Success Stories

Amanda Luketa-Hanlin
URF
Mechanical Engineering
UNM

I'm hooking up a shadowband radiometer to an NI CompactRIO. The data from this (different measurements of irradiance - GHI, DNI, DHI) is wirelessly transmitted to a computer in the building where it is saved. In addition to the irradiance data, power data from the solar panels on the roof is used to try to quantify how the arrays perform given changes in weather conditions, but most importantly (i.e. project objective) to try to predict changes in performance ahead of time in order to more efficiently regulate the energy use within the building (as these panels are a component of the energy supply).