I tried doing this problem, but it was tough, can anyone help me with this? thanks!
At a certain location, the solar power per unit area reaching the Earth's surface is 200 W/m^2, averaged over a 24-hour day. If you live in a house whose average power requirement is 3 kW and you can convert solar power to electric power with 10% efficiency, how large a collector area will you need to meet all your household energy requirements from solar energy? Will it fit your yard? please explain in simple terms - thanks
2007-03-19 13:26:23 · 2 answers · asked by questionhere 2 in Environment
If you getting 20 watts for your solar panel and you need 3,000 watts then you need 150 square meters of panels. If you have a yard that big and a rich dad to buy the panels you can do it for sure.
2007-03-19 13:39:40 · answer #1 · answered by jim m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-01 21:20:38 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋