Influence of Dirt Accumulation on Performance of PV Panels

Sulaiman, Shaharin Anwar; Singh, Atul K.; Mokhtar, Mior Maarof Mior; Bou-Rabee, Mohammed A.

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.06.006

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“…Moreover, the government of Nigeria signed a memorandum of understanding with a USA firm (New Technology Industry) to supply up to 1200 MW of solar PV projects worth USD2 billion which are expected to be completed within the next 2 years [25].…”

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“…cloud drift [22,23], wind speed [24] etc.). It is also necessary to clean the panel from dust and dirt to ensure that the maximum power could be generated from the panels [25,26]. There are also issues related to building aesthetics and probably accidental release of chemicals, such as cadmium and sulfur hexafluoride [27].…”

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A review on the recent progress made on solar photovoltaic in selected countries of sub-Saharan Africa

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Wirba

Muhammad‐Sukki

et al. 2016

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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“…The attenuation of sunlight depends on the size of dust, density of dust and type of dust (Darwish, Kazem, Sopian, Al-Goul, & Alawadhi, 2015;Khatib et al, 2013). This attenuation of sunlight considerably reduces the performance of PV panel (AlHasan & Ghoneim, 2005;Sulaiman, Singh, Mokhtar, & Bou-Rabee, 2014). It was found that due to dust deposition on panel surface the power generation capacity and conversion efficiency of PV panel reduces up to 92.11% and 89%, respectively (Rajput & Sudhakar, 2013).…”

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Performance Evaluation of PV Panel Under Dusty Condition

Tripathi

Aruna

Murthy

2017

Int. J. Renew. Energy Dev.

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ABSTRACT. The performance of PV panel depends on the incoming sunlight on its surface. The accumulated airborne dust particles on panel surface creates a barrier in the path of sunlight and panel surface, which significantly reduces the amount of solar radiation falling on the panel surface. The present study shows a significant reduction in short circuit current and power output of PV panel due to dust deposition on its surface, whereas the reduction in open circuit voltage is not much prominent. This study has been carried in the field as well as in the laboratory. The reduction in maximum power output of PV panel for both the studies ensures a linear relation with the dust deposition on its surface. In the field study, the reduction in the power output due to 12.86gm of dust deposition on the panel surface was 43.18%, whereas in the laboratory study it was 44.75% due to 11gm of dust deposition.

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“…Rajput D. S. and sudhakar [14] studied the effect of environment dust on power production by PV experimentally, and they obtain that the power production reduced by 92.11%. Sulaiman et al [15] provided an experimental study by using different obstruction materials conducted under controlled conditions using spotlight substitute for sunlight. The result which was obtained from external resistance could reduce the efficiency by 85%.…”

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The Impact of the Environmental Condition on the Performance of the Photovoltaic Cell

Abbas¹

2016

AJEE

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Abstract:The present study investigated the impact of weather conditions on the production performance of the photovoltaic (PV) module. The experiments have been conducted by using two identical PV module of 75 Watt each and they were placed in the same weather conditions in the summer season in Kirkuk city-Iraq. One of them was used as a conventional module as a reference panel and the other unit which has been used in all required tests. Water circulation has been used for cooling of the PV module to and very fine soil used to estimate the effect of each of hot weather and dust deposition on the performance of PV respectively. The results show that the fill factor (FF) and PV efficiency affected inversely with increasing in temperature, on the other hand cooling process contributed to increase the voltage generation across PV panel by 11.8%, while the reduction in voltage generation by unclean panel due to natural pollution deposition on the front of the panel for a period of three months was about 3.8% compared with clean panel and 13.8% if it has been compared with voltage production by panel when it has been cooled by water.

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Influence of Dirt Accumulation on Performance of PV Panels

Cited by 176 publications

References 6 publications

A review on the recent progress made on solar photovoltaic in selected countries of sub-Saharan Africa

A review on the recent progress made on solar photovoltaic in selected countries of sub-Saharan Africa

Performance Evaluation of PV Panel Under Dusty Condition

The Impact of the Environmental Condition on the Performance of the Photovoltaic Cell

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