Electrostatic Solar Panel Cleaning

The various cleaning methods such as electrostatic cleaning system super hyperbolic coating methods mechanical method microcontroller based automatic cleaning method.

Electrostatic solar panel cleaning.

It was demonstrated that the dust is removed efficiently from the panel surface. India to add 500 000 mw of renewable capacity june 27 2019 0. Electrostatic cleaning equipment has been developed to remove dust from solar panels. Australia to reach 2020 renewable target september 5 2019 0.

Electrostatic precipitators uses static electricity to remove the dust from the panel by applying energy only to the particular matter being collected and therefore is very efficient in its. In arid areas therefore solar panels have to be cleaned frequently sometimes on a daily basis. It can remove 90 percent of the dust on a solar panel in a two minute cycle says malay mazumder a research. It uses electrostatic charge to repel dust and force it to the edges of the panels.

The actual power consumption of this system is small. Large scale solar farms often employ manual labour to clean the panels or automatic machines.