Managing and monitoring lift/pump and water treatment systems remotely in real-time is crucial to optimising and protecting water supplies. Advantech’s IIOT edge gateways can help operators avoid the risks of failure.
Challenges of water treatment monitoring
Lift stations are a critical piece of wastewater treatment infrastructure and effectively transport sewage over uneven terrain to primary treatment plants.
Pumping installations normally consist of one to three pumps and their associated control panels. Lift stations include a storage tank along with floats or sensors for controlling the pumps and maintaining safe levels of stormwater or sewage.
Any failure of these components means undesirable consequences, such as low water pressure in hydrants or hazardous sewer backups, but remote locations make real-time management and monitoring of lift stations a challenge.
ADAM-6700 series offers a solution
The Advantech ADAM-6700 series offers compact, intelligent gateways capable of performing multiple tasks at the edge for integrated water systems. Unlike competitors, the ADAM-6700 series is equipped with a range of I/O for comprehensive data acquisition functionality and built-in Node-RED programming.
Advantech’s powerful and cost-effective IIoT edge gateways — including machine learning algorithms — overcome the challenges to enable efficient management of remote lift stations.
Data from condition-based monitoring and analysis offers customisation for specific local-level applications. In addition to liquid levels and pump status, systems with industrial sensors can monitor other parameters, including pH levels, flow and more. Maintenance personnel have the ability to remotely update, troubleshoot and capture diagnostics from intelligent station controls without setting foot in field locations. Cloud-based services that manage the connectivity reduce the need for expensive infrastructure for integration into existing networks.
Implementing the ADAM-6700 is non-invasive and stress-free. For example, to monitor pump electricity currents, end users can clamp current sensors to pump power wires after installing an Advantech gateway and the ADAM series module. Utilities can then measure the current each pump is drawing in real-time.
Features of the ADAM-6717 intelligent I/O gateway
- Linux Open Platform
- 8ch analog input (current or voltage) / 5ch digital input / 4ch digital output
- Program by Linux C API, Node-RED
- Cloud/Database access, edge data analysis and logic control, data visualisation dashboard
For applications requiring Wi-Fi or LTE, the ADAM-6700E USB to MiniPCIe Adaptor can be implemented. It features a wall-mount and DIN-rail and connects to the ADAM-6700 series via USB cable.
Find out more about remote monitoring for water utilities here.
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