Anglian Water expands "transformative" AI technology trial | Envirotec
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Business
Following the successful pilot of its digital asset management technology with Anglian Water, Norwegian digital analytics company, InfoTiles, is embarking on an expanded proof of concept programme.
The on-going collaboration with the UK utility will use its artificial intelligence (AI) driven software to manage roughly 317 biofilters, along with pumps and valves, and will be extended from 24 sites to 100.
The continued partnership establishes the ambition that Anglian Water will be able to move towards fully integrating the InfoTiles technology to enhance day-to-day operational visibility.
As the proof-of-concept programme continues to prove the benefits of the solution, full integration will create better-informed asset management decision-making and allow for further understanding of maintenance prioritisation of water recycling assets.
Approximately 483 data points will be measured across all assets included in the scale-up. The water recycling centres will be chosen based on current model predictions and for their ability to send relevant asset data to the InfoTiles software.
Additionally, many of the sites vary in terms of system design and scale, which demonstrates that InfoTiles is effective across different geographical locations within Anglian Water’s region.
Example screen shot from the InfoTiles data analytics dashboard.
Pilot scope
The initial 12-month pilot of InfoTiles’ software monitored the rotating arms of 76 biofilters at 24 sites over a period of six months, to assess whether they were rotating when needed. It also measured sludge blanket levels in final settlement tanks to monitor optimal ranges for effective operation.
The data was collected through a mix of new and existing sensors via supervisory control and data acquisition control (SCADA) systems. This was combined with flow rates and publicly available weather data, to build a rich contextual overview of what was happening at Anglian’s water recycling plants in real-time.
What is more, InfoTiles also combined Anglian Water’s existing SCADA systems into one event-streaming platform that aggregated, compared, and visualised reliability of the equipment.
Taxonomy
- AI