International Journal of Engineering Research
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 3

Influence of Environmental Dust on the Operating Characteristics of the Solar PV Module in Tripura, India

  • Author:
  • T. Bhattacharya1, A. K. Chakraborty1, K. Pal2,
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 141 to 144

1Department of Electrical Engineering, NIT, Agartala, India

2Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, IIT, Roorkee, India

*Corresponding Email: pl_kshk@yahoo.co.in

Online published on 8 November, 2017.

Abstract

The production of PV power depends on different meteorological parameters. Accumulation of dust is one of the factor which reduces the output power. The recent study was done in Tripura, India and there is maximum of 13% and minimum of 9% reduction in efficiency has been observed during the period of experiment.

Keywords

Photovoltaic, Dust, Open circuit voltage, Short circuit current, Module efficiency, Degradation in efficiency