Effectively predict the solar radiation transmittance of dusty photovoltaic panels through Lambert-Beer law

Li Xingcai and Niu Kun

Renewable Energy, 2018, vol. 123, issue C, 634-638

Abstract: Due to the instability and unsatisfactory prediction of the generating capacity, the photovoltaic power is hard to directly connect to the electric grid. Dust deposition is one of the key impact facts for the photovoltaic power, but its effect cannot be predicted through a reasonable physical model, and it became a hot research topic. This paper proposed a comprehensive physical model to predict the impact of the deposition on the light transmittance of solar panel. This model involves some physical parameters of the deposition, which made it applicable widely. In addition, the results indicate the influence of deposition prominently increased with the raise of the concentration and the size of the particles, but decreased with the changes of particle diaphaneity.

Keywords: Dust deposition density; Photovoltaic cell; Light transmittance; Physical model; Electromagnetic scattering (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2018.02.046

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