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Optical and adhesive properties of dust deposits on solar mirrors and their effects on specular reflectivity and electrodynamic cleaning for mitigating energy-yield lossFormat | Member Price | Non-Member Price |
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Paper Abstract
Large-scale solar plants are mostly installed in semi-arid and desert areas. In those areas, dust layer buildup on solar
collectors becomes a major cause for energy yield loss. Development of transparent electrodynamic screens (EDS) and
their applications for self-cleaning operation of solar mirrors are presented with a primary focus on the removal dust
particles smaller than 30 µm in diameter while maintaining specular reflection efficiency < 90%. An EDS consists of thin
rectangular array of parallel transparent conducting electrodes deposited on a transparent dielectric surface. The electrodes
are insulated from each other and are embedded within a thin transparent dielectric film. The electrodes are activated using
three-phase high-voltage pulses at low current (< 1 mA/m2
). The three-phase electric field charges the deposited particles,
lifts them form the substrate by electrostatic forces and propels the dust layer off of the collector’s surface by a traveling
wave. The cleaning process takes less than 2 minutes; needs energy less than 1 Wh/m2
without requiring any water or
manual labor. The reflection efficiency can be restored > 95% of the original clean-mirror efficiency. We briefly present
(1) loss of specular reflection efficiency as a function of particle size distribution of deposited dust, and (2) the effects of
the electrode design and materials used for minimizing initial loss of specular reflectivity in producing EDS-integrated
solar mirrors. Optimization of EDS by using a figure of merit defined by the ratio of dust removal efficiency to the initial
loss of specular reflection efficiency is discussed.
Paper Details
Date Published: 7 October 2014
PDF: 16 pages
Proc. SPIE 9175, High and Low Concentrator Systems for Solar Energy Applications IX, 91750K (7 October 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2066328
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9175:
High and Low Concentrator Systems for Solar Energy Applications IX
Adam P. Plesniak; Candace Pfefferkorn, Editor(s)
PDF: 16 pages
Proc. SPIE 9175, High and Low Concentrator Systems for Solar Energy Applications IX, 91750K (7 October 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2066328
Show Author Affiliations
Malay Mazumder, Boston Univ. (United States)
Julius Yellowhair, Sandia National Labs. (United States)
Jeremy Stark, Boston Univ. (United States)
Calvin Heiling, Boston Univ. (United States)
Julius Yellowhair, Sandia National Labs. (United States)
Jeremy Stark, Boston Univ. (United States)
Calvin Heiling, Boston Univ. (United States)
John Hudelson, Boston Univ. (United States)
Fang Hao, Boston Univ. (United States)
Hannah Gibson, Boston Univ. (United States)
Mark Horenstein, Boston Univ. (United States)
Fang Hao, Boston Univ. (United States)
Hannah Gibson, Boston Univ. (United States)
Mark Horenstein, Boston Univ. (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9175:
High and Low Concentrator Systems for Solar Energy Applications IX
Adam P. Plesniak; Candace Pfefferkorn, Editor(s)
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