Issahaku Walaman-i

@d.umn.edu

Teaching Assistant, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department/Faculty of Engineering
University of Minnesota

Issahaku Walaman-i


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EDUCATION

University of Minnesota

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Control and Systems Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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Scopus Publications

Scopus Publications

  • Flexible Electronic Skin Sensors: Review
    Sensors and Transducers, 2025
  • Design of a Dust Cleaning Machine to Reduce Dust Soiling on Solar PV Panels in Ghana
    Issahaku Walaman-i, Stewart Isaacs, Heather Beem
    2022 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference Ghtc 2022, 2022
    The emergence of Renewable Energy (RE) is a welcome remedy to mitigate the harmful effects of global warming due to the use of fossil fuels. Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs) facilitate the use of RE, especially using solar photovoltaic panels. However, natural events such as the deposition of dust onto the surfaces of mounted solar panels tend to reduce their power output and subsequently reduce their efficiency. Cleaning solutions are therefore vital in improving the efficiency of solar panels. This paper seeks to design and implement a dust-cleaning machine for solar panels to improve efficiency. The paper methodically sequences from the design requirements through major design decisions and prototyping the proposed remedy to the dust soiling problem, a combined wet and dry brush-based cleaning approach. Implementing such a dust-cleaning mechanism for solar panels will improve panel efficiency and reduce maintenance costs and safety risks associated with manual solar panel cleaning.