Abstract
Photovoltaic (PV) systems are one of the most promising renewable energy sources in the world, and hence it is important to explore the factors that affect the working / operational efficiency of this source. Many factors can affect the
efficiency of the solar cells such as: dust accumulation on the surface of the arrays; cell material; shading; tilt angle of the cells; orientation of the PV modules and cell temperatures. This research is focused on the analyzing the effect of charged dust particles on the PV module performance. A number of studies have demonstrated the effect of dust accumulation on the PV modules’ performance. But the relation between the amounts of charge of the dust particles and the PV module performance is still not well investigated. Various experiments conducted during this research work to investigate the relation between the amount of charge of the dust particles and their impact on percentage reduction of the PV modules’ output voltages. The experimental results have shown that the charged particles have significant impact on PV modules’ output voltages and also accumulation of charged dust particles has not any impact of PV modules’ tilt angles.
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efficiency of the solar cells such as: dust accumulation on the surface of the arrays; cell material; shading; tilt angle of the cells; orientation of the PV modules and cell temperatures. This research is focused on the analyzing the effect of charged dust particles on the PV module performance. A number of studies have demonstrated the effect of dust accumulation on the PV modules’ performance. But the relation between the amounts of charge of the dust particles and the PV module performance is still not well investigated. Various experiments conducted during this research work to investigate the relation between the amount of charge of the dust particles and their impact on percentage reduction of the PV modules’ output voltages. The experimental results have shown that the charged particles have significant impact on PV modules’ output voltages and also accumulation of charged dust particles has not any impact of PV modules’ tilt angles.
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| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Pages | 1-4 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781467359795 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Event | 8th International Symposium on Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering - The Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania Duration: 23 May 2013 → 24 May 2013 http://atee.upb.ro/atee2013/index.php?action=index |
Conference
| Conference | 8th International Symposium on Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering |
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| Abbreviated title | ATEE 2013 |
| Country/Territory | Romania |
| City | Bucharest |
| Period | 23/05/13 → 24/05/13 |
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Keywords
- charge measurement
- solar cell arrays
- cell material
- charge level
- dust accumulation
- dust particles
- photovoltaic module
- photovoltaic systems
- shading
- solar cells
- tilt angle
- Atmospheric measurements
- Corona
- Particle measurements
- Powders
- Voltage measurement
- Photovoltaic
- charge impact of dust particles
Access to Document
- Charge measurment article IEEE conference ver 4
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