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Use Case: Flow, pressure, and temperature monitoring
— Diesel tanks that feed fuel to their diesel generator's which are at three locations and 400m apart
from each other.
Challenges
— The monitor points were almost at the ground level for level measurement however pressure and
flow are at a height of over 1m from ground .
— There are a lot of trees from around in between the measuring locations.
Solutions
— Main storage yards are at fourth location, in total there are 9 monitor points and 3 Repeater.
— The monitoring before was just through dip rods and estimation.
— Correct positioning of Repeater at each of the measuring zone at high locations.
— Positioning of Gateway on top of the storage water tank
— (which is about 25m high from the ground).
ISA100 Wireless Benefits
— Accurate on line level measurement by Transmitters instead of using dip rods.
— Eliminate wiring and maintenance costs
— Robust communication and low Packet Error Rate (PER)