Modeling of Soiling Derating Factor in Determining Photovoltaic Outputs

• Published in: IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
• Main Author: Jamil W.J.; Rahman H.A.; Shaari S.; Desa M.K.M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE Electron Devices Society 2020
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85087490581&doi=10.1109%2fJPHOTOV.2020.3003815&partnerID=40&md5=c598d888a3806cb62c7eb0cc893c55aa

The study of the effect of soiling on photovoltaic (PV) system performance is a crucial issue judging from numerous research publications. The reduction in the PV system performance is because of soiling that differs from one climatic region to another. In this research, the power losses due to soiling of the PV systems in Malaysia based on the calculation of a dirt derating factor f dirt were determined. A new mathematical model to correlate f rm and the PV module area was developed based on the regression analysis from a site data location. The findings indicate that the effect of soiling reduces the PV systems output power at an average of 26.22% at Setiu over a period of 12 months. From this study also, a new mathematical model was created for f forecasting in the research site. Uniquely, this mathematical model can do the prediction by only known PV module area or size as the independent variable, much simpler than using the multivariables equation. © 2011-2012 IEEE.