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AssigneesPetroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, Instituto de Tecnologia para o Desenvolvimento - LACTEC
InventorsLuiz Fernando Almeida Fontenele, Hugo Tavares Vieira Gouveia, Gelson Luiz Carneiro, Paulo Henrique Fernandes Ferreira, Rodrigo Dias, Vilson Rodrigo Mognon, Bruno Marchesi, Cleber Onofre Inacio, Carlos Ademar Purim
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The present invention relates to alternative equipment for solar energy prospecting with a focus on low cost, low complexity in installation, operation and maintenance, and high reliability. A low-cost solarimetric station consists of compact equipment capable of providing global irradiance measurements and estimates for direct and diffuse components, as well as hemispheric photographs, with acceptable levels of uncertainty. The pyranometer periodically provides global irradiance information to the system, and the camera records photos of the sky. Using machine learning algorithms, and based on that information, the equipment provides estimates for direct and diffuse irradiance components. The equipment has other meteorological sensors, GPS, and wireless communication facilities. The equipment has an energy supply and management system consisting of a photovoltaic module, charge controller, and battery, which provide the energy necessary for the station to operate.
A low-cost autonomous solarimetric station comprising:
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