Accumulation of dust from the outdoor environment
on the panels of solar photovoltaic (PV) system is natural. There
were studies that showed that the accumulated dust can reduce the
performance of solar panels, but the results were not clearly
quantified. The objective of this research was to study the effects of
dust accumulation on the performance of solar PV panels.
Experiments were conducted using dust particles on solar panels with
a constant-power light source, to determine the resulting electrical
power generated and efficiency. It was found from the study that the
accumulated dust on the surface of photovoltaic solar panel can
reduce the system-s efficiency by up to 50%.
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Institute for Scientific Researchers, Kuwait City, 1981.
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photovoltaic solar cells: the effects of wind velocity and airborne dust
concentration on cell performance," Solar Energy, vol. 66, pp. 277-289,
1999.
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of the International Solar Energy Congress, New Delhi, pp. 960-964,
1978.
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surfaces devices in Kuwait," in Proceedings of the Workshop on the
Physics of Non-Conventional Energy Sources and Materials Science for
Energy, Triest, Italy, pp. 353-367, 1985.
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cell performance due to dust deposition on to its surface," Renew
Energy, vol. 3, pp. 585-590, 1993.
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Irradiances: Direct Normal and Hemispherical on 37┬░ Tilted Surface,"
ed: ASTM International, 2003.
[1] Solar Power Information (2009, 8 April 2011). Solar Panels. Available:
www.solarpower2day.net/solar-panels/.
[2] "Tenth Malaysia Plan: 2011-2015," Economic Planning Unit, Putrajaya,
2010.
[3] S. Sriram. Frost & Sullivan (2006, 8 March 2011). Solar Power in
Malaysia - Impediments to Growth. Available:
www.frost.com/prod/servlet/market-insight-top.pag?docid=67575287.
[4] A. Gabriel. Malaysia's First Solar Power Plant, 23 February 2011, The
Star Online, http://biz.thestar.com.my/.
[5] R. Kannan, K. C. Leong, R. Osman, H. K. Ho, and C. P. Tso, "Life cycle
assessment study of solar PV systems: An example of a 2.7 kWp
distributed solar PV system in Singapore," Solar Energy, vol. 80, pp.
555-563, 2006.
[6] M. C. Hottel and B. B. Woertz, "Performance of flat plate solar heat
collectors," ASME Trans., vol. 64, pp. 91-104, 1942.
[7] A. Salim, F. Huraib, and N. Eugenio, " PV power-study of system
options and optimization," in Proceedings of the 8th European PV Solar
Energy Conference, Florence, Italy, 1988.
[8] F. Wakim, "Introduction of PV power generation to Kuwait," Kuwait
Institute for Scientific Researchers, Kuwait City, 1981.
[9] D. Goossens and E. V. Kerschaever, "Aeolian dust deposition on
photovoltaic solar cells: the effects of wind velocity and airborne dust
concentration on cell performance," Solar Energy, vol. 66, pp. 277-289,
1999.
[10] M. Moon. (2009) Google Studies How Dirt Affects Solar Panel
Efficiency. PC Magazine: Good Clean Tech. Available:
www.goodcleantech.com/2009/08/google_studies_how_dirt_affect.php.
[11] G. B. Katz. (2008, 27 April 2011). Effect of Dust on Solar Panels.
Available: www.gregorybkatz.com/Home/effect-of-dust-on-solar-panels.
[12] H. P. Garg, "Effect of dirt on transparent covers in flat-plate solar energy
collectors," Solar Energy, vol. 15, pp. 299-302, 1973.
[13] A. A. M. Sayigh, "Effect of dust on flat plate collectors," in Proceedings
of the International Solar Energy Congress, New Delhi, pp. 960-964,
1978.
[14] A. A. M. Sayigh, S. Al-Jandal, and H. Ahmed, "Dust effect on solar flat
surfaces devices in Kuwait," in Proceedings of the Workshop on the
Physics of Non-Conventional Energy Sources and Materials Science for
Energy, Triest, Italy, pp. 353-367, 1985.
[15] M. S. El-Shobokshy and F. M. Hussein, "Degradation of photovoltaic
cell performance due to dust deposition on to its surface," Renew
Energy, vol. 3, pp. 585-590, 1993.
[16] ASTM, "ASTM G 173-03: Standard Tables for Reference Solar Spectral
Irradiances: Direct Normal and Hemispherical on 37┬░ Tilted Surface,"
ed: ASTM International, 2003.
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on the panels of solar photovoltaic (PV) system is natural. There
were studies that showed that the accumulated dust can reduce the
performance of solar panels, but the results were not clearly
quantified. The objective of this research was to study the effects of
dust accumulation on the performance of solar PV panels.
Experiments were conducted using dust particles on solar panels with
a constant-power light source, to determine the resulting electrical
power generated and efficiency. It was found from the study that the
accumulated dust on the surface of photovoltaic solar panel can
reduce the system-s efficiency by up to 50%.", keywords = "Dust, Photovoltaic, Solar Energy.", volume = "5", number = "10", pages = "2030-6", }
