Dust effects on the performance of PV street light in Baghdad city

Al-Ammri, A. Salam; Ghazi, Areej; Mustafa, Fathy M.

doi:10.1109/irsec.2013.6529687

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“…Maintenance, though limited and low‐cost, is very important, especially to address soiling of the PV module, which rapidly reduces electricity generation. For example, due to the proximity to the desert and high levels of volatile organic compounds in the air, losses of the output power due to soiling of fixed solar modules powering PV street lights in Baghdad reached 26% in just one month …”

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Solar street lighting: a key technology en route to sustainability

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Meneguzzo

Albanese

et al. 2016

WIREs Energy & Environment

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Today's solar street LED lights are able to provide reliable, quality lighting both in developing and developed countries, thereby reducing light poverty and the economic and environmental costs of electric outdoor lighting. Rapid technical innovation and dramatic price reduction in the LED, PV module, and battery components, which has occurred in the last 5 years, will accelerate the penetration of solar street LED lights across the world. Applications will not be limited to countries with significant insolation only but will extend to Northern regions as well. This study provides a critical overview of a technology that will play an important role en route to global sustainability.

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Section: Installation Of Solar Led Street Lightsmentioning

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Solar street lighting: a key technology en route to sustainability

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Meneguzzo

Albanese

et al. 2016

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“…There have been many studies about the impact of dust on PV streetlights. Al Amri et al [1] in a work conducted in Baghdad City investigating the impact of dust on PV streetlights installed at a height of 27 m and an inclination of 35°. The results showed that performance of the modules with a capacity of 80 Wp decreased by 26 %.…”

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Temporary Performance Degradation of Photovoltaic Street Light in Kupang City, Nusa Tenggara Timur Province, Indonesia

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This study investigated the effect of dust to the performance degradation of PV street lights deployed at several areas (coastal, urban, industry, and village) in Kupang city. Results showed that maximum power output (Pmax) of all modules decreased by 9 % to 14 %. Short circuit current (Isc) was the parameter strongly affected by dust compared to open circuit voltage (Voc). Performance of the PV modules increased back to their initial conditions after cleaning. This was indicated by the increasing of Isc and Voc of the modules that leading to the escalating of their Pmax values. The worst effect of dust was exhibited by PV modules installed at coastal area. A simple analysis revealed that the module would lose 87.75 Wh of energy d–1. This study suggested that dust derating factor applied for PV street light design in Kupang should be higher than the standard (5 %).

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“…Influence of the Harmattan dust on the PV system in the tropical area was investigated in Nigeria [40] and the results showed that cleaned PV system performed 20% more than the dirty ones. A study in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia [19] and Baghdad [29] reported that power output decreased by around 50% and 26% when the panels were not cleaned for over 6 months and one month respectively. A threefold experiment to study the effect of the pollution due to vehicles in highway was done in Baghdad, Iraq where one panel was clean all the time, next one was shielded by rain and third was completely exposed to natural dust all the time.…”

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An updated review on factors and their inter-linked influences on photovoltaic system performance

Rao

Mani

Ramamurthy

2018

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Globally installed solar photovoltaics (PV) capacity has crossed three hundred gigawatts and is increasing each year. As the share of solar PV in the energy mix of a country increases, forecasting PV power available will be crucial. To forecast the instantaneous and long-term PV power output, understanding the factors influencing them is necessary. In this view, this work elaborates on the factors that impact the PV system through tabulation and graphical explanation. Further, a discussion of the articles related to the dust-induced change in performance is made. To understand the impact of dust on solar PV systems in depth, advanced instrumentation and methodologies have been used in the past few years. One of the methods is the measurement of spectral transmittance/reflectance/absorptance of the dust layer on the PV panel. This has led to the question whether a thin layer of some specific dust can be beneficial by absorbing infrared (IR) heat and hence allowing the PV cells to operate at a lower temperature. Many controlled experiments in the laboratory have been made using the artificial dust and sun simulators; and such studies aid in the development of numerical models. Research in modeling, mathematical analysis (from first principles) of dust deposition, and calculation of its impact on panels have been given importance in recent years. Outdoor experiments are relatively more common than other modes of research in this field. Studies involving the interaction of deposited dust with spectral radiation, improving the correlation between artificial and natural dust deposition, the interplay between dust and atmospheric parameters are to be encouraged.

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Dust effects on the performance of PV street light in Baghdad city

Cited by 25 publications

References 2 publications

Solar street lighting: a key technology en route to sustainability

Solar street lighting: a key technology en route to sustainability

Temporary Performance Degradation of Photovoltaic Street Light in Kupang City, Nusa Tenggara Timur Province, Indonesia

An updated review on factors and their inter-linked influences on photovoltaic system performance

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