DocumentCode :
1936095
Title :
Implementation of an intelligent sensor for measurement and prediction of solar radiation and atmospheric temperature
Author :
Gomes, João M. ; Ferreira, Pedro M. ; Ruano, António E.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Intell. Syst., IDMEC, Faro, Portugal
fYear :
2011
fDate :
19-21 Sept. 2011
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
6
Abstract :
The aim of this study was to develop an intelligent sensor for acquiring temperature, solar radiation data and estimate cloudiness indexes, and use these measured values to predict temperature and solar radiation in a close future. The prototype produced can ultimately be used in systems related to thermal comfort in buildings and to the efficient and intelligent use of solar energy. To incorporate these functionalities, a small and portable prototype was developed, which consisted in: a CCTV camera with a fish-eye lens, for sky images acquisition; a computer of format mini-itx with a Linux operative system, for data acquisition and processing; a GPS, to enable automatic use, independent of the system´s geographical position; a pyranometer, for regular measurements of solar radiation; a temperature probe, for regular measurements of outdoor temperature; a shadow band, to eliminate the sun´s flare effect on sky images; Arduino, an open source electronics prototyping platform that acquires data from the temperature and solar radiation sensors, as well as processing the data provided by the GPS and controlling the shadow band; neural networks of the type NARX, which use the acquired data to forecast the cloudiness index, solar radiation and temperature, in the next four hours period. The system was programmed to acquire data, both from the sensors and the camera, every five minutes.
Keywords :
atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric radiation; atmospheric temperature; clouds; data acquisition; CCTV camera; Linux operative system; NARX neural networks; atmospheric temperature data; cloudiness index; data acquisition; data processing; fish-eye lens; intelligent sensor implementation; open source electronics; shadow band; sky image acquisition; solar energy; solar radiation data; solar radiation measurement; solar radiation prediction; sun flare effect; system geographical position; temperature probe; Clouds; Computational modeling; Predictive models; Solar radiation; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; cloudiness indexes; neural networks; solar radiation; temperature;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Signal Processing (WISP), 2011 IEEE 7th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Floriana
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1403-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/WISP.2011.6051713
Filename :
6051713
Link To Document :
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