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 …

A review of dust accumulation and cleaning methods for solar photovoltaic systems

HA Kazem, MT Chaichan, AHA Al-Waeli… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Utilizing solar energy to generate electricity on large scale photovoltaic (PV) power plants
became a trend as a new option adopted by many countries. The optimum installation of PV …

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 comprehensive review of the impact of dust on the use of solar energy: History, investigations, results, literature, and mitigation approaches

T Sarver, A Al-Qaraghuli, LL Kazmerski - Renewable and sustainable …, 2013 - Elsevier
The energy delivery of a solar-energy system is generally associated with the sun's
available irradiance and spectral content, as well as a variety of environmental and climatic …

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 …

Comprehensive review on effect of dust on solar photovoltaic system and mitigation techniques

V Gupta, M Sharma, RK Pachauri, KND Babu - Solar Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The power sector has been facing the problems of the continuous increase in demand and
lack of sufficient generation of electric energy using fossil fuels. The environmental problems …

Experimental investigation of dust deposition effects on photo-voltaic output performance

A Gholami, I Khazaee, S Eslami, M Zandi, E Akrami - Solar Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Nowadays, solar energy and photovoltaic panels are taken under serious consideration.
Many studies have been conducted on pv modules deficiency. In addition to the …

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 …

Effect of dust pollutant type on photovoltaic performance

ZA Darwish, HA Kazem, K Sopian, MA Al-Goul… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
Many environmental parameters affect the production of photovoltaic (PV) systems and dust
could be one of the main reasons of degradation of PV panels. PV systems utilized in large …

Experimental analysis of the effect of dust's physical properties on photovoltaic modules in Northern Oman

HA Kazem, MT Chaichan - Solar Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Dust depositions on photovoltaic (PV) modules reduce the transmittance of PV glazing,
resulting in the degradation of efficiency. The primary source of dust is wind-blown sand and …