INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF OPERATION OF SOLAR PANELS IN AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS

Abstract

One of the most popular alternative sources is photovoltaic power sources or solar panels. In agricultural conditions, one of the main problems in the operation of solar panels is the problem of their dustiness due to blowing by strong winds, which raise a large amount of dust into the air, including technological dust, which is typical for such industries as crop production and animal husbandry. Effective protection of solar modules from pollution using electron-ion technology. On the basis of which an electrostatic device for protecting solar modules from pollution is proposed. A feature of this device is the use of dielectric materials in its design. The purpose of the study is to highlight the principles of improving the device for protecting solar modules from pollution in order to increase the efficiency of their operation in agricultural conditions. The proposed method makes it possible to reduce the pollution of solar modules and increase the efficiency of electric energy production. The use of depositing plates coated with a dielectric material in the design of the device increases the electrical safety of this device. The main forces that affect dust particles during their deposition are the resistance force of the medium, the force due to the uneven distribution of the electric field strength, and the force of the electric field. In addition to these forces, the efficiency of dust particle deposition is affected by the electric field strength for the deposition plates and the distance between them. The high calculated efficiency of dust particle deposition implies the feasibility of using this electrostatic device for protecting photovoltaic modules from pollution.