Aeolian dust deposition on photovoltaic solar cells: The effects of wind velocity and airborne dust concentration on cell performance

Solar Energy

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 277-289

  Goossens, Dirk ^a,b   Van Kerschaever, Emmanuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST ACCUMULATION; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELLS;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DUST; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TUNNELS;

SOLAR CELLS;

DUST; SOLAR POWER; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0033167151     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(99)00028-6     Document Type: Article

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