News
Date: April 2021
Chapter contribution in IEA-PVPS report on bifacials systems
Prof. Alam (Purdue), Dr. M. Ryyan Khan, and M. Tahir Patel (Purdue) contributed to the extensive report on Bifacial Photovoltaic Modules and Systems.
[Link]
Date: 01 April 2021
Work on bifacial PV-tracking featured in pv-magazine
The collaborative work by SLR group with Purdue University on bifacial photovoltaics (PV) tracking has been featured in pv-magazine. M. Sojib Ahmed from the group is an equally contributing first author along with M. Tahir Patel (from Purdue, Alam CEED group).
This work, published in Applied Energy, analyzes the worldwide gain and prospects of single axis tracking using the increasingly popular bifacial PV technology.
[pv-magazine] [EWU news] [paper]
Date: 13 Feb. 2021
Research on solar panel soiling highlighted in pv-magazine
The research on solar panel soiling, optimal cleaning and revenue analysis has been featured in pv-magazine. The researchers in this work from the SLR-group are Md. Mahamudul Hasan Mithhu and Tahmina Ahmed Rima.
This study is the world’s first on global analysis on soiling, cleaning, and revenue prediction. Although Asia has the highest solar farm installed capacity, it is highly prone to dust and soiling. Europe is observed to have one of the lowest soiling loss rates. The numerical models presented by the researchers will be a basis for further research, and the compact analytical model will guide investors to properly assess potential solar farm installation sites.
[pv-magazine] [EWU news] [paper]
Date: 13 Feb. 2021
Temperature dependent bifacial PV analysis highlighted in pv-magazine
The temperature dependent model for a bifacial PV array gives a good estimate for yield and LCOE of a practical bifacial solar farm. The analysis shows the clear advantage of bifacials over monofacials all over the world due to the bifacial panels better temperature coefficient and higher yield.
[pv-magazine] [paper]
Date: 27 Nov 2020
ICT funded project on panel cleaning optimization to commence on EWU rooftop
Dr. M. Ryyan Khan and his collaborators have been awarded ICT innovation fund of 10 lac BDT for the project titled: “Dust and soiling on solar panels: effects on output, site evaluation and cleaning cycle prediction”. This project led by Dr. Khan (EWU) is in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Khondaker A. Mamun (CSE, UIU) and Dr. Redwan Noor Sajjad (GCE, BUET).
[EWU news]
Date: 19 Jan 2020
Work on thermodynamic limits of bifacial tandem featured in media
The research by Dr. M. Ryyan Khan in collaboration with Professor Muhammad A. Alam (Purdue University, USA) titled “Shockley–Queisser triangle predicts the thermodynamic efficiency limits of arbitrarily complex multijunction bifacial solar cells” has been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS, impact factor: 9.58) in November 2019. The work has been featured in several news sites.
[Purdue] [ScienceDaily] [TechXplore] [paper]