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CLEANING METHODS FOR DUST DEPOSITED ON THE FRONT COVER OF PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE

Abstract

Photovoltaic modules are one of the renewable energy sources with great potential for application in various regions of the world as well as for different terrain. They are, however, sensitive to external factors, affecting the overall amount of energy generated, such as solar irradiance, shading effects and any form of soil build-up on the front glass cover of solar device. The latter issue happens over a course of weeks, months and years and the exact pace is determined for a specific location. Nevertheless, dust remaining on the module surface limits the amount of solar irradiation that can reach solar cells. It then leads to a lowered maximum power and correspond to a decrease in energy yield. A way to mitigate soiling effect, outside of natural washing dependent on precipitation, is a regular debris removal. The proposed methods utilise different approaches, namely active cleaning such as manual, mechanical or electrodynamic, or passive cleaning by applying additional hydrophobic or hydrophilic coating to slow down the accumulation tempo.

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Category:
Articles
Type:
artykuły w czasopismach
Published in:
Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S - Chemia i Inżynieria Ekologiczna S pages 505 - 516,
ISSN: 1898-6196
Language:
English
Publication year:
2023
Bibliographic description:
Rudnicka M., Klugmann-Radziemska E.: CLEANING METHODS FOR DUST DEPOSITED ON THE FRONT COVER OF PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE// Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S - Chemia i Inżynieria Ekologiczna S -Vol. 30,iss. 4 (2023), s.505-516
DOI:
Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.2478/eces-2023-0045
Sources of funding:
  • COST_FREE
Verified by:
Gdańsk University of Technology

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