Light detection applications

Some examples of where and what for SOLEMS sensors are used … Some products shown here are from final customers – more information on request.

Solar radiation sensor with data logger

A NEW COMPONENT DEVELOPPED WITH SOLEMS RG100 DETECTOR

SL100 – SL 200

Portable equipment to measure, display and store data during 20 days : the instant solar radiation in W/m², and the energy in Wh/m² during a period of time. by KIMO Instruments.

Solar sensors for meteo stations

Register climatic parameters in order to plan actions in a farm is the main function of these small weather stations for agriculture. Most of the time they are associated to automatisms controlling ventilation, heating, lighting… etc., in greenhouses or water supply in the fields, as a fonction of climatic parameters.

For example, in a greenhouse, when the outside solar radiation exceeds a set-up value, for sure the temperature will shortly increase inside, so some curtains are closed or other ventilation mechanisms started to avoid overheating.

SOLEMS supplies the solar radiation sensors for these stations.

PAR sensors : photosynthesis studies

PAR sensors are widely used in agronomy research. These white housings contain a solar cell sensitive to the same light spectrum as the plants.

They can quantify the amount of “usefull” light recieved, transmitted and reflected by the canopy.

These measurements have many applications, either in fundamental or applied research. A radiative balance identifies how much light a plant is using for its growth. It ios also interesting to evaluate how much light is available under a tree cover, in order to decide which vegetable can be planted underneath.

“Réglophare” : a car control application

The headlights are crucial for our security and now seriously controlled through many vehicle technical controls. This “réglophare” equipment includes all necessary components to perform such contol in specialzed centers : tilt, alignement, light intensity … For all kinds of vehicles : trucks, cars & motrobikes.

The detection cell insdie is a SOLEMS specific amorphous detection cell.