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Solar Panel Efficiency in Oman

Authors:
Ahmed Al-Aamri
Ali Al-Humairi
Ayham Al-Rahawi
Hayat El Asri
Peter Jung

Keywords: Solar panel, Ambient temperature, Irradiance, Efficiency, Dust, Performance ratio

Abstract:
Solar panels are widely used in different locations and for different purposes including electricity production, satellites, mobile devices, and lights. It is also considered to be one of the cleanest and most renewable applications to produce electricity, yet there are various environmental factors that affect solar panel efficiency and production rate depending on the installed location. This paper aims to analyze the impact of dust accumulation on photovoltaic (PV) panel efficiency in Oman. The experiment is done on two different poles of solar cells, one oriented in the east direction and the other one on the west direction. The east side panels are cleaned daily; however, the west side panels are kept dirty to check the temperature and irradiance effect on solar panels efficiency and power output. The results show that the east solar panels were producing more efficiently than the west side due to the dust accumulation on the west side panels. The dust accumulation on the west side panels worked as a shading layer for the irradiance to enter the solar cells. However, the dust accumulation did not have any impact on temperature values, which was almost constant for both side panels.

Pages: 56 to 62

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2023

Publication date: April 24, 2023

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4243

ISBN: 978-1-68558-037-7

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from April 24, 2023 to April 28, 2023