Advances in solar PV systems; A comprehensive review of PV performance, influencing factors, and mitigation techniques

A Aslam, N Ahmed, SA Qureshi, M Assadi, N Ahmed - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
PV power plants utilizing solar energy to generate electricity on a large scale has become a
trend and a new option that has been adopted by many countries; however, in actuality, it is …

Advances in approaches and methods for self-cleaning of solar photovoltaic panels

A Syafiq, AK Pandey, NN Adzman, N Abd Rahim - Solar Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic (PV) installations in desert areas such as Middle East, Africa, four-season
countries and industrial areas suffers from loss in efficiency due to accumulation of dust …

Water spray cooling technique applied on a photovoltaic panel: The performance response

S Nižetić, D Čoko, A Yadav, F Grubišić-Čabo - Energy conversion and …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents an alternative cooling technique for photovoltaic (PV) panels that
includes a water spray application over panel surfaces. An alternative cooling technique in …

Effects of cooling on performance of photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) solar panels: A comprehensive review

K Bilen, İ Erdoğan - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The most important energy source in the world is the sun. This energy source can be
converted to electricity using photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) solar panels. PV/T solar panel …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Photovoltaics in the built environment: A critical review

DJ Sailor, J Anand, RR King - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
In this manuscript we review research on the feedback mechanisms between photovoltaic
energy production and the urban environment, with an emphasis on synthesizing what is …

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 …

Comprehensive analysis and general economic-environmental evaluation of cooling techniques for photovoltaic panels, Part II: Active cooling techniques

S Nižetić, E Giama, AM Papadopoulos - Energy Conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper deals with active cooling techniques for photovoltaic panels (PVs) where a
detailed review was obtained as well as analysis by examining the findings of existing …

An enviroeconomic review of the solar PV cells cooling technology effect on the CO2 emission reduction

SSC Ghadikolaei - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The main aim of this article is an enviroeconomic analysis of the photovoltaic (PV) cooling
impact on the CO 2 emission in the environment. For better understanding, the significance …

Photovoltaic panels: A review of the cooling techniques

F Grubišić-Čabo, S Nižetić… - Transactions of …, 2016 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak In this paper, current advances in cooling techniques and temperature control of
photovoltaic (PV) panels in general, are analyzed and discussed. Namely, it is well known …