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Impact of accumulated dust particles' charge on the photovoltaic module performance
D. ThompsonMohan KolheK. DastooriB. MakinG. Al-shabaansubject
020209 energyDust particlesAstrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics02 engineering and technology010501 environmental sciencescomplex mixtures01 natural sciencesCorona (optical phenomenon)0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringAstrophysics::Solar and Stellar AstrophysicsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringAstrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics0105 earth and related environmental sciencesPhysicsbusiness.industryPhotovoltaic systemElectrical engineeringCharge (physics)Condensed Matter PhysicsElectrostaticsrespiratory tract diseasesSurfaces Coatings and FilmsElectronic Optical and Magnetic MaterialsComputational physicsParticleAstrophysics::Earth and Planetary AstrophysicsbusinessBiotechnologyVoltagedescription
Abstract This work is focused on analysing effect of accumulated dust particles' charge on PV module performance. In the Dundee University's laboratory, dust particles have been created through epoxy powder and charged by using corona and tribo-electric charging methods by varying the charge levels of the accumulated dust particles. The PV module output has analysed for finding a relation between charge levels of the accumulated dust particles and its output voltage. Obtained experimental results have shown that charge level of accumulated dust particles on PV module's have significant impact on its output and dust particle accumulations are not associated with panel tilt angle.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-02-01 | Journal of Electrostatics |