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Vacuum monitoring for district heating
Monitor the vacuum of district heating pipelines with IoT sensors directly connected to the Withthegrid asset monitoring application
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Customer use case 
The distribution grid of District Heating Rotterdam has a total length of 29 km. Some parts of the grid consist of SiS (steel in steel) pipes. Between the outer and inner pipe a vacuum is maintained for optimal insulation to avoid heat loss. Inspecting these components regularly requires significant time from already scarce technical resources and between manual inspections there was no information available about asset condition or possible failures. The challenge was to provide District Heating Rotterdam with real-time monitoring of their distribution grid in order to make maintenance processes more efficient and to get immediate failure notifications when something is wrong. To this end, multiple vacuum sensors have been installed which successfully monitor the vacuum.
“Withthegrid’s solution gives us a real-time insight into the status of the vacuum in our steel-in-steel district heating pipes, ensuring optimal insulation and energy preservation.”
Remco Roos – Asset manager District Heating Company Rotterdam
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Deep integration with this vacuum remote monitor allows you to:
- Automatically detect anomalies
- Have a real-time status of your pipelines
- Monitor follow-up actions for your personnel
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Product code | RTU-Vacuum |
Power supply | Battery |
Communication protocol | NB-IoT |
Remote adjustable measuring frequency | 1x per 5 mins to 1x per week |
Ambient measurements | Temperature and humidity |
Inputs | 2X 0-10V |
IP-rating | 67 |
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