Final Validation Steps_Self-Powered IoT Water Distribution Monitoring System

英国水务公司正面临缺水、净零和利润率挑战。23%的管道泄漏率使这些挑战变得更加复杂。首先，专家们预测，到2040年，供水问题会因不必要的水源流失而加速。此外，获取、处理和运输这些流失的水每年所需的碳足迹相当于运行55万辆汽车。这导致了财务压力，因为水务公司每年从非营收水中损失2.6亿英磅，同时招致进一步的监管罚款。因此，他们正试图通过部署泄漏检测传感器来解决泄漏率问题。传感器依赖于频繁更换寿命较短、一次性使用、不可回收的电池作为电源。这种低效的解决方案增加了运营成本，是不可持续的。然而，水务公司必须找到一种负担得起的方式来部署这些传感器，而不会增加客户的批发水价，这样才能实现Ofwat的目标。因此，存在对经济高效、可靠和可持续的电源解决方案的需求。Vysion Technologies开发了一种正在申请专利的微型水轮机，它从管流中收集电力，为远程传感器提供清洁、可靠和负担得起的电力。我们的技术提供比电池多12倍的功率，以实现更高的准确性和数据粒度，从而使水务公司能够做出更明智的决定来修复和缓解泄漏。青年创新者：下一步2022-2023项目旨在证明TRL 7的可行性，目的是在成功试验后将其引入TRL 8和9。这些TRL阶段解决了由于水务公司和地区之间的景观和可用基础设施的差异而带来的运营环境挑战。该项目旨在克服这两个障碍，使该产品能够大规模部署。第一个挑战是通过开发一种利用多种数据传输方法来维护安全连接的高能效设计来推进物联网技术。这是该行业普遍存在的问题，设备通常位于地下洞穴或山谷中。第二个挑战是为水轮机外壳设计一种经济高效和灵活的安装方法，在多个翻新和新的建造配置中保持较低的回收期。我们已经与埃塞克斯大学和独立水网络合作，对这些挑战进行合作调查。该项目将包括在带电管道中试验该解决方案所需的设计、建造、认证和测试。

UK water companies are facing water shortage, Net Zero, and profit margin challenges. These challenges are compounded by the 23% pipeline leakage rate. Firstly, experts have predicted water supply problems by 2040, which is accelerated by the unnecessarily sourced water that is then lost. Furthermore, the annual carbon footprint required to source, treat, and transport this lost water is equivalent to running 550,000 cars. This results in a financial strain because water companies lose £260m from non-revenue water annually, whilst incurring further regulatory fines. They are therefore trying to tackle leakage rates by deploying leak detecting sensors. The sensors rely on frequently replacing short life, single use, non-recyclable, batteries for power supply. This inefficient solution increases the operating costs and is unsustainable. However, water companies must find an affordable way to deploy these sensors without increasing wholesale water prices for customers, so that OFWAT targets can be met. Therefore, the need for a cost-effective, reliable, and sustainable power source solution exists.Vysion Technologies has developed a patent pending, micro hydro-turbine that harvests electricity from the pipe flow to provide clean, dependable, and affordable power to remote sensors. Our technology provides 12x more power than batteries to enable greater accuracy and granularity of data, so that water companies can make more informed decisions to repair and mitigate leaks.The Young Innovators: Next Steps 2022 -- 2023 project aims to prove the feasibility at TRL 7, with the intention to bring it to TRL 8 and 9 after a successful trial. These TRL stages address the operational environment challenges due to the variation in both the landscape and available infrastructure between water companies and regions. The project aims to overcome the two barriers, enabling mass deployment of the product. The first challenge is driving forward the IoT technology by developing a power efficient design that harnesses multiple data transmission methods to maintain a secure connection. This is a prevalent problem in the industry, with equipment often situated in subterranean chambers or valleys. The second challenge is to design a cost-effective and flexible installation method for the hydro-turbine housing, maintaining a low payback period across multiple retrofit and new build configurations. We have partnered with the University of Essex and Independent Water Networks to conduct collaborative investigations into these challenges. The project will include the design, build, certification, and testing required to trial the solution in live pipework.