Author(s)

Abhishek Kumar Tripathi ¹, Ch.S.N. Murthy ¹, M. Aruna ²

Affiliation(s)

¹ Department of Mining Engineering, A.K.S. University, Satna, M.P., India
² Department of Mining Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karanataka, Surathkal, India

Corresponding Author

Abhishek Kumar Tripathi

ABSTRACT

The energy demand and present climate change are critically driving all countries of the world towards solar energy as a sustainable renewable and environment friendly source of energy. Solar photovoltaic (PV) is required to convert solar energy into electrical energy and its performance is primarily dictated by its surrounding environmental parameters, such as dust, temperature, wind speed and humidity. The deposition of dust on the PV module surface procreates less impact on an open circuit voltage, whereas it procreates significant impacts on the short circuit current and maximum power output of PV panel. This study shows that the reduction of short circuit current and output power of PV module are 0 to 30.56% and 0 to 40%, respectivel,y with the deposition of the dust from 0 to 11gm on the module surface. Moreover, this study also demonstrates that the surface temperature of the dusty panel is higher (12.32%) than the clean panel under the same working conditions. 

KEYWORDS

Dust, photovoltaic, power output, short circuit current, open circuit voltage.

CITE THIS PAPER

Abhishek Kumar Tripathi, Ch.S.N. Murthy and M. Aruna, Experimental Investigation on the Influence of Dust on PV Panel Performance and Its Surface Temperature. Smart Systems and Green Energy (2018) 1: 15-22.

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