| Type | 3D Printing |
|---|---|
| Authors | J.S. Botero-Valencia M. Mejia-Herrera Joshua M. Pearce |
| Location | The following coordinate was not recognized: Geocoding failed.London, Ontario, Canada |
| Status | Designed Modelled Prototyped Verified |
| Years | 2022 |
| Made | Yes |
| Replicated | No |
| Uses | 3D Printing |
Albedo is the percentage of radiation that a given surface reflects. Its study is important to evaluate thermal effects in buildings, generation capacity with bifacial panels, among others. In this work, the design and validation of a low-cost mobile albedometer is presented, which measures the reflection in 8 spectral bands in the visible, additionally the system is equipped with a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver, to reference its position and an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) to know its absolute orientation, make corrections in real time or detect errors. The purpose of designing the mobile device is to measure a larger area and, since it is georeferenced, it is to feed GIS tools that allow designers to use the information.
- Full source Available online: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/BVJH2
- Subject areas: Engineering, Instrumentation, Internet of things
- Hardware type: Measuring physical properties and in-lab sensors, Field measurements and sensors, Electrical engineering and computer science
- Open source license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license
- Cost of hardware: USD 179.24
