Aqua-Robur - Self Powered Iot Device

The Fenix Hub is a self-powered IoT device (RTU / Datalogger) designed for the water sector. With its built in – hydro based – energy harvester, the Fenix Hub efficiently transforms a small part of the energy in the water pipeline into accessible electricity, thus it enables measurement where it’s most needed and not only where there is access to electricity.

The new Fenix Hub is developed to meet the needs of the modern remote measurement strategy, which strive towards real time data transfer and a high sensor density. In practice, this put high expectations on the power supply to be flexible, durable and cost effective.  This enables water utilties to adopt a smart water distribution strategy and working with DMAs or other measurement strategies becomes so much easier.

The energy harvester is available in two sizes depending in the energy need and the local circumstances. The two alternatives can be viewed  above, D100 to the right and the G50 to the left.

In combination with the LoRaWAN or NB-IoT sensor node the Fenix Hub gives a superior ability to collect data from all parts of the water network. Its compact and modular design enables the utilities to capture multitude of parameters from the pipes, such as flow, temperature of pressure.

Putting Fenix Hub in a context

In order for the Fenix Hub to be deployed widely, proper compatibility with the surrounding environment has to be ensured. Let us tell what we think are the key components of this.

Compatibility for the Fenix Hub 150 & 200 is about being able to connect with external sensors for flow, pressure, temperature and more as well as being able flexible with the collected data. Sensor & meta data can be visualised at Aqua Robur’s dashboard or fetched via a restAPI or OPC for further distribution to SCADA systems or web based platforms.

Compatibility for the Fenix Hub 50 & 100 is about being able to connect with external RTUs and data loggers. Therefore, we’ve made sure it can work with a wide range of voltage levels and energy demands.

Municipal Water
In most countries, 20-25% of the fresh water produced is lost due to leakages in the public water network. Billions of Euros are wasted each year in Europe because pipelines cannot be effectively and efficiently monitored.

Irrigation
Control & automation of irrigation gets more and more important to give crops and cattles the best possible conditions. The challenge is to master the control & automation remotely.

District Cooling
To monitor pipelines for the district cooling sector is critical for many reasons and enabling fast and precise actions on deviations even more important. This is why all parts of this network has to be monitored with accuracy.

Industrial Water
Remote monitoring of industrial processes was been implemented a long time ago but the new IoT era unleash a new level of potential for optimisations but the need of solid power supply and secure, wireless communication persists.