Importance of cleaning concentrated photovoltaic arrays in a desert environment

Solar Energy

Volumn 110, Issue , 2014, Pages 268-275

  Khonkar, Hussam ^a   Alyahya, Abdulaziz ^a   Aljuwaied, Mazzen ^a   Halawani, Mohammad ^a   Al Saferan, Abdulrahman ^a   Al khaldi, Fawwaz ^a,b   Alhadlaq, Fawaz ^a,b   Wacaser, Brent A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cleaning PV systems; Dust accumulation; Performance evaluation; Ultra high concentration photovoltaic systems

Indexed keywords

DUST ACCUMULATION; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS; PV SYSTEM; ULTRA-HIGH;

DESERT; DUST; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84907502241     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.08.001     Document Type: Article

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