Lu, Xiaolong; Zhang, Qi; Hu, Junhui - In: Energy 60 (2013) C, pp. 401-406
A linear piezoelectric actuator based solar panel cleaning system is proposed in order to make a solar panel operate at … panel, the actuator can drive the wiper to effectively wipe a dust layer away from the solar panel's surface. The cleaning … system's energy gain, which is defined as the ratio of a solar panel's output electric energy increase caused by cleaning to …