Carbon emission reductions and water savings via innovative AI-driven remote water flow sensing

通过创新的人工智能驱动的远程水流传感减少碳排放和节水

• 批准号: 78060
• 金额: $ 7.64万
• 依托单位: INFERSENS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Small Business Research Initiative
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=78060
• 关键词: Carbon; emission; reductions; water; savings

To achieve the UK's ambition to become net zero by 2050 we must significantly reduce carbon emissions in all areas of society. The UK water industry is a major contributor to carbon emissions, consuming 3% of the nation's electricity in treating and supplying water, whilst generating 15,315 tonnes of CO2, each day. Cutting water wastage, and related carbon emissions, is imperative in a drive to decarbonise business and industry. Every day 6.9 billion litres of water is lost, and 59,000 tonnes of carbon emitted due to: * Daily leaks in UK water infrastructure (3.1 billion litres of water and 3,000 tonnes of CO2) * Daily water flushing for Legionella risk compliance (121 million litres of water and 900 tonnes of CO2) * Daily wasteful consumption (3.7 billion litres of water and 55,000 tonnes of CO2) One of the root causes for the above is a lack of awareness of when and where flow occurs in the customers' environment. This is because no easy to use and affordable technology currently exists that allows industrial, business and domestic end users to comprehensively monitor water flow and usage (flow sensing) across their pipes within their properties or across the national water infrastructure. InferSens is developing an innovative clip-on technology to solve this problem -- an ultra-affordable Artificial Intelligence enabled remote flow and temperature sensing device for in-pipe water. This transformative patent-pending invention will enable real-time widespread monitoring of flow and temperature, providing live alerts and detailed analysis for duty-holders and consumers, facilitating water savings and carbon emission reductions of: * 33% through early identification of delivery infrastructure leaks * 80% of water wastage from flushing and testing for Legionella risk compliance * 17% of wasteful consumption by consumers With the fundamental proof of concept already successfully evidenced, we will now embark on the development of a commercial prototype. To do so, we will work closely with three Customer Partners from different sectors (Sport and Leisure Facilities, Water Utilities, Social Housing) to ensure our device is developed with our future customers at the forefront of our consideration. The ultimate outcome of the SBRI programme will be a product that enables the extraordinary environmental benefits described above, as well as a great opportunity for UK manufacturing, UK employment and prosperity and a more sustainable national economy.

为了实现英国到2050年实现净零的雄心，我们必须大幅减少社会各个领域的碳排放。英国水务行业是碳排放的主要贡献者，每天在处理和供应水方面消耗全国3%的电力，同时产生15,315吨二氧化碳。在推动商业和工业脱碳的过程中，减少水浪费和相关的碳排放是当务之急。每天损失69亿升水，排放5.9万吨碳，原因如下：*英国水基础设施每天的泄漏(31亿升水和3000吨二氧化碳)*为遵守军团菌风险而每天冲洗水(1.21亿升水和900吨二氧化碳)*日常浪费消耗(37亿升水和5.5万吨二氧化碳)上述问题的根本原因之一是缺乏对客户环境中何时何地发生流动的认识。这是因为目前没有易于使用和负担得起的技术，使工业、企业和家庭最终用户能够全面监控其物业内或整个国家水利基础设施内管道的流量和使用情况(流量感应)。InferSens正在开发一种创新的夹式技术来解决这一问题--一种超实惠的人工智能远程管道内水流量和温度传感设备。这项正在申请专利的变革性发明将实现对流量和温度的实时广泛监控，为用户和消费者提供实时警报和详细分析，促进节水和碳排放减少：*33%通过及早识别配送基础设施泄漏*80%的水浪费来自冲厕和军团菌风险合规性测试*17%的消费者浪费消费已经成功地证明了基本概念，我们现在将着手开发商业原型。为此，我们将与来自不同部门(运动和休闲设施、水务设施、社会住房)的三个客户合作伙伴密切合作，以确保我们的设备是在我们考虑的最前沿与未来客户一起开发的。SBRI计划的最终结果将是一种能够实现上述非凡环境效益的产品，以及为英国制造业、英国就业和繁荣以及更可持续的国家经济带来的巨大机遇。