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Smart Manhole Cover Sensors: Tilt, Gas, Level & Flood Detection Explained
Marucs Chen, a civic engineer from outside Calgary, spent three weeks preparing a tender spec for 400 smart manhole covers. He had…
NB-IoT vs LoRaWAN for Smart Manhole Covers: Which Connectivity Wins Underground?
Tuesday in March 2024: a singular LoraWAN packet transmitted from a sensor in collection, sewers, leaking water in some downtown street in…
What Is a Smart Manhole Cover? Definition, Sensors & How It Works
On a wet and thunderous March Tuesday, it was a quarter to three in the morning when Sensor #2847 installed in Manhole…
Smart Manhole Covers: A Complete Guide to IoT-Enabled Urban Infrastructure
At 2:47 AM, a 15 cm rise in liquid level was detected by a sensor inside Manhole #2847 that could cause an…
Eccentric Plug Valves for Slurry and Abrasive Media: An Engineer’s Selection Guide
Every six months the maintenance crew at the Mesa Verde wastewater reclamation plant found themselves back at the same pair of ball…
Why Ultrasonic Technology Is the Future of Industrial Water Metering
Your mechanical water meter is one of the most costly devices in the entire plant. And not because of its price. But…
Smart Pressure Transmitters in Oil & Gas: How to Improve Measurement Accuracy and Reduce Process Risk
A 0.5% inaccuracy in the measurement of the pressure read at a wellhead located at a much-needed area of a 100-bar area…
Optimizing Cooling Tower Efficiency with Electric Butterfly Valves
David Chen pulled the July utility report for his 32-story Singapore office tower and saw a number that didn’t make sense. The…
Miniature Pressure Transmitter Applications: A Complete Guide for Engineers and Integrators
Marcus’s portable dialysis machine required a pressure transmitter that could be installed within a case smaller than a smartphone, and still retain…
Implementing IoT Data Acquisition Terminals for Real-Time Building Monitoring
The Internet of Things data acquisition terminal functions as the main control system for your building. It collects data from all installed…
Temperature Transmitters in Harsh Industrial Environments: A Complete Selection Guide
A faulty temperature transmitter in an offshore platform can shut down production for two straight days and more than $200,000 in lost…
Three-Way Valve Mixing vs Diverting: A Process Automation Engineer’s Guide
The engineer who commissioned the project entered the mechanical room and immediately detected the sound. A sharp, rhythmic chatter echoed through the…
