Understanding the effects of sand and dust accumulation on photovoltaic modules

Renewable Energy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 448-452

  Beattie, Neil S ^a   Moir, Robert S ^b   Chacko, Charlslee ^a   Buffoni, Giorgio ^c   Roberts, Simon H ^c   Pearsall, Nicola M ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INNOVIA TECHNOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c ARUP   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Cluster; Dust; Photovoltaic; Sand

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; CLUSTER; DRY REGION; DUST ACCUMULATION; ENGINEERING DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; FIELD CONDITIONS; FIELD DATA; FRACTIONAL AREA; GLASS SURFACES; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; LINEAR REGIME; PHOTON CAPTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SAND AND DUST PARTICLE; SAND PARTICLES; UPPER LAYER; WIND SPEED;

DUST; ENERGY CONVERSION; GLASS; SAND;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DUST; GLASS; HUMIDITY; LABORATORY METHOD; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAND; TILT; WIND POWER;

EID: 84863113755     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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