The laws of dust accumulation on the PV modules on highway slopes and the influence of the dust accumulation on the operating efficiency of the PV modules are obtained by experiments and simulation
as well as the optimization model of the cleaning cycle of the PV on the highway slope is established. The results show that the dust accumulation density on the PV modules on highway slopes increases with the increase over time
but the dust accumulation rate decreases with the increase over time. When the dust accumulation density increase from 0 to 2
4
6
8
10 g/m
the operating efficiency of the PV modules decrease from 21.1% to 17.4%
14.7%
11.2%
10.0%
8.4%
respectively. During a period of 28 days without precipitation in winter in Jinxiang County
Shandong Province
the highest net benefit of the cleaning of the PV on the highway slope is 0.48 RMB/kW by carrying out 1 cleaning operation.
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