Effect of dust and methods of cleaning on the performance of solar PV module for different climate regions: Comprehensive review

T Salamah, A Ramahi, K Alamara, A Juaidi… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent achievement and progress in solar PV play a significant role in controlling climate
change. This study reviewed comprehensively electrical characteristics, life cycle of dust …

Recent advances in superhydrophobic polymers for antireflective self-cleaning solar panels

N Cherupurakal, MS Mozumder, AHI Mourad… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Although progress has been made in materials possessing involving superhydrophobicity
(SH) and anti-reflectivity (AR), the challenge for their practical use remains their durability …

A novel method for analyzing the effect of dust accumulation on energy efficiency loss in photovoltaic (PV) system

S Fan, Y Wang, S Cao, T Sun, P Liu - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel analysis method for energy efficiency loss is proposed in this paper, which is used to
evaluate the effect of dust accumulation in PV system, quantitatively. Considering the …

A deep residual neural network identification method for uneven dust accumulation on photovoltaic (PV) panels

S Fan, Y Wang, S Cao, B Zhao, T Sun, P Liu - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Uneven dust accumulation can significantly influence the thermal balance between different
regions of photovoltaic (PV) panels, leading to a sharp decrease in power generation …

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 …

Dust potency in the context of solar photovoltaic (PV) soiling loss

W Javed, B Guo, B Figgis, B Aïssa - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
We report on the impact of natural soiling on PV module performance loss in terms of dust
potency (ie, soiling loss per unit area dust mass) affected by dust composition and …

Investigation of soiling effects, dust chemistry and optimum cleaning schedule for PV modules in Lahore, Pakistan

A Ullah, A Amin, T Haider, M Saleem, NZ Butt - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
We investigate the photovoltaic (PV) power losses due to soiling for Lahore, Pakistan for
solar panels. Optimized cleaning schedules are proposed incorporating the effect of solar …

Gulf cooperation council countries' climate change mitigation challenges and exploration of solar and wind energy resource potential

FR Alharbi, D Csala - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Climate change mitigation is one of the most critical challenges of this century. The
unprecedented global effects of climate change are wide-ranging, including changing …

Comparison between performance of man-made and naturally cleaned PV panels in a middle of a desert

NW Alnaser, MJ Al Othman, AA Dakhel… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Two sets, each contains eight PV panels, were selected from this PV array. The first set
consists of the first panel in each row of the PV array panel and the other set consists of the …

Assessment of soiling impacts and cleaning frequencies of a rooftop BAPV system in composite climates of India

SK Yadav, NM Kumar, A Ghosh, U Bajpai, SS Chopra - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
As one of the pioneers in solar photovoltaic (SPV) installations, India has witnessed several
challenges related to performance; dust accumulation is one among them which needs …