KENLOK INTELLIGENT CONTROL UNIT

Our solar lighting solutions can be integrated with KENLOK, our intelligent electronic control unit, responsible for managing all the parameters of the lights, ensuring a correct system functioning. That is possible thanks to an algorithm of control developed in house and optimized by our R&D department.

 

The control unit analyses the data from the solar panels, manages the battery´s level and the LED lamp´s energy consume, in order to assure lighting throughout night, every day of the year.

 

This solution can be elaborated in a customized way, according to each project´s necessity. It is possible to incorporate different improvements, such as presence detectors, thermometers or illumination sensors.

SOLAR LIGHT – HOW IT WORKS

The solar radiation and therefore the capture of energy might be limited by the latitude of the location, which might affect the perfect lighting during the periods with less sunlight, as the winter.

 

As a consequence, the traditional solar lights may not be able to ensure lighting during a whole night of winter, due to the lack of energy captured during the day and the long nights. In order to make sure that there will be no dark hours, we developed KENLOK.

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SYSTEM BEHAVIOUR WITHOUT KENLOK CONTROL UNIT

When the system has only a solar panel and a battery, there is lack of energy in some months. The installation will be overwhelmed, making it hard to guarantee a perfect lighting during all the nights of the year. Slide

SYSTEM BEHAVIOUR WITHOUT KENLOK CONTROL UNIT

If a dimming device is added to the light posts, during summertime there is an excess of energy being produced (and not used) but during wintertime there is still no guaranteed lighting if the radiation is insufficient. Slide

SYSTEM BEHAVIOUR WITH KENLOK CONTROL UNIT

The posts with KENLOK control unit might generate an irrelevant excess during summertime, but in winter it is assured that there will be lighting the whole night, as the intelligent algorithm will manage radiation and battery levels.

ADVANTAGES OF THE EXCLUSIVE ELECTRONIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

  • Control of all the parameters of the light post: Panel, battery, lamp, etc.
  • Optimized management of the energy consumption according to the battery level.
  • Daylight saving automatic change.
  • Luminosity control by algorithm.
  • Measurement of temperature and voltage.

ILUMEK REMOTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

We have developed the ILUMEK remote management system in EKIONA, an innovative solution for controlling and monitoring solar light posts. Each post has a last generation wireless device that sends its information to the other posts, making sure they all work as expected.

Each group of posts includes a main post that has a different wireless communication system, responsible for receiving all the information and sending it to the management centre, from which the data will be available for the users. This wireless device will also send the data to a server responsible for storing it.

ILUMEK allows the users to verify the status of each post from any device (PC, tablet or mobile) connected to the internet. At every moment the information about each post will be available, as well as the battery level, lighting strength, security, etc. The online software also allows changes on the parameters of lighting and its schedule, whenever that is considered as necessary by the user.

BENEFITS OF THE REMOTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

  • Reduction of maintenance costs, due to the information available on the software.
  • Installation and updates at no extra cost.
  • ECO mode for energy savings.
  • Low energy consume system.
  • Optimization of the autonomy by controlling the lighting level.
  • Notifications of the status of the posts by e-mail or text.
  • Different level of access and control of the software.
  • Reduction of the emission of harmful gases (CO2, SO2, NOX).
  • Minimize the greenhouse effect and avoids the cut down of trees.