Economical evaluation of PV system losses due to the dust and pollution

2012 IEEE I2MTC - International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 614-618

  Cristaldi, Loredana ^a   Faifer, Marco ^a   Rossi, Marco ^a   Catelani, Marcantonio ^b   Ciani, Lorenzo ^b   Dovere, Emanuele ^c   Jerace, Stefano ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

maintenance; Photovoltaic panels; system efficiency

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC LOSS; ECONOMICAL EVALUATION; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; INNOVATIVE MATERIALS; OPTIMAL MAINTENANCE; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; PLANT PERFORMANCE; PV MODULES; PV PLANTS; PV SYSTEM; RESIDENTIAL HEATING; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY;

LOSSES; MAINTENANCE; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLLUTION;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84864191743     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229521     Document Type: Conference Paper

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