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EXTREME ARID CONDITIONS: ASSOCIATION AMONG SOILING CHARACTERISTICS, TRANSMITTANCE LOSS AND CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

dc.creatorCHRISTOPHER GONZALO SALVO MEDALLA
dc.creatorGERARDO ANDRÉS CABELLO GUZMÁN
dc.date2022
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-10T15:30:55Z
dc.date.available2025-01-10T15:30:55Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractBECAUSE OF THE MASSIVE INCREMENT IN SOLAR PLANTS LOCATED IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS, STUDYING THE ASSOCIATION OF CLIMATE PARAMETERS AND SOILING IN NATURAL CONDITIONS HAS BEEN NECESSARY. IN THIS WORK, SOLAR GLASS COUPONS WERE EXPOSED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN SALVADOR SOLAR PLANT, IN THE ATACAMA DESERT, DURING SUMMER AND WINTER CAMPAIGNS. THE SOILING WAS QUANTIFIED AND CHARACTERIZED, AND THE DEGRADATION OF OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF SOILED COUPONS WAS ALSO MEASURED. REGARDING THE REDUCTION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE GLASS COUPONS, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE DETRIMENTAL EFFECT WAS HIGHER IN SUMMER THAN IN WINTER. A STATICAL ANALYSIS FOUND THAT THIS DIFFERENCE IN SOILING PERFORMANCE IS RELATED TO THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND SPEED PRESENT IN EACH CAMPAIGN, MAINLY DUE TO THE DAILY VARIATIONS OF THESE PARAMETERS. PROLONGED PERIODS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY CLOSE TO 30% PROMOTE THE ADHESION OF PARTICLES TO THE PV GLASS SURFACE AND INHIBIT THEIR RESUSPENSION BY THE ACTION OF THE WIND, I.E., MORE DUST MASS ACCUMULATES. SINCE THE EFFECT OF SOILING IS MORE CRITICAL DURING THE SUMMER PERIOD, THE USE OF A PREVENTING SOILING MITIGATION SYSTEM IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED, AND THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE CLEANING SCHEDULE ACCORDING TO THE SEASONALITY OF SOILING.
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.solener.2022.05.020
dc.identifier.issn0038-092X
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.ubiobio.cl/handle/123456789/12379
dc.languagespa
dc.publisherSOLAR ENERGY
dc.relation.uri10.1016/j.solener.2022.05.020
dc.rightsPUBLICADA
dc.titleEXTREME ARID CONDITIONS: ASSOCIATION AMONG SOILING CHARACTERISTICS, TRANSMITTANCE LOSS AND CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
dc.title.alternativeCONDICIONES ÁRIDAS EXTREMAS: ASOCIACIÓN ENTRE CARACTERÍSTICAS DE LA SUCIEDAD, PÉRDIDA DE TRANSMITANCIA Y CONDICIONES CLIMÁTICAS
dc.typeARTÍCULO
dspace.entity.typePublication
ubb.EstadoPUBLICADA
ubb.Otra ReparticionDEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERIA MECANICA
ubb.Otra ReparticionDEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BASICAS
ubb.SedeCONCEPCIÓN
ubb.SedeCHILLÁN
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