Characterization of electrodynamic screen performance for dust removal from solar panels and solar hydrogen generators

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1793-1800

  Mazumder, Malay ^a   Horenstein, Mark N ^a   Stark, Jeremy W ^a   Girouard, Peter ^b   Sumner, Robert ^c   Henderson, Brooks ^d   Sadder, Omar ^e   Hidetaka, Ishihara ^f   Biris, Alexandru Sorin ^g   Sharma, Rajesh ^h  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Arkansas Power Electronics International Inc   (United States)

^e BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^h ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust deposition; Dust removal; Electrodynamic screens (EDSs); Electrostatic forces; Solar hydrogen generation; Solar panels

Indexed keywords

DUST DEPOSITION; DUST REMOVAL; ELECTRODYNAMIC SCREEN; SOLAR PANELS; SOLAR-HYDROGEN GENERATION;

CLEANING; DEPOSITION; DIELECTRIC FILMS; DUST CONTROL; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE; ENERGY CONVERSION; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ELECTRODYNAMICS;

EID: 84880909559     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2013.2258391     Document Type: Article

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