Hussein A Kazem, Miqdam T Chaichan, Samira A Saif, Asma A Dawood, Shaima A Salim, Abeer A Rashid and Ali A. Alwaeli
الملخص العربي
Solar energy advanced to occupy a significant place between the used energies of the near future. The operational principles of photovoltaic (PV) devices become more understood that led to an increase in the power conversion efficiencies of such devices. Solar cells or PV sys-tems performance is affected by dust and dust storms highly impact the collected energy. Many studies showed that the accumulated dust reduces the performance of solar panels; however, these results were not clearly quantified.
The effects of dust on the performance of solar PV panels was the primary objective of this study, where six types of dust investigated from different areas of the North region of Oman (Al-Batinah region and Muscat). The study results show that the dust of Sohar and Saham has the biggest negative impact on PV performance because of their properties. The moisture content of saham is 52.21%, Sohar is 45% as the results showed. In the other hand, the dust from the other four locations was lighter and with lower moisture content. However, it is found that north region have less dust effect on PV performance comparing with other countries in the gulf region.
تاريخ النشر
07/10/2015
الناشر
International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research
Prof Dr Ali A Kazem | Ali Abdulzahrah kazem al weali | 1786