Energy yield loss caused by dust deposition on photovoltaic panels

Solar Energy

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 576-604

  Sayyah, Arash ^a   Horenstein, Mark N ^a   Mazumder, Malay K ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleaning methods; Dust accumulation; Loss of transmission; Reflectivity loss; Soiling

Indexed keywords

CLEANING; DEPOSITION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

CLEANING METHODS; CONCENTRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC (CPV); CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; DUST ACCUMULATION; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; SOILING;

DUST;

AUTOMATION; DUST; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84903640494     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.05.030     Document Type: Article

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