Apparatus for coating dust particles uniformly on flat surfaces for accelerated testing
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsIssam Gereige, Ahmad Khayyat
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes a system including: at least one ceramic foam comprising a porous top surface, porous channels, and a porous bottom surface, wherein the at least one ceramic foam is over a surface of a solar panel such that when dust particles are poured onto the porous top surface of the at least one ceramic foam, the dust particles permeate through the porous channels of the at least one ceramic foam and then exit from the porous bottom surface of the at least one ceramic foam to form a layer of dust, with a pre-determined thickness, on the surface of the solar panel.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- at least one ceramic foam comprising a porous top surface, porous channels, and a porous bottom surface, wherein the at least one ceramic foam is positioned over a surface of a solar panel such that when dust particles are poured onto the porous top surface of the at least one ceramic foam, the dust particles permeate through the porous channels of the at least one ceramic foam and then exit from the porous bottom surface of the at least one ceramic foam to form a layer of dust, with a pre-determined thickness, on the surface of the solar panel.
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- driving a stage to cause at least one ceramic foam to be positioned over a surface of a solar panel, wherein the at least one ceramic foam comprises a porous top surface, porous channels, and a porous bottom surface;
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- causing dust particles to be poured onto the porous top surface of the at least one ceramic foam such that the dust particles permeate through the porous channels of the at least one ceramic foam and then exit from the porous bottom surface of the at least one ceramic foam to form a layer of dust, with a pre-determined thickness, on the surface of the solar panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.