Project Name : Solar Roads & ANPR – A Vision for the Future
Theme Name : Transport & Communication
Objective/Aim:
(A) To create environment friendly transport system based on modern technology
(B) To reduce the demand of fuels
(C) Single solution to various problems
Scientific Principle Involved:
(A) A solar roadway is a series of structurally engineered solar panels that are driven upon. The idea is to replace current petroleum-based asphalt roads, parking lots, and driveways with solar road panels that collect energy to be used by homes and businesses, and ultimately to be able to store excess energy in or alongside the solar roadways.
(B) Thus renewable energy replaces the need for the current fossil fuels used for the generations of electricity, which cuts greenhouse gases.
(C) Parking lots, driveways, and eventually highways are all targets for the panels. If the entire National Highways system were surfaced with Solar Roadways panels. It would produce more than three times the amount of electricity currently used in the country.
Material used: Wood, Glass, Plastic, Colours, LED’s, Wires, Battery
Construction and Working of the Model:
1. Existing prototype panels consist of three layers-
(A) Road surface layer – translucent and high – strength, it is rough enough to provide sufficient traction, yet still passes sunlight through to the solar collector cells embeddedwithin, along with LED’s and a heating element. This layer needs to be capable of handling today’s heaviest loads under the worst of conditions and to be weatherproof, to protect the electronics layer beneath it.
(B) Electronics layer – Contains a microprocessor board with support circuitry for sensing loads on the surface and controlling a heating element with a view to reducing or eliminating snow and ice removal as well as school and business closing due to inclement weather. The microprocessor controls lighting, communications, monitoring, etc. With a communications device every 12 feet, a solar roadway can be an intelligent highway system.
(C) Base plate layer – While the electronics layer collects energy from the sun, it is the base plate that distributes that power as well as signals (phone, TV, internet, etc.) down the line to all homes and businesses connected to the solar roadway. It needs to be weatherproof to protect the electronics layer above it. Automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) is mass surveillance method that uses optical character recognition on images to read vehicle registration plates.
Application in Different Domains of Life:
Renewability and life-span
The main advantage of the solar roadway concept is that it utilizes a renewable source of energy to produce electricity. It has the potential to reduce dependence on conventional sources of energy.
Military and rescue assistance
In the event of an environment disaster or military emergency, solar roadways would provide power when it is needed most.
Roadways already in place
Another advantage of solar roadways is that they do not require the development of unused and potentially environmentally sensitive lands. Transmission lines could simply be run along already established roadways.
Father Scope of the Exhibit/Project
When multiple Solar Road Panels are interconnected, the intelligent Solar Roadway is formed. These panels replace current driveways, parking lots, and all road systems, be they interstate highways, state routes, downtown streets, residential streets, or even plain dirt or gravel country roads. Panels can also be used in amusement parks, raceways, bike paths, parking garage rooftops, remote military locations, etc.
Name of the School: Spring Dale Public School, Sherpur Road, Ludhiana.
Nice and can you give tips to how to make and material required