users time , lower maintenance costs , and reduce the possibilities of any harmful incidents . It ’ s also worth mentioning that having increased insight into your assets can potentially stop spillages . For example , by remotely monitoring pipeline valves with TWTG ’ s sensors , users will have a greater certainty on the status of their assets , which could help with spillage prevention and increase workforce safety .
As for temperature sensors , NEON enables users to monitor the temperature of storage tanks and transfer pipes . The sensors are powered by a single A-size Lithium Thionyl Chloride Battery and , based on the number of LoRaWAN message transmissions per day , it can have up to a 5-year life .
Vibration Detection
IIoT is increasingly seen as a method of early detection for serious malfunction or even disaster within the oil and gas sector . Detection of vibration in many different flow control related assets can be a key indicator of potential future issues and can save users costly maintenance expenses . Case in point , take a natural gas liquids pipeline company that was experiencing an acoustic resonance issue that cost up to $ 35,000 a month in maintenance and repair . The company was experiencing an
NEON Valve Sensor .
NEON Valve Sensor at Vopak Terminal Vlaardingen .
acoustic vibration problem at the pump crossover , causing major maintenance and repair issues . High maintenance costs such as this can potentially be avoided if a company is actively monitoring any vibration coming from their assets .
TWTG ’ s NEON Vibration Sensor sends alerts to maintenance engineers , as soon as assets , such as engines , conveyor belts and pumps , start to fail . This sets off a trigger when there is a change of frequency in the vibration or when outliers in the data occur . An engineer is alerted to check on this asset to prevent it from failure or long-term damage , which saves costs and ensures operational uptime . Now , assets which are not under constant supervision from operators can be monitored around the clock .
LoRaWAN is quickly becoming the industry standard because it gives its users security and versatility . Users are not locked in with a select number of vendors . This is important because as mentioned previously , we are talking about industrial scale , with potentially thousands of sensors on one particular site . The network can handle tens of thousands of sensors at a time - all connected on one monitoring dashboard .
NEON stands for a standardised approach to collecting data points from within the operation and a general approach to creating integrated solutions with existing IT ecosystems . With the approval by the FCC of LoRaWAN , TWTG NEON sensors are not only available for use in Europe and Singapore , but now also in the U . S . and Canada . NEON is currently being deployed to petrochemical sites worldwide . • TWTG W : www . TWTG . io / industry E : mail @ TWTG . io T : + 31 10 203 7905
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