Performance of Silicon Heterojunction Photovoltaic modules in Qatar climatic conditions

Amir Abdallah; Diego Martinez; Benjamin Figgis; Ounsi El Daif

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2016.06.044

Performance of Silicon Heterojunction Photovoltaic modules in Qatar climatic conditions

Amir Abdallah^*
, Diego Martinez
, Benjamin Figgis
, Ounsi El Daif

^*Corresponding author for this work

QEERI - Energy Center

Hamad bin Khalifa University

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Abstract

We report on the performance of two cell technologies: Silicon Heterojunction (SHJ) and conventional diffused junction n-type mono-crystalline silicon Photovoltaic (PV) arrays, under a harsh environment condition with high temperature and dust accumulation, typical to Qatar. A comparison of the energy yield and Performance Ratio (PR) at plane of array global irradiance as well as module temperature (T_mod) of the two technologies is presented. The SHJ arrays showed a higher energy yield as compared with the conventional arrays thanks to the higher efficiency of the SHJ. The results showed also that dust accumulated on PV modules may cause a drop in the PR of up to approximately 15% if the module is not cleaned for one month. Scheduled module cleaning or raining will return the PR close to its initial value.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	860-865
Number of pages	6
Journal	Renewable Energy
Volume	97
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2016.06.044
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2016

Keywords

Energy yield
Performance ratio
Silicon Heterojunction
Soiling
Solar modules

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