Losses produced by soiling in the incoming radiation to photovoltaic modules

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 790-796

  Zorrilla Casanova, José ^a   Piliougine, Michel ^a   Carretero, Jesús ^a   Bernaola Galván, Pedro ^a   Carpena, Pedro ^a   Mora Lõpez, Llanos ^a   Sidrach De Cardona, Mariano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

dust effects; irradiance losses; irradiation losses; soiling

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; DIRECT RADIATIONS; DUST EFFECT; MINIMUM VALUE; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; RADIATION LOSS; SOILING; THEORETICAL MODELS;

DUST; ENERGY CONVERSION; IRRADIATION; RADIATION; SOLAR CELLS;

INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84878185719     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1258     Document Type: Article

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