BRINO - Atmospheric event detector

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Main Applications

  • Agriculture / Agrometeorology / Irrigation
  • Routes, railways, runways monitoring
  • Civil applications
  • Telecommunications
  • Industrial applications 

 

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Description

MAIN FEATURES

Differently from the most common sensors in the market, BRINO is able to detect the atmospheric event with high accuracy because it’s provided of a smart cpu that combines an acustic transducer to the air temperature-humidity measure (for the  calculation of the dew/frost point) and to a condensation sensor.

BRINO is made with stainless and atmospheric proof materials. Furthermore the sensor is provided of an internal heater (mounted in the top of the conic part), that is activated by a simple optional thermostatic system, to facilitate the melting of snow and ice.

 

OPERATION PRINCIPLE

The BRINO sensor interface is controlled by a microprocessor that captures every second the information from the acoustic transducer and the temperature and humidity sensors of the air and wetting. An internal algorithm for this interface allows you to determine the type of rainfall and / or condensation present (dew or frost). This information is then transformed into an electrical signal on 4 distinct analog outputs that will remain active until the external conditions change. Outputs can then be connected to external scanners such as industrial PCs, PLCs or other Geoves Dataloggers such as the Butterfly that will be described in the next paragraph.

 

OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES: Butterfly data logger and rain gauge functionality

Butterfly is a device that allows to store and transmit data via GPRS from various measurement sensors including the BRINO detector. When exceeding pre-defined and programmable thresholds it is also possible to send and manage any alarms via SMS.

The measures taken by the Butterfly Dataloggers are:

  • the present condensation event (dew or frost)
  • identification of the precipitation type (rain, snow, hail)
  • the duration of the event
  • instantaneous intensity of precipitation (by integrating the RG200 or RG400 rain gauge)
  • the total amount of water or snow falling (the latter with heated rainfall)

Each Butterfly measure can handle the alarm by alerting the available personnel in real time. Also thanks to the very low power consumption of the system with a small photovoltaic panel and wireless GPRS transmission, Butterfly can be easily installed on any site without the need for connections