A comprehensive analysis of the electric field distribution in an electrodynamic screen |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0373, United States;2. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6181, United States;1. Texas A&M University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar;2. Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar;1. Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA;2. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA;3. Mechanical Engineering Program, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar |
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| Abstract: | The electrodynamic screen, or EDS, has shown promising results in mitigation of dust accumulation losses in solar energy harvesting systems. In this paper, the electric field distributions in two EDS configurations have been thoroughly investigated. The analytical solutions for the electric potential and electric field distribution in the first EDS configuration have been provided and corroborated numerically using finite element analysis (FEA) software. The electrostatic model of second EDS configuration has been developed in the FEA software and its electric field distribution has been analyzed numerically. A comparison has been made between the two configurations regarding dust removal efficiency. |
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| Keywords: | Dust removal Electrodynamic screen Self-cleaning Analytical methods |
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