Ramkiran Bhallamudi1,2, Sudhakar Kumarasamy3,4,5, Chinnayan Karuppaiyah Sundarabalan1,*
Energy Engineering, Vol.118, No.6, pp. 1827-1838, 2021, DOI:10.32604/EE.2021.016798
Abstract This study presents an experimental performance of a solar photovoltaic module under clean, dust, and shadow conditions. It is found that there is a significant decrease in electrical power produced (40% in the case of dust panels and 80% in the case of shadow panels) and a decrease in efficiency of around 6% in the case with dust and 9% in the case with the shadow, as compared to the clean panel. From the results, it is clear that there is a substantial effect of a partial shadow than dust on the performance of the solar panel. This is due… More >