Dust mitigation strategies concerning solar energy applications: A comprehensive review

G Hassan, BS Yilbas, A Al-Sharafi, F Al-Sulaiman… - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
This review offers a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the dust soiling research, including
critical observations on dust soiling effects and dust removal techniques for solar energy …

A Techno-Economic Review of Dust Accumulation and Cleaning Techniques for Solar Energy Harvesting Devices

AB Ahmadullah, A Al-Sharafi, G Hassan… - Arabian Journal for …, 2024 - Springer
Solar energy is a promising and sustainable natural resource that can be harnessed through
solar harvesting devices such as photovoltaic (PV) cells and concentrating solar collectors …

Dust mitigation by rolling water droplets from hydrophobic surfaces

BS Yilbas, G Hassan, H Al-Qahtani, A Al-Sharafi… - Surfaces and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Environmental dust mitigation from hydrophobic surfaces by rolling water droplets is
considered and the dust particle removal mechanism by rolling droplet fluid is examined …

Enhanced dust reduction method for solar panels application

P Hooshyar, A Moosavi, AN Borujerdi - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Introducing an innovative dual-layer coating technique to enhance solar panel durability
against dust, this method uses a translucent aluminum zinc oxide conductive film to prevent …

Dust mitigation by a water droplet in between movable and modified wetting states surfaces

G Hassan, AA Abubakar, B Sami Yilbas, A Al-Sharafi… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
A novel approach for mitigating environmental dust from hydrophobic surfaces using a water
droplet is presented. A sessile droplet is sandwiched between two parallel plates, one of …

Environmental dust repelling from hydrophilic/hydrophobic surfaces under sonic excitations

AA Abubakar, BS Yilbas, H Al-Qahtani, A Alzaydi - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Dust repelling from transparent polyvinyl chloride film surface via sonic excitation is
examined and dynamics of repelled (inflight) dust particles are analyzed. An experimental …

Water droplet behavior in between hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces and dust mitigation

BS Yilbas, AA Abubakar, JE Adukwu, G Hassan… - RSC …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
An innovative method is introduced for environmental dust mitigation from a hydrophobic
surface by a sessile water droplet. The sessile water droplet is located between two parallel …

A water droplet-cleaning of a dusty hydrophobic surface: Influence of dust layer thickness on droplet dynamics

G Hassan, BS Yilbas, S Bahatab, A Al-Sharafi… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Water droplet cleaning of a dusty hydrophobic surface is examined. Environmental dust are
used in the experiments and cloaking velocity of a dust layer by a droplet fluid is measured …

Adhesion characteristics of solution treated environmental dust

JE Adukwu, BS Yilbas, AS Jalilov, H Al-Qahtani… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Environmental dust is modified towards self-cleaning applications under the gravitational
influence. Dust particles are collected in the local area of Dammam in Saudi Arabia and they …

Solar energy harvesting and a water droplet cleaning of micropost arrays surfaces

BS Yilbas, A Al‐Sharafi, AZ Sahin - International Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Solar energy harvesting in dusty environments initiates many challenges for sustainable
operation of photovoltaic panels. Environmental dust reduces photovoltaic device …