Date of Award
Spring 2023
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Santa Clara : Santa Clara University, 2023.
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
First Advisor
Maryam Khanbaghi
Abstract
While solar power is one of the leading renewable energy sources today, current solar farms produce an amount of byproduct heat that is contributing to rising global temperatures and the deaths of many birds. Furthermore, solar panels that use water as a coolant through a sprinkler system use up a great amount of water that could be allocated somewhere else. Our project seeks to address both of these issues through a biomimetic design. Drawing inspiration from the ghost plant, our proposed solar panel cooling system is expected to reduce the amount of byproduct heat produced by panels, increase the overall efficiency of the panels, and reduce the amount of water used to achieve these goals.
Recommended Citation
Cramer, Terrin; Kang, Yicheng; and Ogino, Ryan, "Biomimicry in Solar Energy Applications" (2023). Electrical and Computer Engineering Senior Theses. 80.
https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/elec_senior/80