Instruction Manual
DustIQ
• Soiling Measurement
Applicable to all models.
Please check regularly for updates.
V2105-01
Страница 1: ...Instruction Manual DustIQ Soiling Measurement Applicable to all models Please check regularly for updates V2105 01...
Страница 2: ...not yet locally dust calibrated measurements Advice to use 24VDC as power supply to get the best measurements Extra attention for the right Modbus command 04 Read Input Registers to get data from the...
Страница 3: ...red 15 Pre installation 15 Connecting the cables to the DustIQ 16 Connecting the cable to the USB converter and power supply 17 Connecting the cable to the PMU485 interface box 17 Changing the setting...
Страница 4: ...39 Output signal not present or incorrect 39 Appendices 40 Modbus commands 40 DustIQ release 3 01 data model 40 DustIQ release 3 02 data model 43 Sample ModbusPoll data for data model 3 x 46 Tilt sens...
Страница 5: ...prior to performing any work If the DustIQ is mounted at a high position special care must be taken to secure both the person installing it and the instrument from falling during installation CAUTION...
Страница 6: ...on the other side Longer 25m and 50m cables are available as well Included with the product Check the contents of the shipment for completeness see below and note whether any damage has occurred duri...
Страница 7: ...soiling pattern across the plant Soiling is a different phenomenon than irradiation and also very site specific Where you normally expect the same average irradiation value for all pyranometers at a s...
Страница 8: ...making and taking cost intensive cleaning actions it is recommended to do visual inspection is the DustIQ device soiled in the same way as the average soiling on the PV modules What helps in data val...
Страница 9: ...e SRDAILY_AVERAGE weighted by thePV output for both locations and concluded that there is very little difference between Dubai latitude 24 4 and Mongolia latitude 47 9 The influence of dew and rain Th...
Страница 10: ...performs a measurement every minute but since the accumulation of dust is a slow process one doesn t need to read and record a measurement every minute and by using data from a weather station it is p...
Страница 11: ...s removed from the data Please also check https www kippzonen com Download 1022 DustIQ Application Note Data Reduction 900 910 920 930 940 950 960 970 980 990 1000 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Spi...
Страница 12: ...a rain gauge has proven to be useful Selection criteria PV module temperature 2 degrees Celsius higher than the dew point No rain 1 hr before and 4 hours after No snow this results in very high refle...
Страница 13: ...dentify the zero offset for each of the two sensors The TL and SR data to be logged can then be corrected in the PV plant SCADA system or data logger as follows Example 1 Step 1 Step 2 correct values...
Страница 14: ...North America and in Arabia The shared calibrations showed a range of 1 5 to 2 3 times more transmission loss with the average close to 2 Based on these shared calibrations we advise customers to mult...
Страница 15: ...creased safety and reliability DustExplorer software will be available from http www kippzonen com download Pre installation If changing the settings from the factory default is needed then it is advi...
Страница 16: ...Locate the 8 pin ODU plug correctly in the DustIQ socket it only fits one way The red dot on the plug should be opposite of the red dot on the chassis socket Push it in to secure whilst holding the p...
Страница 17: ...y with a fast blowing fuse of maximum 500 mA rating Typical power consumption of the DustIQ instrument 12 VDC 60 mA LEDs off 130 mA LEDs on std duty cycle 5 24 VDC 40 mA LEDs off 70 mA LEDs on std dut...
Страница 18: ...ne connected DustIQ Finding the COM port After starting the Dust Explorer software the user needs to select the right COM port on which your USB RS 485 converter has been installed by the Windows 7 8...
Страница 19: ...ar Configuring the settings In order to connect to the DustIQ click on Setup Connection Select Serial RTU protocol for the direct RS485 connection that you re using Select the COM port you found in th...
Страница 20: ...ou can have several instruments attached to monitor Changing setting is best done with only one instrument attached Finding an instrument with unkown communication settings is only possible with one i...
