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 …

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 …

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 …

Multi-criteria decision-making approach for the selection of cleaning method of solar PV panels in United Arab Emirates based on sustainability perspective

MN AlMallahi, M El Haj Assad… - … Journal of Low …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Solar power has become one of the most essential sources in the move to clean energy
production. It plays a vital role in providing environmental, social and economic benefits. As …

Optimized cleaning cost and schedule based on observed soiling conditions for photovoltaic plants in central Saudi Arabia

RK Jones, A Baras, A Al Saeeri… - IEEE journal of …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For photovoltaic (PV) systems suffering energy loss due to an accumulation of soil, there is
an optimum cleaning interval that balances the economic cost of lost revenues due to soiling …

Review of dust transport and mitigation technologies in lunar and Martian atmospheres

N Afshar-Mohajer, CY Wu, JS Curtis… - Advances in Space …, 2015 - Elsevier
Dust resuspension and deposition is a ubiquitous phenomenon in all lunar and Martian
missions. The near-term plans to return to the Moon as a stepping stone to further …

[PDF][PDF] Experimental investigation of dust type effect on photovoltaic systems in north region, Oman

HA Kazem, MT Chaichan, SA Saif… - … Journal of Scientific …, 2015 - uotechnology.edu.iq
Solar energy advanced to occupy a significant place between the used energies of the near
future. The operational principles of photovoltaic (PV) devices become more understood that …

An overview of cleaning and prevention processes for enhancing efficiency of solar photovoltaic panels

S Mondal, AK Mondal, A Sharma, V Devalla, S Rana… - Current Science, 2018 - JSTOR
The energy produced by solar photovoltaic (SPV) modules is directly connected with the
solar accessible irradiance, spectral content, different variables like environmental and …

[HTML][HTML] A review of particle transport and separation by electrostatic traveling wave methods

Y Yu, J Cilliers, K Hadler, S Starr, Y Wang - Journal of Electrostatics, 2022 - Elsevier
The controlled movement of dry particles using non-mechanical means is desirable in a
number of different applications, including solar panel dust mitigation, toner particle motion …

A Techno-Economic Review of Dust Accumulation and Cleaning Techniques for Solar Energy Harvesting Devices

AB Ahmadullah, A Al-Sharafi, G Hassan… - Arabian Journal for …, 2024 - Springer
Solar energy is a promising and sustainable natural resource that can be harnessed through
solar harvesting devices such as photovoltaic (PV) cells and concentrating solar collectors …