Performance evaluation of the BH1750FVI sensor (low cost) in the measurement of global solar radiation

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https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v10i14.21779

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Sensor arduino luminance; Sensor BH1750FVI; Global solar radiation; Low cost; Hop; Arduino.

Abstract

The aim of this work was to evaluate the performance of illuminance sensor BH1750FVI measuring the global solar radiation, using a microcontroller NodeMCU ESP8266; measurements from this sensor were compared and related to measurements from a reference meteorological station for comparison. For the estimation of solar global irradiance, the angular coefficient was 0.2201 and the residual was r = 0.726. For validation, values ​​of MBE, MBE%, RMSE and RMSE% were, respectively, -72.9 W/m², -23.86%, 164.3W/m² and 53.77%. For global (integrated) solar irradiation, the BH1750FVI sensor presented a coefficient of 0.22884 and residual r = 0.899; the validation values ​​MBE, MBE%, RMSE and RMSE% were, respectively -0.017 MJ/m², -0.13 %, 0.55 MJ/m² and 4.31%.

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Published

30/10/2021

How to Cite

SILVEIRA, V. B. .; DAL PAI, A. .; DAL PAI, E. Performance evaluation of the BH1750FVI sensor (low cost) in the measurement of global solar radiation. Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 10, n. 14, p. e170101421779, 2021. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v10i14.21779. Disponível em: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/21779. Acesso em: 11 dec. 2024.

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Agrarian and Biological Sciences