Intelligent Visibility Sensor

As part of our Applied Research on Energy Conservation and after a long on field experience
in Energy Auditing, we developed one of the necessary devices which meet the basic needs
for switching ON and OFF the electrical systems.
The basic operation it was designed for is to regulate the street Lighting Systems. The
concept incorporated here is the VISIBILITY. The visibility is measured on site and the
system is programmed to control the switch control device.

The unit also finds its APPLICATIONS in

Commercial Street Light Control,
Industrial Indoor Lighting Control,
Domestic Applications
Office Lighting, Air Circulation and Cooling Systems Control

This product has been designed and developed considering the advantages and disadvantages
the present systems have. While the advantages are retained the disadvantages have been
eliminated.
The specialty lies in the fact that it can be installed anywhere by any skilled electrician in
any format, in any orientation exposed to sunlight. The basic problems of dust accumulating,
bird sitting, time sensing, latitude-longitude defining are all eliminated.
It can be simply placed on any surface and in any orientation- sloping, vertical, horizontal or
upside down as per user convenience; the sensing area is much more than any other model.
The sensing area, being more than 200 Sq Cm. This is against the competitors sensing area of
0.25 Sq.Cm (Max), which is nearly 800 times more.
This unit is ideally suited for switching on & off the glow sign lights, hording lights, building
illuminators, streetlights, garden lights, and all other external lights, It can also regulate
switching of Air-conditioning systems, water pumping arrangements which operate on certain
time cycle as well.
The cost of the unit is more or less recovered in the very first few months of its installation
itself. The limitation of the load is limited to the connected external contactor.

Specifications:
General Specification:
Logic The systems Logic is programmable and can be modified to
meet site condition requirements.
Optical sensor: Photovoltaic cells as Intelligent Light Sensor - Senses all rays
including the Infra-red Rays.
Sensing area: Greater than 200 Sq.Cm, of surface area.
Orientation of installation: Any way as per user site conditions.
Installation: The unit is all weather proof, and can be installed either inside
or outside. The sensing device need to be preferably exposed to
sunlight for better performance and optimum energy saving.
Time delay: The unit has been provided with time delay for protection
against lightning high voltage surges.
Electrical Specifications:
Input Voltage:
Output voltage:
Switching On time:
Switching Off time:
Max load:
Switching operation:
Indicative Price for illustration:
230V/415V AC or 12V DC/user defined.
User defined.
Switches On when the illumination is less than 10 Lux and is
Programmable as per user requirements.
Switches Off when the illumination is more than 10 Lux
which is again Programmable.
Any load with contactor/relay for load more than 1Amps.
Limited to contactor specifications.
Rs.24505/- taxes, installation expenses excluded. Say
Rs.40000/-

Advantages of SUNSHUBH Energy Saver system over other technologies.

SUNSHUBH
Features Solar PV Based Timer LDR Infrared Sensor
Based on latest
technology,
environment friendly
PHOTOVOLTAIC Based on timer Based on light Based on infrared
Sensor technology. circuits sensing resistor sensor.
Works irrespective
of visibility factors
Works on visibility for complete 12 Depends on Depends on the
Limitations factors hours intensity of light infrared rays.
Very large area of
200 Sq.Cm, hence all
the problems of Has a sensing Has a sensing
Sensing sensor failure are area of 0.25 area of nearly
Area eliminated. Not applicable Sq.Cm. 0.25 Sq.Cm.
The adverse effects No such
of the lightning are No such provision No such provision provision is
Lightning taken care of. is possible. is possible possible
Switches on as per
user requirements, Switches at preset Switches on when Switches on
Switch on 15/30 minutes after time through the the intensity of when the rays are
regulations sun set. entire year light comes down blocked.
Immediately on
sunrise. Or after
predefined time in
higher models, 4Hrs, Only after 12 hrs Immediately on Immediately on
Switch off 6Hrs after switch on. of switch on. sun rise. sun rise only.
Tax Exempted since it is Taxes as per KST Taxes as per KST Taxes as per KST
based on Solar PV rules are rules are rules are
 technology. applicable. applicable. applicable.
Factory set pre
User-friendly option Factory set pre Factory set pre conditions. With
Installation selectivity. conditions. conditions. proper orientation.

CASE STUDY ON STREET LIGHTS.

FACTORS CONSIDERED FOR STUDY.
1. Power handling capacity of the unit is 10KW. Which is 180 Nos of 40Watts* of tube
lights in each of the.
2. The usual switching on time as tested is 30 to 40 minutes after sunset.
3. Let us assume that the colony has 150 Nos of tube lights.

POWER CONSUMPTION
Each of these are of 40(55)Watts*.
Total power consumed will be 150 * 40(55) = 6000(8250) W.
If we assume as per standard terms the street lights are switched on at 6PM and switched off
at 6AM as per the instructions, the total power consumed will be
6 KW * 12 Hrs. = 72 KWh. Meaning 72 Units per day.

COST CONSIDERATION.
If per unit an average of Rs.5/- is calculated, then the total cost of power per day is Rs.360/-.
Rs.10800/- per month.
The salary paid to the switch man who has been assigned the task of switching on/off the
lights is say Rs.150/- per day and if he is controlling 5 such sets then the cost per row is
Rs.30/- Rs.1000/- per month.
Total cost of regulating street lights is 11800/- say Rs. 11800/-
ON INSTALLING INTELLIGENT VISIBILITY SENSOR
Now if the Intelligent Visibility Sensor is installed, and assuming we save an
average of 45 minute (Observe to be between 45 to 60 minute) per day, the cost of power
consumed is:
6000W (6KW)* 11.25 Hrs. = 67.5 KWh. Meaning 67.5 Units per day.
@Rs.5/- per unit and for 67.5units we have energy cost as Rs.337.50/-
The cost of labour is NIL. i.e. Monthly Energy bill of Rs. 10125/-
Hence the total saving is Rs. 1675/- per month.
Over the period of one year the total savings in basic mode alone will be
Rs.20100/-.
The cost of the dusk to dawn energy saver being Rs.24555/-, we can say the payback period
of the unit is 15 Months.
Please note that we have not accounted for the human error in switching off the
street lights.
The Energy Conservation is much higher as the load on each phase can be more
than 150 tubes/ phase and in 3phase mode the saving will be around Rs. 60,000/-
meaning Return on Investment of 5 months.