An Overview of Cleaning and Prevention Processes for Enhancing Efficiency of Solar Photovoltaic Panels

Mondal, Surajit; Mondal, Amit Kumar; Sharma, Abhishek; Devalla, Vindhya; Rana, Sravendra; Kumar, Suresh; Pandey, Jitendra

doi:10.18520/cs/v115/i6/1065-1077

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“…The data were collected in Jaé n, a non-industrialized city in the south of Spain, with a population of e110,000 inhabitants (Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 2019; Nofuentes et al, 2017) and an annual irradiation R1800 kWh/m 2 (Jimé nez-Torres Figure 2. Description of the soiling monitoring and mitigation strategies Partially built on previous flowcharts from (AlDowsari et al, 2014;Gupta et al, 2019;Jamil et al, 2017;Mondal et al, 2018). et al, 2017).…”

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“…), and of soiling (e.g. dust properties) ( Ilse et al., 2018 ; Jamil et al., 2017 ; Mondal et al., 2018 ). These intrinsic complexity and variability of soiling make the constant monitoring an essential activity to optimize soiling mitigation ( Figure 2 ).…”

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“…These intrinsic complexity and variability of soiling make the constant monitoring an essential activity to optimize soiling mitigation ( Figure 2 ).

Figure 2 Description of the soiling monitoring and mitigation strategies Partially built on previous flowcharts from ( AlDowsari et al., 2014 ; Gupta et al., 2019 ; Jamil et al., 2017 ; Mondal et al., 2018 ). …”

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“… Partially built on previous flowcharts from ( AlDowsari et al., 2014 ; Gupta et al., 2019 ; Jamil et al., 2017 ; Mondal et al., 2018 ). …”

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Monitoring photovoltaic soiling: assessment, challenges, and perspectives of current and potential strategies

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Soiling is the process whereby dirt, dust, and organic/inorganic contaminants deposit on the surface of a photovoltaic (PV) module. It causes significant economic losses and can have a substantial impact on the expansion of photovoltaic technologies for energy generation. The first step to address soiling adequately is monitoring, as soiling mitigation has to be tailored to the specific conditions of each PV system and no universally valid strategy exists. The main focus of this study is to assess the current state of the art in soiling monitoring, in order to help the community better understand the needs and the challenges in this area. The potentials and the limitations of each monitoring method are discussed thoroughly in the paper, with the support of original experimental data. An estimation of the future soiling monitoring market trends is also presented, with a forecasted need for tens of thousands of new soiling monitors every year.

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“…These intrinsic complexity and variability of soiling make the constant monitoring an essential activity to optimize soiling mitigation ( Figure 2 ).

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confidence: 99%

“… Partially built on previous flowcharts from ( AlDowsari et al., 2014 ; Gupta et al., 2019 ; Jamil et al., 2017 ; Mondal et al., 2018 ). …”

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“…Autonomous robots with onboard state-of-the-art sensor technology have the potential to replace the traditional method of manual cleaning of the modules. The choice of a particular solution depends on the application domain, geographical terrain, desired performance and economic factors [109]. A comprehensive study reported in [110] mentions that automatic cleaning is an optimal choice for panel cleaning on Earth as well as on Mars.…”

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Robotics Inspired Renewable Energy Developments: Prospective Opportunities and Challenges

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The domain of Robotics is a good partner of renewable energy and is becoming critical to the sustainability and survival of the energy industry. The multi-disciplinary nature of robots offers precision, repeatability, reliability, productivity and intelligence, thus rendering their services in diversified tasks ranging from manufacturing, assembling, and installation to inspection and maintenance of renewable resources. This paper explores applications of real robots in four feasible renewable energy domains; solar, wind, hydro, and biological setups. In each case, existing state-of-the-art innovative robotic systems are investigated that have the potential to create a difference in the corresponding renewable sector in terms of reduced set-up time, lesser cost, improved quality, enhanced productivity and exceptional competitiveness in the global market. Instrumental opportunities and challenges of robot deployment in the renewable sector are also discussed with a brief case study of Saudi Arabia. It is expected that the wider dissemination of the instrumental role of robotics in renewable energy will contribute to further developments and stimulate more collaborations and partnerships between professionals of robotics and energy communities.INDEX TERMS Applied robotics, automation in renewable energy, mobile robots, robotic manipulators, solar PV module, wind turbines.

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Estimation of Photovoltaic Soiling Using Environmental Parameters: A Comparative Analysis of Existing Models

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Soiling is the process where dust, dirt, and organic/inorganic contaminants accumulate on the surface of a photovoltaic (PV) module. It impacts the energy generation of PV systems and causes significant economic losses. It can be monitored through soiling estimation models, which evaluate its impact depending on a number of environmental parameters. The main focus of this study is to compare four existing estimation models in Jaén, Spain, and to analyze their performance in an environment different than that where each of them is developed. The results indicate that all models can reproduce accurately the seasonality of soiling in Jaén, if a cleaning threshold of 0.3 mm day−1 is considered. The models’ performance is found to be influenced not only by the mass concentration but also by the optical properties of each component of the atmospheric particulate matter, with an overestimation up to 4% in high organic carbon concentration periods. The natural cleaning role of rainfalls and its influence on the modeling error are also discussed through the paper.

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An Overview of Cleaning and Prevention Processes for Enhancing Efficiency of Solar Photovoltaic Panels

Cited by 43 publications

References 55 publications

Monitoring photovoltaic soiling: assessment, challenges, and perspectives of current and potential strategies

Monitoring photovoltaic soiling: assessment, challenges, and perspectives of current and potential strategies

Robotics Inspired Renewable Energy Developments: Prospective Opportunities and Challenges

Estimation of Photovoltaic Soiling Using Environmental Parameters: A Comparative Analysis of Existing Models

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