Energy yield loss caused by dust deposition on photovoltaic panels

Sayyah, Arash

doi:10.1016/j.solener.2014.05.030

Title: Energy yield loss caused by dust deposition on photovoltaic panels

Journal Article · Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Solar Energy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2014.05.030· OSTI ID:1644257

Sayyah, Arash

Large-scale solar plants are generally located in semi-arid and desert lands where abundant sunlight is available for solar energy con- version. These plants, however, suffer from two major environmental degradation factors: high ambient temperature and high concen- tration of atmospheric dust. Degradation of solar collectors’ performance caused by soiling results in a considerable loss of energy yield in all solar plants of the world. Dust and other particulate accumulation on solar collectors causes transmission loss. This is true with respect to transmission losses in photovoltaic (PV) and concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) systems, and for reflection losses in concen- trated solar power (CSP) systems. We present here a brief review of the energy yield losses caused by dust deposition on solar collectors, with particular emphasis on flat-panel photovoltaic (PV) systems. The review includes some of the major studies reported on energy-yield losses on solar plants in operation in several regions of the world. In addition, laboratory-soiling studies are also included. We report on degradation in the performance of solar plants based on the type of solar collectors, geographical location, local climate, and exposure period of the collectors absent any manual cleaning. An analysis of the advantages of cleaning processes that include natural, manual, automatic, and passive methods is presented. Our objective is to provide solar plant designers with a database for predicting anticipated soiling losses in different parts of the world, and for assessing effective cleaning methods for restoring a system’s energy yield.

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Research Organization:: Boston Univ., MA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office

Contributing Organization:: Sandia National Laboratories

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0007119

OSTI ID:: 1644257

Journal Information:: Solar Energy, Vol. 107, Issue C; Related Information: N/A; ISSN 0038-092X

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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