IoT-Solutions from ACS-Control-System – an important aid during the Corona crisis

Veröffentlicht am: 15.04.2020

The whole world is currently in an absolutely exceptional situation.

In the news, the horror is rolling and there is no end in sight. All fellow citizens and companies are desperately trying to protect themselves.

Despite all of this, many of our customers have to keep their operations going. A “shutdown” is no option, especially in the case of systemically important companies. Thus, for example, clinics, energy producers, water management and all food processing companies face major problems.

Using the example of a large hydropower plant operator from our customer base, you can clearly see the problematic situation in which such companies are currently located.
The power plant operator was legally obliged to keep his systems running so that a nationwide power supply is ensured even during the ongoing crisis.
In order to protect the employed workers from the acute risk of infection, however, he is forced to restrict the right of access to his power plants and systems to the greatest possible extent and to relocate the activities of his employees to the home office.

Nevertheless, despite the current state of emergency, the structural safety of the power plants must be guaranteed and the official requirements must be complied with. This means that water levels and groundwater levels as well as water levels below the structure must be continuously recorded and logged.
Until recently, this was done using data loggers, the measured values of which had to be read out by employees on site and checked by hand. Outsourcing to the home office would therefore not have been possible up to this point.

The new measuring system from ACS-Control-System, with which some of the power plants and level measuring points have already been equipped, has opened up completely new paths. The new complete IoT solutions connect self-sufficient data loggers with a web portal developed by ACS. It is now possible to access all measured values online from home. In addition, a well thought-out alarm system immediately informs you of any problems that arise. Another great advantage is that the measured values are automatically verified on site using the redundancy process, which has been registered for a patent. The measuring point only needs to be visited personally in rare exceptional situations and staying away from the power plant is no longer a problem.

An ideal solution – not only in times of the coronavirus!