Digitalization Solutions Water Wastewater

[Music] your wastewater or water treatment facility as well as your water distribution network are a complex set of interlocking steps that rely on each other to be working at optimum levels this is part one of a three-part series about how siemens can improve your systems while simplifying your life so let's look at making the measurements take a look at your water treatment facility when it comes to water intake clarification and filtration or water conditioning you require monitoring of critical measurements if your water distribution network includes multiple water sources for supply you need monitoring to control water loss that may result from leakage or other factors that lead to non-revenue water throughout the distribution system if you have a wastewater treatment facility you need monitoring of critical measurements like inlet flow keeping track of chemical feeds in the disinfection cycle or dewatering and treating the sludge in the past you could monitor the measurements and the health of your process instrumentation by going into the facility and looking at individual instruments or you could go into the control room and look at the various treatment stages but it had to be done on site waste water treatment plants require efficient process control to make sure that the effluent is treated cost effectively and meets environmental regulations you want process instrumentation that provides the reassurance of best in class products and the precision integration and reliability and process automation to help you deliver optimum efficiency and productivity there are constant challenges in the treatment of wastewater flow rates rapid changes in level chemical dosing and storage and remote locations that's why you need accurate and reliable measurements for these arduous applications and you want a seamless easy integration in the various digital networks and control systems for better process transparency and monitoring of key performance values this will assure the highest quality measurements throughout the product life cycle siemens also brings you a dedicated portfolio of instrumentation that meets the strictest requirements of diverse water industry applications including certifications and flexible communication options in order to connect you with the digital world from flow level as well as pressure and temperature and including valve positioning and weighing our measurement devices are engineered with special features to ensure continuous operation even in challenging process conditions custody transfer approvals guarantee accurate billing of the world's most precious asset water but process measurement by itself won't be enough going forward taking control of available information and putting it in a user-friendly format continues to be siemens goal as we work with our customers in the water and the wastewater fields your wastewater or water treatment facility as well as your water distribution network are a complex set of interlocking steps that rely on each other to work at optimum levels this is part two of a three-part series about how siemens can improve your systems while simplifying your life let's look at the world of digitalization taking the information from your smart instrumentation and putting it in the hands of the right people is the challenge of the 21st century how can you extract what you need and get it to the people who need to see the data and make the appropriate decisions that my friend is where digitalization comes in digitalization consists of several parts and comes with its own set of concerns there is a wealth of information available from today's process measurement instrumentation and siemens is at the leading edge of this but having the information and using it are two different things how can you take this measurement and diagnostic treasure trove and put it to best use in addition to measurements at the highest possible accuracies today's smart measurement products offer in-depth diagnostic assessments that help in the identification of problems or even potential problems before they occur alerts can be issued so operators can take steps to mitigate or remediate the causative issue this can help operators to get their plants back online in the shortest possible time frame digitalization is quickly dissolving the boundaries that exist between physical systems processes and operations of plants and their digital twins simply put a digital twin is a virtual proxy for each of a plant's assets and it can be extended to model and simulate the operation of an entire plant it can help operators understand predict and optimize plant performance in order to improve plant-wide treatment efficiencies including reducing energy use digital twins can be used for plant resiliency planning by simulating what-if scenarios that would be difficult if not impossible to model otherwise connectivity is at the core of the internet of things with the industrial internet of things as a specialized subset that can link field level devices to higher level systems either on premise or in the cloud for processing data increasingly this connectivity is wireless at the field level but can also involve legacy wired communications for example wireless communications at pumping stations which are frequently remote and below surface levels can be facilitated by digitalized switches and access devices these can be housed in waterproof cabinets inside the pumping stations with elevated antennas to provide communications back to a central system management location in cases of natural disasters such iiot configurations can help provide critical status reports of pumping station conditions so plant operators can get their better situational visibility and intelligence now they can prioritize their response most effectively communication protocols can include ieee 802.11 wi-fi 802.16y max 4g lte cellular and if necessary in especially remote locations satellite communications cloud platforms modeled similar to electric utilities provide a combination of computing storage networking cyber security and application utilities with virtually unlimited on-demand scalability for plants and associated pumping stations cloud-based systems can be impervious to extreme weather events floods earthquakes and other natural disasters because the water industry is a critical infrastructure and cyber threats are increasing in frequency and sophistication it's key that both plants and water delivery systems be monitored 24 7 365. the cyber security concept protects all the relevant levels simultaneously from the plant management level to the field level and from access control to communications security it includes plant security as well as network security and system integrity hardening plant security and reducing vulnerability risks of course maximizing plant and water delivery resiliency depends on having systems and equipment well maintained at all times because purely maintained equipment can break down under the additional stress that storm waters can bring that's where analytics of plant sensor data can reveal performance anomalies and deviations from expected system behavior patterns once you have the information safely in the cloud how can you put your critical information in the hands of those who need it wherever they are your wastewater or water treatment facility and your water distribution network are a complex set of interlocking steps that rely on each other to be working at optimum levels this is part three of a three-part series about how siemens can improve your systems while simplifying your life let's look at getting your information from the cloud into the hands of those who need it regardless of where they may be today's facility operators and managers need the ability to remotely monitor the activity and health of process equipment by linking smart instruments digitally information can be uploaded to the cloud and then used to provide operators and managers with real-time monitoring of multiple assets they can retrieve real-time data from multiple remote sites for a user-defined group anywhere and anytime in addition they can receive alarms alerts and notifications without delay and all this can be sent directly to pcs tablets or phones what are the advantages that monitoring information at your fingertips can provide to your key personnel well you can reduce site visits up to 90 percent and avoid traveling to remote areas under extreme weather conditions by using remote monitoring save up to seventy percent on future cost of expansion because expanding your monitoring network is easy just add more devices to the cloud and save up to 50 of the cost due to maintenance delays by ensuring equipment is functioning properly allowing you to avoid costly repairs later finally you can reduce downtime by up to 50 percent by early fault detection real-time monitoring catches small issues before they become big problems and siemens is the total solution while others may offer just an app or less than fully hardened industrial solutions siemens can be your partner from measurement to cloud to monitoring to control siemens is more than just monitoring siemens has the ability to offer unparalleled flow level pressure temperature and weight measurement as well as valve control we can provide a broad range of process measurements and offer unequaled monitoring of the health and performance of those products so we have the information at the process measurement points and we've gotten it to the cloud how do we put that information in the hands of your key personnel siemens offers you the ability to monitor all the key measurements through our family of smart monitoring apps with versions specifically geared to water and wastewater using this tool resident on your phone tablet or pc you can decide what measurements you need to track remotely as well as monitor the health of your process measurement equipment through key diagnostics you can even set up alerts if the measurements or performance drifts outside your preset limits do you have one user or more than a hundred do you need your information updated once a day or multiple times per minute siemens has a subscription plan and app tailored to provide you the visibility you need of your operation need more information or to arrange a visit from siemens call us today

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Keywords: Siemens, Mindsphere, digital, digitalization, remote monitoring, remote, apps, store IQ, smart monitoring, cloud, SITRANS, digital twin, instrumentation, process measurement, process automation, process instrumentation, water, wastewater

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Length: 11min 13sec (673 seconds)

Published: Thu Jul 02 2020