The Intelligent Well

Challenge:

With more frequent rainfall in the summer and wetter winters due to climate change, the drainage systems designed over the last 50 years came under pressure as they could not handle the large amounts of rainfall.

With the large amounts of precipitation, the terrain settled, so the actual xyz coordinates of the pipelines were not consistent with models.

Therefore, it was important that the drainage systems were monitored “intelligently” in a way that wastewater volumes in the system could be measured according to changing circumstances.

Solution:

This project had a vision of creating a generalised measurement system that could either be retrofitted into existing wells or built into new wells.

The solution had to make it possible to have as little maintenance of sensors as possible. The system had to be prepared for the continuous connection of sensors for new measurement parameters. Therefore, the project attempted to design a new well with a built-in reflector for monitoring the well’s own movements that could receive satellite data.

The product was thus envisioned as a kind of modular platform that could be continuously expanded with new functionality over the coming years.