An experimental study on effect of dust on power loss in solar photovoltaic module

Hussain, Athar; Batra, Ankit; Pachauri, Rupendra

doi:10.1186/s40807-017-0043-y

Sustainable Energy Research

Table 3 Effect of different types of dusts (1) Badarpur sand 1 and Badarpur sand 2, (2) fly ash, (3) rice husk on power loss of solar PV module

From: An experimental study on effect of dust on power loss in solar photovoltaic module

Badarpur sand 1						Badarpur sand 2						Fly ash						Rice husk
Weight (gm.)	Voltage (V)	Current (A)	Power (W)	Power loss (%)	Power transferred (%)	Weight (gm.)	Voltage (V)	Current (A)	Power (W)	Power loss (%)	Power transferred (%)	Weight (gm.)	Voltage (V)	Current (A)	Power (W)	Power loss (%)	Power transferred (%)	Weight (gm.)	Voltage (V)	Current (A)	Power (W)	Power loss (%)	Power transferred (%)
650 W/m²
10	18.86	0.69	13.01	18.66	78	10	18.87	0.66	12.45	22.18	79	5	19.07	0.7	13.34	16.56	78	5	18.38	0.69	12.68	20.75	79
20	18.20	0.62	11.28	29.47	81	20	18.25	0.65	11.86	25.87	80	10	18.13	0.67	12.14	24.12	80	10	18.31	0.65	11.90	25.62	80
30	17.6	0.60	10.56	34.00	82	30	17.8	0.58	10.32	35.50	83	15	18.01	0.61	10.98	31.37	82	15	17.47	0.58	10.13	36.67	83
40	17.0	0.50	8.50	46.87	86	40	17.45	0.45	7.85	50.93	87	20	17.67	0.59	10.42	34.87	83	20	17.17	0.41	7.03	56.00	88
50	16.69	0.39	6.50	59.31	89	50	16.89	0.42	7.09	55.66	88	25	17.17	0.54	9.27	42.05	85	25	13.86	0.28	3.88	75.75	94
750 W/m²
10	18.30	0.71	12.99	27.83	78	10	18.36	0.73	13.40	25.54	78	5	18.85	0.73	13.76	23.55	77	5	18.69	0.76	14.20	21.11	76
20	18.02	0.68	12.25	31.94	80	20	18.15	0.71	12.88	28.40	79	10	18.21	0.71	12.92	28.22	78	10	18.40	0.73	13.43	25.37	78
30	17.99	0.62	11.15	38.05	81	30	18.01	0.64	11.52	35.96	81	15	18.02	0.66	11.89	33.94	80	15	17.90	0.61	10.91	39.38	82
40	17.30	0.53	9.16	49.11	85	40	17.6	0.53	9.3	48.22	85	20	17.80	0.63	11.21	37.70	81	20	17.40	0.46	8.00	55.53	87
50	16.85	0.42	7.07	60.72	88	50	17.00	0.47	7.99	55.61	87	25	17.29	0.59	10.20	43.33	83	25	14.00	0.31	4.34	75.88	93
850 W/m²
10	18.58	0.76	14.12	29.39	76	10	18.60	0.80	14.88	25.60	75	5	18.70	0.79	14.77	26.15	75	5	19.12	0.81	15.48	22.60	74
20	18.5	0.72	13.32	33.40	78	20	18.51	0.76	14.06	29.70	77	10	18.42	0.77	14.18	29.10	76	10	18.34	0.79	14.48	27.60	76
30	17.76	0.65	11.54	42.28	81	30	17.87	0.69	12.33	38.35	79	15	18.34	0.71	13.02	34.89	78	15	18.10	0.67	12.12	39.36	80
40	17.52	0.58	10.16	49.20	83	40	17.70	0.60	10.62	46.90	82	20	18.19	0.67	12.18	39.06	80	20	17.29	0.50	8.64	56.77	86
50	16.85	0.45	7.58	62.10	87	50	17.01	0.52	8.84	55.80	85	25	17.70	0.64	11.32	43.36	81	25	15.56	0.36	5.60	72.00	91

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