A Project Report on

AWARNESS ON SOLAR ENERGY

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY

In

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

Submitted by

N. Srinivas 22P35A0416

Under the esteemed

Supervision of

MS.K.M.V.V.L.MANASA M.Tech

Assistant professor

ADITYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

Approved by AICTE, New Delhi & Affiliated to JNTUK

Kakinada Accredited by NAAC (A+) and NBA

SURAMPALEM , Kakinada district ,AP-533 437

2022-2025
 Community Service Project Report

Submitted in accordance with the requirement for the degree of B.Tech

Name of the College: Aditya College of Engineering and Technology

Department: Electronics and Communication Engineering

Name of the Faculty Guide: MS.K.M.V.V.L.MANASA

Duration of the CSP:

Name Of the Student: Nadikatla Srinivas

Programme of Study: B.Tech

Register Number: 22P35A0416

Year of Study: 2nd

Semester: 2-1

Date of Submission:
 ADITYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

Approved by AICTE, New Delhi & Affiliated to JNTUK, Kakinada

Accredited by NAAC (A+) and NBA

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION

ENGINEERING

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the Community Service Project work entitled, “SOLAR SYSTEM”, is a

bonafide work carried out by 22P35A0416(Regd. No), in partial Fulfillment of the requirements

for the award of the degree of BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY in ELECTRONICS AND

COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING from Aditya College of Engineering and Technology,

Surampalem, during the academic Year2022-2023.

This project work has not been submitted in full or part to any other

University or Educational Institute for the award of any Degree or Diploma.

PROJECT SUPERVISOR HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT

MS.K.M.V.V.L.MANASA, M.Tech Dr.D.KISHORE, M.Tech., PhD

Assistant Professor PROFESSOR

Electronics and communication engineering Electronics and communication engineering

 Student’s Declaration

I, Nadikatla Srinivas , a student of B.Tech Program, Reg No.22P35A0416 of the Department of

Electronics and Communications Engineering, Aditya College of Engineering And Technology

College do hereby declare that I have completed the Mandatory community service from

18/12/2022 to / /202 in RAJESHWARI NAGAR ,KAKINADA under the Faculty Guideship

of MS.K.M.V.V.L.MANASA, Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering in

Aditya College of Engineering and Technology

(Signature and Date)

Endorsements

Faculty Guide

Head of the Department

Principal
 Certificate from

Official of the Community

This is to certify that Nadikatla Srinivas (Name of the Community Service Volunteer) Reg. No

22P35A0416 of Aditya College of Engineering & Technology (Name of the College) underwent

community service in Kakinada (Name of the Community) from 18/12/2022 to / /202 The

overall performance of the Community Service Volunteer during his/her service is found to be

(Satisfactory/Good).

Authorized Signatory with Date and Seal

 Acknowledgement

It is with immense pleasure that we would like to express our indebted gratitude to

My project supervisor, MS.K.M.V.V.L.MANASA, M.tech who has guided us a lot and

Encouraged us in every step of project work, her valuable moral support and guidance has

helpful in successful completion of this Project.

I wish to express our sincere thanks to Dr.D.KISHORE M.tech., Ph.D., Head of the

Department of ECE, for his valuable guidance given to us throughout the period of the Project

work.

I feel elated to thank Dr.A.RAMA KRISHNA M.Tech., Ph.D., Dean (Academics &

Administration) of Aditya College of Engineering and Technology for his cooperation In

completion of our project work.

I feel elated to thank Principal, Dr. S. DOLA SANJAY M.Tech., Ph.D., of Aditya

College of Engineering and Technology for his cooperation in completion of our project And

throughout our course.

I wish to express our sincere thanks to all faculty members, and lab programmers for

Their valuable guidance given to us throughout the period of the project.

I avail this opportunity to express our deep sense and heart full thanks to the

management of Aditya College of Engineering & Technology for providing a great Support for

us by arranging the trainees, and facilities needed to complete our project and For giving us the

opportunity for doing this work.

STUDENT NAME
 Nadikatla Srinivas

22P35A0416

ABSTRACT

Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the Sun that is harnessed using

a range of technologies such as solar power to generate electricity, solar thermal energy

(including solar water heating), and solar architecture. It is an essential source of renewable

energy, and its technologies are broadly characterized as either passive solar or active solar

depending on how they capture and distribute solar energy or convert it into solar power. Active

solar techniques include the use of photovoltaic systems, concentrated solar power, and solar

water heating to harness the energy. Passive solar techniques include orienting a building to the

Sun, selecting materials with favorable thermal mass or light-dispersing properties, and

designing spaces that naturally circulate air.

Solar energy is heat and light that comes from the sun's rays. This is known as radiant
energy, because the sun radiates (or sends out) a huge amount of this energy every day.
 Contents

CHAPTER PAGE No.

ABSTRACT
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1 Brief description of the Community
1.2 Summary of all the activities
1.3 learning objectives
1.4 Project outcomes
2. OVERVIEW OF THE COMMUNITY
2.1 Historical profile of the community/ habitation
2.2 Community diversity
2.3 Traditions at community
2.4 Community ethics and values
2.5 Brief note on Socio-Economic conditions of the Community
3. COMMUNITY SERVICE PART
3.1 Activities undertaken in the Community
3.1.1 Activity log for the First week
3.1.2 Weekly Report of Week-1

4. OUTCOMES DESCRIPTION
4.1 Details of the Socio-Economic Survey of the Village/Habitation
4.2 Questionnaire prepared for the survey
4.3 Problems identified in the community
4.4 Short-term and Long-term action plans for possible solutions
4.5 Community awareness programme(s) conducted
4.6 Report of the mini-project work done
5. RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE MINI PROJECT

6. POWER POINT PRESENTATION SLIDES

7. STUDENT SELF-EVALUATION FOR THE CSP

8. EVALUATION BY THE PERSON IN-CHARGE IN THE COMMUNITY

HABITATION

9. PHOTOS & VIDEO LINKS

10. INTERNAL ASSESSMENT STATEMENT

 LIST OF FIGURES

S.NO NAME OF FIGURES

1. Taking permission from VRO

2. Survey form

3. Geographical location of community

4. Surveying about the conditions of the locality

5. Collecting information about household electricity usage.

6. Asking some general questions about the electricity conditions of the area.

7. Explaining about the alternative sources of electricity.

8. Explaining about solar energy.

9. Explaining how a solar powerplant can be setup .

10. Explaining about the solar subsidies provided by the governemnt.

 LIST OF GRAPHS

S.NO Graph Description

 CHAPTER 1

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Description of Community:

Gaigolupadu is a small Village/hamlet in Kakinada Rural Mandal in East Godavari District of

Andhra Pradesh State, India. It belongs to Andhra region . It is located 4 KM towards North from
District head quarters Kakinada. 1 KM from Kakinada Rural.
Total population of Gaigolupadu is 6952 .Males are 3461 and Females are 3,491 living in 1667
Houses. Total area of Gaigolupadu is 276 hectares.

Summary of activities done:

 The area that is suitable for my project.
 Conducted the survey by preparing a form that is useful for gathering information from
the households about electricity usage
 From that information I found the major problems faced by the people about high
 Electricity bills.
 Find out the possible solution for their problems.
 Conducted the Awareness campaign in the village/locality based on their problems and
give the possible solution about solar setup by interacting with them.

Learning Objectives:
 To sensitize the students to the living conditions of the people who are around them
 To make students aware of their inner strength and help them to find new/out of box
solutions to the social problems.
 Provides opportunity to become active member of the community
 Enables to acquire life skills and knowledge, as well as provide a service tothose who
need it most.
  To help students to initiate developmental activities in the community in coordination
with public and government authorities.
Outcomes:
 Improved social responsibility and citizenship skills.
 Improves students ability to apply what they have learned in “the real world”.
 Greater interpersonal development, particularly the ability to work well withothers, and
build leadership and communication skills.
 CHAPTER 2

OVERVIEW OF THE COMMUNITY

Gaigolupadu is the rural area located in the Kakinada district and the population of the area is
medium. The male and female populations are 4812 and 4581 respectively. Total area of
Gaigolupadu is 276 hectares.

The literacy rate is also very low, when we observed the people of the locality. As per our survey
we observed that the people don’t even know about the alternative ways of getting the electricity
like renewable sources (solar energy, wind energy etc....). And also some of them don’t know
how to set up solar panels in their house.

We know that now a days in every house electricity becomes an essential thing. Because every
electronic device works on the electricity only. But we observed that the unit cost of current
becomes very high and also we observe some of them are getting very high electricity bills even
though they using low electricity.

So we decided to create awareness among the people about solar energy and acknowledged them
about setting up solar power plant with/without involvement of subsidies.
 CHAPTER 3

COMMUNITY SERVICE PART

Description of the Activities undertaken in the Community during the Community Service
Project.
Conducting the survey:
By conducting the survey I gathered the information from the people related to my project
which it includes the problems that are being facing by the people, and how they suffered.
Analyzing the problems and finding out the solutions: After conducting the survey, I had
identified all the major problemsthat are facing by the people and I have found some solutions
for the problems.

Conducting campaign:
With all the possible solutions I had conducted a campaign by going to the some
houses and interacting with the people and telling them the solution which I had discovered for
their problems and explained the benefits in using the solutions.

Interacting with the Sarpanch:

I had interacted with the village Sarpanch and discussed all the problems that
were noticed by me during the survey phase and requested to solve the problems that are facing
the people.

In this community service part, it has Positive impact on student’s academic learning such as
demonstrated complexity of understanding, problem analysis, problem-solving, critical thinking
and it is also improves the student’s ability to apply what they have learned in “the real world”.

It also improves the social responsibility and citizenship skills, Greater involvement in
community service after graduation career development and connections with professionals and
community members for learning and career opportunities. It has Greater interpersonal
development, particularly the ability to work well with others, and build leadership and
communication skills.
Day Brief description of the daily Learning Outcomes Person
& activities Incharge
Date Signature

Day-1

Day-2

Day-3

Day-4

Day-5

Day-6
 WEEKLY REPORT

WEEK – 1 (From Dt 19/12/2022 to Dt 21/12/2022)

Objective of the Activity Done:

Detailed Report:

General Survey:
 CHAPTER – 4

OUTCOMES DESCRIPTION
 RENWABLE SOURCES

A renewable energy source means energy that is sustainable - something that can't

run out, or is endless, like the sun. When you hear the term 'alternative energy' it's

usually referring to renewable energy sources too. It means sources of energy that

are alternative to the most commonly used non-sustainable sources - like coal.

The most popular renewable energy sources currently are:

1. Solar energy
2. Wind energy
3. Hydro energy
4. Tidal energy
5. Geothermal energy
6. Biomass energy

How these types of renewable energy work

1) Solar energy
Sunlight is one of our planet’s most abundant and freely available energy
resources. The amount of solar energy that reaches the earth’s surface in one hour
is more than the planet’s total energy requirements for a whole year. Although it
sounds like a perfect renewable energy source, the amount of solar energy we can
use varies according to the time of day and the season of the year as well as
geographical location. In the UK, solar energy is an increasingly popular way to
supplement your energy usage. Find out if it’s right for you by reading our guide to
solar power.

2) Wind energy

Wind is a plentiful source of clean energy. Wind farms are an increasingly familiar
sight in the UK with wind power making an ever-increasing contribution to the
National Grid. To harness electricity from wind energy, turbines are used to drive
generators which then feed electricity into the National Grid. Although domestic or
‘off-grid’ generation systems are available, not every property is suitable for a
domestic wind turbine. Find out more about wind energy on our wind power page.

3) Hydro energy
As a renewable energy resource, hydro power is one of the most commercially
developed. By building a dam or barrier, a large reservoir can be used to create a
controlled flow of water that will drive a turbine, generating electricity. This energy
source can often be more reliable than solar or wind power (especially if it's tidal
rather than river) and also allows electricity to be stored for use when demand
reaches a peak. Like wind energy, in certain situations hydro can be more viable as
a commercial energy source (dependant on type and compared to other sources of
energy) but depending very much on the type of property, it can be used for
domestic, ‘off-grid’ generation. Find out more by visiting our hydro power page.

4) Tidal energy

This is another form of hydro energy that uses twice-daily tidal currents to drive
turbine generators. Although tidal flow unlike some other hydro energy sources
isn’t constant, it is highly predictable and can therefore compensate for the periods
when the tide current is low. Find out more by visiting our marine energy page.

5) Biomass Energy
This is the conversion of solid fuel made from plant materials into electricity.
Although fundamentally, biomass involves burning organic materials to produce
electricity, and nowadays this is a much cleaner, more energy-efficient process. By
converting agricultural, industrial and domestic waste into solid, liquid and gas fuel,
biomass generates power at a much lower economic and environmental cost.

About Solar energy:

Solar energy, radiation from the Sun capable of producing heat,

causing chemical reactions, or generating electricity. The total
amount of solar energy incident on Earth is vastly in excess of
the world’s current and anticipated energy requirements. If
suitably harnessed, this highly diffused source has the potential
to satisfy all future energy needs. In the 21st century solar
energy is expected to become increasingly attractive as a
renewable energy source because of its inexhaustible supply and its non-polluting character, in
stark contrast to the finite fossil fuels coal, petroleum, and natural gas.
The Sun is an extremely powerful energy source, and sunlight is by far the largest source of
energy received by Earth, but its intensity at Earth’s surface is actually quite low. This is
essentially because of the enormous radial spreading of radiation from the distant Sun. A
relatively minor additional loss is due to Earth’s atmosphere and clouds, which absorb or scatter
as much as 54 percent of the incoming sunlight. The sunlight that reaches the ground consists of
nearly 50 percent visible light, 45 percent infrared radiation, and smaller amounts of ultraviolet
and other forms of electromagnetic radiation.
The potential for solar energy is enormous, since about 200,000 times the world’s
total daily electric-generating capacity is received by Earth every day in the form of solar energy.
Unfortunately, though solar energy itself is free, the high cost of its collection, conversion, and
storage still limits its exploitation in many places. Solar radiation can be converted either into
thermal energy (heat) or into electrical energy, though the former is easier to accomplish.

Thermal energy:-
Among the most common devices used to capture solar energy and convert it to
thermal energy are flat-plate collectors, which are used for solar heating applications. Because
the intensity of solar radiation at Earth’s surface is so low, these collectors must be large in area.
Even in sunny parts of the world’s temperate regions, for instance, a collector must have a
surface area of about 40 square metres (430 square feet) to gather enough energy to serve the
energy needs of one person.

Electricity generation :-
Solar radiation may be converted directly into electricity by solar
cells (photovoltaic cells). In such cells, a small electric voltage is
generated when light strikes the junction between a metal and a
semiconductor (such as silicon) or the junction between two
different semiconductors. (See photovoltaic effect.) The power
generated by a single photovoltaic cell is typically only about two
watts. By connecting large numbers of individual cells together,
however, as in solar-panel arrays, hundreds or even thousands of kilowatts of electric power can
be generated in a solar electric plant or in a large household array. The energy efficiency of most
present-day photovoltaic cells is only about 15 to 20 percent, and, since the intensity of solar
radiation is low to begin with, large and costly assemblies of such cells are required to produce
even moderate amounts of power.
Small photovoltaic cells that operate on sunlight or artificial light have found major use in low-
power applications—as power sources for calculators and watches, for example. Larger units
have been used to provide power for water pumps and communications systems in remote areas
and for weather and communications satellites. Classic crystalline silicon panels and emerging
technologies using thin-film solar cells, including building-integrated photovoltaics, can be
installed by homeowners and businesses on their rooftops to replace or augment the conventional
electric supply.