Comprehensive review of environmental factors influencing the performance of photovoltaic panels: Concern over emissions at various phases throughout the …

LD Jathar, S Ganesan, U Awasarmol, K Nikam… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recently, solar photovoltaic (PV) technology has shown tremendous growth among all
renewable energy sectors. The attractiveness of a PV system depends deeply of the module …

[HTML][HTML] Dust and PV Performance in Nigeria: A review

YN Chanchangi, A Ghosh, S Sundaram… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The accumulation of dust on photovoltaic (PV) devices has an adverse impact by degrading
their performance. In this work, a review of the effects of dust accumulation on PV module …

[HTML][HTML] Techno-economic assessment of soiling losses and mitigation strategies for solar power generation

K Ilse, L Micheli, BW Figgis, K Lange, D Daßler… - Joule, 2019 - cell.com
Soiling consists of the deposition of contaminants onto photovoltaic (PV) modules or mirrors
and tubes of concentrated solar power systems (CSPs). It often results in a drastic reduction …

Energy yield loss caused by dust deposition on photovoltaic panels

A Sayyah, MN Horenstein, MK Mazumder - Solar Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Large-scale solar plants are generally located in semi-arid and desert lands where
abundant sunlight is available for solar energy conversion. These plants, however, suffer …

Dust and soiling issues and impacts relating to solar energy systems: Literature review update for 2012–2015

SCS Costa, ASAC Diniz, LL Kazmerski - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2016 - Elsevier
The purpose of this review survey is to provide a literature compilation, updating materials
reported in several review papers on solar-device soiling and mitigation approaches …

Characterization of dust accumulated on photovoltaic panels in Doha, Qatar

W Javed, Y Wubulikasimu, B Figgis, B Guo - Solar Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, samples of dust naturally accumulated for various exposure times on
photovoltaic (PV) panels were collected and characterized over a period of ten months in a …

Aquavoltaics: Synergies for dual use of water area for solar photovoltaic electricity generation and aquaculture

AM Pringle, RM Handler, JM Pearce - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Bodies of water provide essentials for both human society as well as natural ecosystems. To
expand the services this water provides, hybrid food-energy-water systems can be …

A survey on mismatching and aging of PV modules: The closed loop

P Manganiello, M Balato, M Vitelli - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the different aging mechanisms taking place in photovoltaic modules are
discussed, and the cause-effect links, which exist among such mechanisms, are evidenced …

Effect of soiling on photovoltaic modules

R Appels, B Lefevre, B Herteleer, H Goverde… - Solar energy, 2013 - Elsevier
In the past, the phenomenon of dust deposition on the glass cover of photovoltaic modules
has been studied mainly in the Middle East, but little is known about the phenomenon in …

Effects of particle sizes and tilt angles on dust deposition characteristics of a ground-mounted solar photovoltaic system

H Lu, W Zhao - Applied Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The dust deposition behaviours of ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and their
effects on the PV efficiency were numerically investigated. The shear stress transport k-ω …