NETWORK OF SELF-CONTAINED ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING STATIONS Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC G01W1/00 

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: network comprises multiple self-contained monitoring stations having environmental monitoring sensors, video cameras and thermal imagers. The power platform of the stations consists of vertical axial windmills of various modifications and solar modules mounted on a vandal-proof tower. The windmills are mounted in tiers and rotate under wind pressure in opposite directions. Revolutions of the windmills are summed up through an adder-vibrator and are transmitted to a generator. A metal cabinet mounted high on the tower holds a battery compartment and electronic data transmission units. Monitoring stations are arranged in cells equidistant from each other. Each cell includes nine base stations connected to each other locally and having one parent tower. All information collected from the stations accumulates in the parent tower and is then transmitted via cellular communication or over a dedicated channel to regional services for analysis of the environment and making decisions.

EFFECT: design of a self-contained environmental monitoring post whose power platform consists of renewable energy sources.

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