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<p>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.</p>
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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.

Cleaning Methods for Dust Deposited on the Front Cover of Photovoltaic Module

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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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...

Cleaning Methods for Dust Deposited on the Front Cover of Photovoltaic Module

Published Online: Jan 16, 2024

Page range: 505 - 516

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eces-2023-0045

Keywords
photovoltaic modules, surface soil, power decrease, efficiency decrease

© 2023 Małgorzata Rudnicka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Cleaning Methods for Dust Deposited on the Front Cover of Photovoltaic Module

Published Online: Jan 16, 2024

Page range: 505 - 516

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eces-2023-0045

Keywordsphotovoltaic modules, surface soil, power decrease, efficiency decrease

© 2023 Małgorzata Rudnicka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
photovoltaic modules, surface soil, power decrease, efficiency decrease