NGPCL - SUNSUL Technology
When we think of solar energy, chances are we think of roofs or giant arrays of glimmering panels in the desert. However, advances in solar-powered technology over a few years have made possible more smaller-scale applications for everyday living, on a more personal level.
SUNSUL is one such revolutionary technology in the renewable energy sector that has been innovated and developed by Navrattan Green Power Corporation Limited (NGPCL) in India. First of its kind renewable energy technology, the SUNSUL uses industrial waste materials and solar power to generate cent percent clean and green energy.
SUNSUL Technology offers some significant advantages over the conventional solar PV energy generation.
- It can operate as an open system where S2 can be taken out and sold to rubber industry at a good price, in which case S8 will need to be refilled, which is an industrial waste material.
- The mechanical waste (Sulfur) is warmed utilizing sunrays to change its character and produce steam which runs the turbine and create control.
- Sulphur can reach higher temperatures resulting in more energy and capacity factor.
- SUNSUL is a closed-loop technology which involves one-time feedstock filling process, as at the end of the cycle S2 converts back to S8, restarting the action all over again.
- Sulphur cools down very slowly thus the system can produce electricity even after the sunset.
A breakthrough in renewable and eco-friendly source of energy generation, SUNSUL Technology consists of a Tower, a Dish, Dish focus actuator, solar heat collector, High-temperature Piping, Heat exchanger, Heat exchanger coils, Steam Piping, Steam Turbine, Generator, Steam Condensing Tank, Sulphur Condensing Tank, S8 Expansion Tank, Pump with check Valves and Solar Dish Mirror.
The System operates using S8, which is an industrial waste material. Heat, generated form Solar Heat Collector converts this S8 into S2 which in turn releases an immense amount of energy. This energy creates extremely high heat of approx. 900 degrees Celsius. High-temperature piping transfers this massive heat to water and the steam thus produced runs the turbines and the generator. The Sulphur used in SUNSUL System Prototype cools down very slowly and the system can thus produce power even after the sunset. Using other technological development such as additional internal hydrogen generator, SUNSUL Technology is capable of achieving 24 hour of operation.
SUNSUL Technology offers some great advantages over the conventional Solar PV energy generation. It produces a higher efficiency, that is, 60% as compared to 18% efficiency of Solar PV, thus resulting in cost-effectiveness.
Powered by sunlight, SUNSUL produces green electricity, which is clean energy. This means it is produced with little-to-no environmental impact and does not dispense greenhouse gases into the air that contribute to global warming, the way fossil fuels do. In today’s time, an increasing number of corporate, people and the government are realizing the need to ‘Go Green’ and switch to more eco-friendly alternatives. SUNSUL is one step closer to reducing our carbon footprint and reverse the damage done to the environment until now.
