This review provides a comprehensive, detailed description and contextualization of soiling
research evolution in the solar energy field throughout time. The analysis consists of past …

Solar energy as abundant energy can easily be converted to electricity using the different
solar energy technologies. However, the conversion efficiency is highly affected by many …

The soiling effect is presently assessed on heliostats of the very-high concentration solar
tower facility located in Móstoles on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, covering the lack of …

Many sites with high solar radiation face high dust loads that reduce energy generation by
concentrated solar power plants. This review presents the attenuative impacts of …

Mirror reflectivity losses due to soiling is a major limiting efficiency factor that should be
taken into consideration during the operations of CSP power plants. For this reason, in this …

During the life-time of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants, optical performance of solar
mirrors are affected by soiling phenomenon and surface degradations, especially in desert …

This paper reports a study of the influence of outdoor natural aging on paint coatings applied
to the back of three commercial solar glass mirrors (A1, C2, and D2) under two different …

La durabilité des miroirs solaires est un point clé pour le développement des centrales
solaires à concentration, du fait de l'investissement important, des 30 ans d'opération visés …

The behaviour of paint coatings used in commercial glass mirrors was studied under marine
environment in Morocco for a period of 3 years. The degradation of each paint system was …

Corrosion is among the most observed phenomena that threaten the profitability of
concentrated solar thermal power plants and constitutes a real risk factor for metallic …