Solar system comprising self sustainable condensation, water collection, and cleaning subassemblies

A method of operating a solar system comprising a light receiving surface, a condensation subassembly, a water collection subassembly, a cleaning subassembly, one or more ambient sensors, a compressed air supply, and a process controller, wherein the method comprises:

• receiving light at the light receiving surface of the solar system, the light receiving surface exposed to ambient air;
• the condensation subassembly comprises an expansion chamber that is thermally coupled to the light receiving surface and thermally insulated from the ambient air;
• controlling a compressed air expansion valve to release compressed air from the compressed air supply into the expansion chamber of the condensation subassembly wherein compressed air pressure of the compressed air supply differs from ambient pressure and the compressed air expands in the expansion chamber to thermally cool at least a portion of the light receiving surface below a dew point temperature of the ambient air to condense water from humidity in the ambient air on the light receiving surface by indirectly thermally cooling the light receiving surface via the thermal coupling of the light receiving surface and the expansion chamber of the condensation subassembly;
• collecting the water from the light receiving surface into a water collection vessel of the water collection subassembly via water direction hardware positioned to direct the condensed water on the light receiving surface to the water collection vessel;
• dispensing the collected water from the water collection vessel via a cleaning fluid duct of the cleaning subassembly over the light receiving surface via a water dispensing unit of the cleaning subassembly;
• and
• controlling the release of the compressed air from the compressed air supply through the compressed air expansion valve as a function of at least one of a temperature condition, a humidity condition, and a wind speed condition of the ambient air based on an output of the one or more ambient sensors.