting required and even studied the possibility of
modifying or changing existing light unit and calculating the cost of each. I was also
responsible for approving the lesser cost, which is the significant modification of the previous
units. I even calculated the individual loads for each light unit and total load. The inventory
quantities such as ballast, connector and lamps that is required for modification was checked
by me. I also determined the quantities of materials needed for running the system such as
photocell based battery as well as inverter. I even designed a simply network consisting of 7
Lines at the rate of 26 units which was easy to access and maintain. Even the final cost of