An international research team has developed a cleaning system for solar panels that combines a vibrating device with the use of hydrophilic curved rungs. The technique is claimed to be able to remove the surface contaminants through the internal flow of vibrating water droplets applied with a pipette onto the module surface and transported, under vibration, to the contaminated parts.Scientists at the University of Washington have developed an active self-cleaning surface system for PV modules based on mechanical vibration and anisotropic ratchet conveyors (ARC), which are hydrophilic curved rungs ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...