Solar Plant Inspections
This technology is well suited for inspecting solar plants, electrical power systems, industrial facilities, roofs, façades, power lines, transformers and pipelines. Thermal inspection enables early fault detection and supports preventive maintenance, reducing the risk of outages and lowering repair costs.
Using drones substantially improves inspection safety, allowing work in hard-to-reach or hazardous areas without working at height or shutting down the system. Captured data is geo-located and ready for further analysis, documentation and reporting. The solutions integrate with GIS, BIM and other infrastructure-management systems.
The platform includes a professional thermal camera with a resolution from 320 × 240 up to 640 × 512 px and a temperature sensitivity of NETD <50 mK, enabling detection of very small temperature differences. Temperature accuracy is approximately ±2 °C or ±2 %, depending on measurement conditions.
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What we detect on solar plants:
- hotspots on PV modules
- degraded or damaged cells
- micro-cracks
- PID effects (Potential Induced Degradation)
- bypass-diode issues
- defective connections and connectors
- overloaded inverters or distribution boards
Thermal inspections in industrial facilities reveal:
- heat loss on pipelines and joints
- insulation damage or degradation
- overheating of electric motors, bearings and electrical components
- uneven machine operation
- power system overloads
- heat loss in industrial processes
- temperature deviations on production lines
DJI Matrice 4T Specifications:
| DJI Matrice 4T omogočajo profesionalne termalne in tehnične preglede: | |
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Thermal camera |
Microbolometer 320×240 to 640×512 px, NETD <50 mK, thermal sensitivity for detecting minor temperature differences |
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Temperature accuracy |
Approximately ±2 °C or ±2 %, depending on measurement conditions |
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Thermal functions |
Spot meter, area measurement, isothermal analysis, alarms for temperature deviations |
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High-resolution main camera |
CMOS ~20 MP, video up to 4K, sync with the thermal feed |
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Telephoto camera for long-distance inspections |
Optical zoom 20×–100× for safe inspection of energy assets and structures. |
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Stabilization |
3-axis gimbal for stable thermal and visual capture even in wind |
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