Duke Soiling Solar Panel

From the duke research blog written by alexis owens.

Duke soiling solar panel.

Duke s innovation co lab remains busy through the summer with students working on a myriad of projects from solar panel soiling to ocean exploring. Kipp zonen the world leader in solar radiation measurement will proudly present a completely new technology and product to monitor pv panel soiling at intersolar europe 2017 in munich. Images taken at duke s shared materials instrumentation facility may shed light for improved solar panel efficiency on solar farms in particularly dusty places in the world like the arabian peninsula and parts of india and china air pollution costs the solar energy industry tens of billions of dollars annually. Since costs after installation are minimal for solar electricity the relevant costs are for the purchase and installation of the system capital costs.

The study indicated that there was a decrease in solar energy as the panels became dirtier over time. Duke s innovation co lab remains busy through the summer with students working on a myriad of projects from solar panel soiling to ocean exploring from the duke research blog while some students like to spend their summer recovering from a long year of school work others are working diligently in the innovation co lab in the telcom building on. Michael bergin a professor of civil and environmental engineering professor at duke collaborated with the indian institute of technology gandhinagar and the university of wisconsin last summer to work on a study about soiling. The study indicated that there was a decrease in solar energy as the panels became dirtier over time.

Pm influences solar energy both by influencing the amount of solar radiation reaching the surface and depositing onto solar panels and decreasing solar panel transmittance soiling. Our recent work suggests that in polluted areas solar energy can be reduced by as much as 40 by pm and that globally the loss in energy production comes at a. Michael bergin a professor of civil and environmental engineering professor at duke collaborated with the indian institute of technology gandhinagar and the university of wisconsin last summer to work on a study about soiling. Scientists in the united states as well as india are examining the influences of staining on pv installations in the indian state of gujarat.

The prices for solar electricity have been coming down significantly for over 30 years. Soiling of the panel glass is one of the major problems in the rapidly expanding solar energy market with the attendant loss of efficiency and.