Evaluation of self-cleaning mechanisms for improving performance of roof-mounted solar PV panels: A comparative study

• Danish Hameed,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Engineering & Technology (UET), Taxila, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7062-9750

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• Allah Ditta,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Management and Technology Sialkot, Sialkot, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Wasif Bajwa,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mechanical Engineering Department, Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mirpur, AJK, Pakistan

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• Sibghat Ullah,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Management and Technology Sialkot, Sialkot, Pakistan

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• M. A. Mujtaba ,

  Roles Software, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: m.mujtaba@uet.edu.pk

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, UET Lahore (New Campus), Lahore, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9134-9002

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• Yasser Fouad,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Applied Mechanical Engineering, College of Applied Engineering, Muzahimiyah Branch, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3797-4282

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• M. A. Kalam,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, FEIT, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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• Manzoore Elahi M. Soudagar

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations College of Engineering, Lishui University, Lishui, Zhejiang, China, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

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