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 anti-reflection and self-cleaning coatings on photovoltaic panels

AS Sarkın, N Ekren, Ş Sağlam - Solar energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The production of electrical energy from solar energy through the photovoltaic method has
become increasingly widespread throughout the world in the last 20 years. The photovoltaic …

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 …

Fundamentals of soiling processes on photovoltaic modules

KK Ilse, BW Figgis, V Naumann, C Hagendorf… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
The topic of soiling of photovoltaic module (PV) and concentrated solar power (CSP)
collectors has recently gained increasing attention due to its impact on solar power …

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 …

Dust as an unalterable deteriorative factor affecting PV panel's efficiency: Why and how

FM Zaihidee, S Mekhilef, M Seyedmahmoudian… - … and sustainable energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Electricity generation from solar energy has a great potential since it relies mainly on an
abundant and clean source. However, there are many alterable and unalterable factors that …

Survey of maintenance management for photovoltaic power systems

AP Gonzalo, AP Marugán, FPG Márquez - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2020 - Elsevier
The sustainability of the global energy production systems involves new renewable energies
and the improvement of the existing ones. Photovoltaic industry is growing thanks to the …

Review of yield increase of solar panels through soiling prevention, and a proposed water-free automated cleaning solution

D Deb, NL Brahmbhatt - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Solar Energy is available in abundance and can be easily extracted using solar cells along
with regular maintenance of solar panels. However, the efficiency of solar cells which is fairly …

Investigation of optimal tilt angles and effects of soiling on PV energy production in Pakistan

A Ullah, H Imran, Z Maqsood, NZ Butt - Renewable energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Tilt angle of photovoltaic (PV) panel strongly contributes to the amount of solar radiation
harvested by the PV panel. In this paper, we model the optimal PV tilt angle for Lahore and …