Newton Fund - Waste and Energy Management for sustainable development through Pipeline pumping System Optimisation

该项目旨在展示将大数据和物联网技术应用于管理长距离输送海水和泥浆的大型管道的采矿公司所面临的独特挑战的可行性。这些管道需要多级泵站，消耗巨大的能源，并放置在难以进入的地形上。作为项目的一部分，该技术将引入一种新的方式，以最少的人为干预自动化运行这些泵站，并有可能显著减少采矿对能源和水的影响，提高可持续性，减少与当地社区的资源竞争。该项目将在英美资源集团智利有限公司Los Bronces矿山的一个泵站进行原型部署。

The project aims to demonstrate the feasibility of applying Big Data and Internet of Things technologies tounique challenges faced by mining companies managing large pipelines over long distance that are transportingsea water and slurry. These pipelines require multi stage pumping stations that consume enormous energy andare placed in difficult to access terrain. The technology demonstrated as a part of the project will introduce anew way to automate running these pumping stations with minimum human intervention and has the potentialto significantly reduce the energy and water impact of mining, increasing sustainability and reducing resourcecompetition with local communities. The project will result in a prototype deployment at one of the pumpingstations in the Anglo American Sur Chile Limitada, Los Bronces mine.