Seasonal Performance Assessment of Various PV Technologies in a Desert Climate through Device Simulations and Outdoor Measurements
Type
Conference PaperAuthors
Katsaounis, Theodoros
Kotsovos, Konstantinos
Gereige, Issam
Basahee, A
Abdullah, M
Khayat, A
Alhabshi, Esra
Alsaggaf. A
Tzavaras, Athanasios

KAUST Department
Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) DivisionApplied Mathematics and Computational Science Program
Date
2020Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/666403
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Middle East is considered as one the most promising areas for PV deployment due to its vast solar potential. Successful deployment of PV systems in the region is challenging, however, due to local weather conditions. Frequent dust storms in these areas cause heavy soiling on PV module surface and significantly affecting the solar panels performance. In addition, the combination of high ambient temperatures and increased UV irradiance levels pose additional challenges in PV module reliability. This work focuses on the influence of local climate effects on the performance and energy yield of various PV module technologies by processing local weather data over various periods. Simulation data are validated with outdoor IV measurements on various types of commercial c-Si based PV modules, located at KAUST University, Western Region of Saudi Arabia.Citation
Katsaounis, T., Kotsovos, K., Gereige, I., Basaheeh, A., Abdullah, M., Khayat, A., Al Habshi, E., Al-Saggaf, A., & Tzavaras, A. (2020). Seasonal Performance Assessment of Various PV Technologies in a Desert Climate through Device Simulations and Outdoor Measurements. 37th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1112-1116. https://doi.org/10.4229/EUPVSEC20202020-4AV.2.16Sponsors
The authors acknowledge the support of the Supercomputing Laboratory at King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia; the KAUST Economic development for their technical support and Saudi Aramco R&D Center -Carbon Management Division for their financial support through grant RGC#3893.Publisher
EU PVSECConference/Event name
37th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibitionae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.4229/EUPVSEC20202020-4AV.2.16