WEATHER MONITORING SYSTEM

FOR SOLAR & WIND PROJECTS

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ABOUT AERON

• A pioneer in the Inertial Navigation

technology, Aeron Systems was founded
by Mr. Ashvani Shukla (B. Tech., IIT
Kanpur) Mr. Abhijeet Bokil (B.E., MIT
Pune) in the summer of 2008.
• Building deep-tech products in the field
of Inertial Sensing and Internet of Things.
• Serving global customers in Aerospace,
Automotive, Renewable Energy,
Environment and Manufacturing sectors.

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 PRODUCTS & SOLUTIONS
In over a decade’s journey, Aeron with its innovative research, reliable products and diligent support, has
become preferred choice of its customers. The products offered by Aeron are categorised in two divisions.

Inertial Systems & Sensors Internet of Things

Navigate, control and stabilize your platform in High reliability rugged data loggers and full
aerospace, defense and automotive applications. package environment monitoring solutions

MEMS Inertial Navigation Systems and IMUs

Wireless Data Logger and
Gateway
FOG Inertial Navigation System
Weather monitoring system for solar
Airborne qualified AHRS power plants, wind farm and agri

Digital magnetic compass Air quality monitoring system

Tilt sensor and inclinometers Water quality monitoring system

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 WHAT IS DATA LOGGER?

COLLECT TRANSMIT
The data logger collects The collected and filtered
data from various sensors data is transmitted further
connected to it. Device over wired and wireless
has analog, digital and interfaces.
serial type inputs for data ANALYSE DISPLAY
acquisition from variety of Collected data is The transmitted data is
sensors and equipment. processed, analyzed, stored on cloud and
filters and algorithms are displayed on user devices
applied for high accuracy. using application.

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KEY FEATURES OF AERON’S DATA LOGGER

HIGH PRECISION COMMUNICATION

With industry leading 24 Wireless communication
bit ADC data is acquired over 4G/LTE and Wi-Fi.
precisely even for low Wired communication
voltage sensors. over Ethernet, RS485
MODBUS, RS232

VERSATILE INPUTS RUGGED

Various analog (0-10V, 0- Weather protection, IP65,
1V, 0-20mV, 4-20mA), surge protection, 9-36VDC
digital and serial inputs GPS power, powered by solar
(RS232, RS485, MODBUS) panel as well as AC supply
Built-in GPS for precise
time synchronization and
location information

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KEY SPECS OF AERON’S DATA LOGGER

12/8 Analog Single Ended or 4/2 Differential Channels

ANALOG INPUTS
0-20mA, 4-20mA, 0-1V, 0-5V input range
24 bit ADC resolution for analog inputs, highest
ADC RESOLUTION
resolution in this class of products

CONNECTIVITY Wireless connectivity over Wi-Fi, LTE (4G)/UMTS/GPRS

and Wired connectivity over Ethernet, RS485 MODBUS

INPUT INTERFACES Input digital interfaces: SDI-12, RS232, RS485

MODBUS RTU, MODBUS TCP
TIME
SYNCHRONIZATION Time synchronization through GPS, and internet,
RTC with backup battery
STORAGE MEMORY
32 GB flash memory for over 5 years data storage
POWER
9-30 VDC operating voltage

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ENVIRONMENT MONITORING PRODUCTS

AIR WATER SOLAR

Real-time monitoring of Online real-time Real-time performance
air quality parameters for monitoring of water quality monitoring of Solar plants
Smart City, Factory and parameters for Industries, by measuring weather
Commercial Buildings. Rivers & Commercial parameters.
Buildings.

WEATHER SOIL WIND

Measurement of Monitoring of soil
temperature and moisture Performance monitoring of
weather parameters for
for higher farm output and Wind power plants to ensure
research, forecast, and
reduced irrigation cost. highest energy generation.
smart agriculture

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RENEWABLE ENERGY – WHY IT IS IMPORTANT?

Renewable energy sources Renewable sources of The air and water pollution
are inexhaustible and energy provide security to caused by coal and natural
abundant unlike coal and countries of all size from gas plants leads to cancer,
natural gas have limited global geo-politics. heart attack and other life
reserves. threating diseases.
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WHY MONITOR RENEWABLE ENERGY PLANTS?

Setting up Solar and Wind power is a major capital

1 investment and its critical that these are operated
efficiently for fastest return on investment.

The energy generation from Solar and Wind

2 power plants is dependent on the
atmospheric conditions.

Aeron’s Weather Monitoring System is perfect

3 product for real-time monitoring of atmospheric
conditions and thereby for keeping track of plant
efficiency on every minute basis.

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AERON’S WEATHER MONITORING SYSTEM FOR SOLAR & WIND

High accuracy measurement of Radiation, Albedo, Air

temperature, Humidity, Module temperature, Wind speed, Wind
direction, rain fall, barometric pressure and other parameters.

High reliability data logger for precision and reliable data

collection from variety of sensors, wireless (4G, Wi-Fi) and
Ethernet, RS485 MODBUS wired interfaces.

Installed in over 12 GW solar power plants, approved with

NTPC, BHEL, and preferred choice of major developers and
EPC companies.

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GENERAL DRAWING OF WEATHER MONITORING SYSTEM

Anemometer

The diagram shows

typical installation of
various sensors and
logger. This may change
based on site conditions.

The pole is fixed to the

ground with suitable
pillar for high stability in
storm and windy
conditions.

The data from the logger

is sent to the SCADA at
site.

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ARCHITECTURE OF WEATHER MONITORING SYSTEM

1 3
SENSORS

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Pyranometer SMART DATA LOGGER 4 USER DEVICES (WEBSITE / APP)

Module temperature

Anemometer

Ambient
temperature 5
Relative humidity
PLC / SCADA

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COMMONLY USED SENSORS IN WEATHER MONITORING SYSTEM

The thermopile pyranometer measures solar radiation which is the primary

source of information for available solar energy for generation. Generally two
Pyranometer pyranometers are used, one at horizontal level for Global Horizontal Irradiance
and second at solar panel angle for Global Tilt Irradiance.

The silicon based irradiance sensor to measure the solar radiation but unlike
Pyranometer the reference cell needs to be matched with solar panel material
Irradiance
for accurate results. Also it is cost-effective in comparison to Pyranometer.

The energy output from a solar panel depends on its temperature. Therefore,
Module Surface the measurement of module temperature is important for estimation of the
Temperature plant performance ratio.

The wind at the site affects the temperature of the solar modules, the data is
also useful for safe operation of plant. For Wind Farms, the wind data is very
Anemometer
critical because the generation depends on the wind speed and the direction.

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COMMONLY USED SENSORS IN WEATHER MONITORING SYSTEM

For the same level of irradiance the energy output from solar panels depends
Ambient on the ambient temperature. Therefore, it is an important parameter for
Temperature measurement of plant performance ratio.

The humidity affects the generation of power at solar plants. Also the humidity
affects the life of various components. It is measured along with the ambient
Humidity
temperature.

The rain gauge measures the amount of rain taking place at the site location.
Rain Gauge The data is used for potential flooding and equipment damage due to rain.

Barometric The barometric pressure sensor is used to measure the pressure at the site
Pressure location. It helps in the performance monitoring of the solar and wind farm.

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COMMONLY USED SENSORS IN WEATHER MONITORING SYSTEM

The dust and soiling of panels greatly affect the total energy output from the
plant, especially at locations which have loose soil causing dust or sand to
Soiling Station accumulate over panels. The soiling station measures the energy loss due to
soiling and allows operators to decide when to clean the panels.

It could be bright sunny day but with cloud cover over site location the energy
output may be reduced. To consider the effect of clouds in the plant
Cloud Cover
performance estimation, the cloud cover sensor is used.

This measures global and reflected solar radiation using two pyranometers
Albedometer mounted back to back with each other. It also gives measurement of albedo or
net radiation which helps in understanding the effect of ground.

This sensor measures the direct beam solar irradiance. Generally it is used with
a sun tracker so that the pyrheliometer can remain aligned towards sun for the
Pyrheliometer
measurement.

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SUPPORTED SENSOR BRANDS IN WEATHER MONITORING SYSTEM

R M Young
Kipp & Zonen
Metone Meteocontrol
Hukseflux Module
Pyranometer Anemometer Davis Instruments IMT Solar
Eko Instruments temperature
Lufft Aeron Systems
Apogee
Gill Instruments

R M Young
Meteocontrol
Irradiance R M Young Temperature Metone
IMT Solar Rain Gauge
Davis Instruments & Humidity Davis Instruments
Rotronics

Integrated Gill Instruments

Sensors Lufft

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 PROJECTS USING AERON’S WEATHER MONITORING SYSTEM

Aeron’s Weather Monitoring Systems are being used in over 12 GW of solar & wind power projects globally. Following
are the details of few major projects and our customers.

500 MW project in 300 MW project in 230 MW project at 648 MW project at

Kurnool, Andhra Vietnam. This is a Karnataka, India. It Tamilnadu, India. It
Pradesh. This is part of major solar project is part of 2,050 MW is one of the largest
1000 MW solar park. in the Vietnam. Pavagada Solar Park. project in India.

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PROJECTS USING AERON’S WEATHER MONITORING SYSTEM

250 MW project in Madhya 250 MW project in Bikaner 100 MW project in

Pradesh, India. It is part of 750 Rajashthan, India. It is one Tamilnadu, India. This is
MW Rewa Ultra Mega Solar of the 740 MW projects one of the 640 MW
Park. with this customer. projects with this customer.

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 ADVANTAGE AERON

QUALITY YOU CAN TRUST TECHNOLOGY YOU ASPIRE FOR

Inherited from defense electronics, Aeron The latest IoT and sensor technology is the
offers highest quality product. With key next big trend in the world, and Aeron is at
systems made in India and certified to the forefront of technology development.
international standards, you can trust on
Aeron for the quality product.

SERVICE YOU CAN RELY ON PRICE WITHIN YOUR BUDGET

Serving customers for over a decade with The value optimization is the key mantra
exceptional service standards you can rely for low prices with high quality. Our
on for your critical requirements. product prices remain within your budget.

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GLOBAL DISTRIBUTOR PARTNERS

FRANCE
USA

ALGERIA KSA
UAE

NICARAGUA VIETNAM

NAMIBIA
S. AFRICA
AUSTRALIA

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PRODUCTION & TESTING FACILITY

The production and testing

facility certified as per
ISO9001-2015 has climatic
chamber, rate table and
advance equipment for
product assembly and
testing.

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DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT FACILITY

Well equipped design and

development facility with
tools to develop high speed
military grade electronics,
software and mechanical
systems.

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WORK CULTURE AT AERON

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THANK YOU!

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Aeron Systems Private Limited

Plot No.7, Lane Number 5,
Laxman Nagar, Balewadi,
Pune, Maharashtra 411045
M: +91 95884 93504
E: sales@aeronsystems.com

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