Category: Pyranometer

SR20 is a pyranometer of the highest category in the ISO 9060 classification system: secondary standard. This solar radiation sensor is used where the highest measurement accuracy is required. It measures the solar radiation received by a plane surface, in W/m², from a 180 ° field of view angle. SR20 secondary standard pyranometer enables you to attain the highest measurement accuracy and excels in demanding applications. After a thorough programme of acceptance testing, SR20 was released in February 2013. It offers analogue millivolt output. In order to improve overall measurement accuracy, Hukseflux effectively targeted two major sources of measurement uncertainty: calibration and “zero offset a”.

The initial calibration uncertainty is reduced to less than 1.2 %, an improvement of 15 % relative to competing models. The “zero offset a” specification of SR20 is 5 W/m² unventilated. Competing models state 12 W/m² unventilated and 7 W/m² ventilated.