Effect of Dust on Photovoltaic Performance: Review and Research Status

Abstract:- The electricity generation around the world is mainly produced by using non-renewable energy sources especially fossil fuel. However, these resources will be gone at some time in the not-too-distant future. Solar energy can be collected to produce electricity by a variety of methods. Among these methods, photovoltaic PV systems have shown great success due to many reasons. To name some, it is the oldest and most thoroughly researched, and has been tested and implemented for a long time across the globe. Implementations of PV systems have shown that their reliability and efficiency depend on many factors, the dominant being geographical (latitude, longitude, and solar intensity), environmental (temperature, wind, humidity, pollution, dust, rain, etc.) and the type of PV used. Dust is the slighter acknowledged factor that significantly influences the performance of the PV installations. The important of this study came due to the transfer of large scale PV technology to the desert area in Arab countries. This area is hot and dusty most of the time and dust represent the main barrier to PV utilization. This paper revises the research in studying the impact of dust on PV system performance