Time-of-day and Exposure Influences on PV Soiling Conference Paper

abstract

• 2017 IEEE. Soiling of PV modules is influenced by environmental parameters., both instantly and cumulatively over time. Field measurement of dust accumulation at a minute time-scale, using an outdoor soiling microscope, was used to study the effect of time-of-day and exposure period on soiling of a surrogate glass coupon in Doha., Qatar. It was found that dust accumulation was much greater at night than during the day, principally because of lower nocturnal wind speed and higher humidity. Also, detachment of dust particles from the surface decreased markedly as exposure time increased., possibly due to cementation by moisture. The results suggest that tilting PV modules at night may be a simple yet potent way to decrease their soiling in suitable locations.

name of conference

• 2017 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)

authors

• Guo, Bing

published proceedings

• PROCEEDINGS OF 2017 INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY CONFERENCE (IRSEC' 17)

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Figgis, B., Guo, B., Javed, W., Ilse, K., Ahzil, S., & Remond, Y.

citation count

• 12

complete list of authors

• Figgis, Benjamin||Guo, Bing||Javed, Wasim||Ilse, Klemens||Ahzil, Said||Remond, Yves

publication date

• December 2017

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• PROCEEDINGS OF 2017 INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY CONFERENCE (IRSEC' 17)  Journal

keywords

• Dust
• Exposure
• Photovoltaic
• Soiling
• Time-of-day

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/irsec.2017.8477575

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9781538628478

start page

• 100

end page

• 103

volume

• 00

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/irsec.2017.8477575

user-defined tag

• 7 Affordable and Clean Energy