Claudia Spinnato, Panoptes

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Claudia Spinnato - mT-Panoptes: geospatial aerial inspections on PV plants
The Silicon Valley Drone Show 2015
mT-Panoptes
geospatial aerial inspections on PV
plants

Technical Inspections by
UAVs

Solar Farms Inspections by
UAVs

solar farms inspections by UAVs
preventive inspections
to check if some elements - arrays, modules,
cells -
do not work well and thus are overheated

What is needed Why is needed
UAV surveying
thermal eye observing differences in temperature and detecting
overheated elements (clearer in the thermography)
coupled eye
in the visible band
complementing thermal observations for clarifying
eg shadows – and evidencing some crack or rubbish
panels
binocular vision
observing the same scene by different bands at the
time: both thermal and visible sensor on board
live viewing following the survey better
recording on board analyzing the acquired data later
traditional way of thermal surveying by UAV
on solar farms

big solar farms
are monotonous landscapes
to evidence overheated elements,
i.e. hot spots, also in cells
each thermal video frame will not contain
anything more than …

…modules…
…modules…
… and still modules!
for huge solar farms
the post-processing time to locate
the detected anomalies over the map
is so much that the benefit
of the fast aerial surveys are lost!
location aware
system can
help

What is needed Why is needed
UAV surveying
thermal eye observing differences in temperature and detecting overheated
(clearer in the thermography)
coupled eye
in the visible band
Complementing thermal observations for clarifying doubts - eg shadows
evidencing some crack or rubbish on panels
binocular vision
observing the same scene by different bands: both thermal and visible
on board
live viewing following the survey better
recording on board analyzing the acquired data later
new way of inspecting
• helps in surveying
• helps in post-processing
• automatically produces the right survey
Report
traditional way of thermal surveying by UAV on solar farms

multi-sensor system
all you need is already on board…
… and inside:
its Solar Inspector GEO hearth
mT-Panoptes

Live video and
on-board recording
HD camcorder
HR thermal core
mT-Panoptes
two channel multi-sensor for thermographic
geospatial inspections of PV plants with light
RPAS

KEY FEATURES
• Plug & Play
• Specific for UAV use
• Independent by any UAV
• Geospatial software with domain
experience inside
- locating anomalies on the
map
- automatic generation of the
survey Report
• Getting started in surveys quickly:
- easy to use
- fast initial training also in
remote

ADVANTAGES
Fully exploiting geospatial
content of data
• Speed up the delivery of
the results
• Useful for large PV field
and roofs
• Real alternative to
conventional survey
methods
• More efficient than
"traditional" drone
inspections
• Strategic for O&M
contracts linked to

Hardware
FEATURE TIR IMAGER VISIMAGER
Detector Detector Uncooled microbolometer CMOS sensor
Optical Format (4:3) 16/9
Resolution 640 (H) x 512 (V);
324 (H) x 256 (V)
1280 (H) x 720
(W)
Pixel size 17 μm x 17 μm -
Frame rate 9 Hz 30-60 fps
Temp. measur. range -40 °C to 160 °C (High Gain)
-40 °C to 550 °C (Low Gain)
-
Temp. meas. accuracy ±0,2 °C -
Lens and View angle 13 mm F 1.25 / 45°;
9 mm F 1.25 / 48°
- / 142°
Sensivity < 50 mK (NEdT)
Spectral response 7 – 13.5 μm Visible range
Data Output PAL / NTSC video PAL / NTSC video
Interfaces Video Out Coaxial connector -
Data USB 2 USB 2
Physical Dimensions 76 x 52 x 60 mm
Weight 260 g
Other Case Polyamide based material carbon filled

Panoptes Viewer
 Video live view
 Recording
 Review
 Data location on plant map
 Raster base maps
(e.g. orthophotos)
Solar Inspector – targeted solution
Key features:
 Data analysis tools
 Annotation tools
 Thermal anomalies maps
 Coverage maps
 Automatic report generation
Software

Software interface
Map Area Video Area
Project Area
Annotation Area
Flight controls
Timeline
Area

mT-Panoptes in action

Standard work flow
 Operation assessment
 Preparation
 Base maps collection
 Flight planning
 Survey
 Data acquisition
 Real time annotation
 Post processing
 Data analysis
 Reporting
 Survey
 Data acquisition
 Real time annotation
 Post processing
 Data analysis
 Reporting

survey Report

examples of evidenced criticalities
OVERHEATED STRING ANOMALY IN THIN
FILM PANELS
HOT SPOTS
HOT SPOT
FALSEPOSITIVE
PATCHWORK
CONFIGURATION

Somewhere in Southern Italy …
plant power: 0,5 MW
flight time: 7 min
time to report: 1 hour

Panoptes Srl Palermo, ITALY - info@panoptes.it - www.panoptes.it

Claudia Spinnato, Panoptes

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