Open AccessTHE INFLUENCE OF SOLAR MODULES SOILING ON THEIR ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Author(s) -
Ivana S. Radonjić,
Tomislav Pavlović,
Dragoljub Mirjanić,
Darko Divnić
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
contemporary materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1986-8677
pISSN - 1986-8669
DOI - 10.7251/comen1902152r
Subject(s) - solar energy , environmental science , fossil fuel , deposition (geology) , environmental engineering , waste management , engineering , geology , sediment , paleontology , electrical engineering
This paper deals with the influence of solar modules soiling on their energy efficiency. Soiling is the term used to describe the deposition of dust on solar modules. Dust, most often contains organic minerals and particles which result from the burning of fossil fuels, etc. In research studies investigating the influence of dust on the solar modules efficiency in the world, in the Solar Energy Laboratory at the Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics in Nis, and in the Solar Energy Laboratory at the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republic of Srpska, it was concluded that all types of dust negatively affect the energy efficiency of solar modules, with ash, limestone (calcium carbonate), red soil and sand (silicon dioxide) having the greatest impact.