TY - GEN
T1 - Modeling of the Influence of Dust Soiling on Photovoltaic Panels for Desert Applications the Example of the Solar Test Facility at Doha, Qatar
AU - Barth, Nicolas
AU - Figgis, Benjamin
AU - Abdallah, Amir A.
AU - Aly, Shahzada Pamir
AU - Ahzi, Said
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2018/9/28
Y1 - 2018/9/28
N2 - Performance of photovoltaics (PVs) under desert conditions, such as Qatar's climate, is decreased with the soiling of PV panels during the dry season. This is due to the scarcity of important rainfalls, together with a dust soiling rate that is specifically high owing to the availability of dust aerosols (and their easy binding under such hot and humid climate). Using a computational approach to simulate deposited dust particles, the reported study mainly addresses the shading effects. In addition, we also investigate the influence on the heat dissipation of the soiled PV panel surface, since the modules are operated at hot temperatures during the dry season. In this study, the numerical approaches are designed based on the experimental results on dust soiling that are undertaken in-field at the Solar Test Facility, Doha, Qatar.
AB - Performance of photovoltaics (PVs) under desert conditions, such as Qatar's climate, is decreased with the soiling of PV panels during the dry season. This is due to the scarcity of important rainfalls, together with a dust soiling rate that is specifically high owing to the availability of dust aerosols (and their easy binding under such hot and humid climate). Using a computational approach to simulate deposited dust particles, the reported study mainly addresses the shading effects. In addition, we also investigate the influence on the heat dissipation of the soiled PV panel surface, since the modules are operated at hot temperatures during the dry season. In this study, the numerical approaches are designed based on the experimental results on dust soiling that are undertaken in-field at the Solar Test Facility, Doha, Qatar.
KW - Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
KW - Photovoltaics soiling
KW - dust particles shading
KW - light transmission modeling and simulation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85047652223&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IRSEC.2017.8477249
DO - 10.1109/IRSEC.2017.8477249
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85047652223
T3 - Proceedings of 2017 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference, IRSEC 2017
BT - Proceedings of 2017 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference, IRSEC 2017
A2 - Zaz, Youssef
A2 - Essaaidi, Mohamed
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 5th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference, IRSEC 2017
Y2 - 4 December 2017 through 7 December 2017
ER -