Modern technology ensures a “hand’s width of water” in the sluice
Automation for less wet feet
Water
Deich- und Hauptsielverband (DHSV) Eiderstedt (levee and main sluice association);Solution partner: Bilfinger GreyLogix Aqua
The monitoring and control of widely spread external facilities (sluice structures) is not possible via manual on-site operation
The water level in selected areas has to be verifiably kept at a certain level; external structures are located in areas with low network coverage
The solution employed has to be gradually expandable
Water is omnipresent on the North Sea peninsula of
Eiderstedt and forms the basis of life in many ways. But it also is a source of
potential conflict between farmers and bird conservationists. An intelligent
drainage concept and the use of modern automation technology now make it
possible to reconcile the protection of birds and the agricultural land use on
Eiderstedt.
Mobile wireless routers of the SCALANCE M family and SCALANCE S Industrial Security Appliances
SIMATIC WinCC, controllers of the type SIMATIC S7-1200 and S7-1500
“This high degree of standardization and the use of
widespread, common Siemens technology puts us in the fortunate position of
reaching a large number of bidders in future tenders,”
Jan-Paul Bonse, Managing Director of the DHSV.
Widely spread sluice structures can be monitored and operated from a central workstation in Garding
A high degree of standardization allows for the gradual expansion of the system and ensures independence when it comes to selecting service providers
Automation technology foundation for an intelligent water management
A secured access by tablet to the operating and monitoring concept has been integrated
The
Deich- und Hauptsielverband (DHSV for short) of Eiderstedt is in charge of flood
protection and the conservation of waters. Altogether, the DHSV cares for a
total area of 37,000 hectares. In winter, monthly rainfalls exceeding 100
millimeters are not uncommon on Eiderstedt. For the water to drain off again,
the DHSV is responsible for the hydraulic engineering and maintenance of more
than 900 kilometers of the association’s receiving waters and 57 hectares of
reservoirs, and also for the supervision of 4500 kilometers of private plot
ditches. For
the automated water management, the most important task was to equip the
external structures with suitable measurement, control, regulation and
telecontrol technology. A central server for the monitoring in the DHSV offices
in Garding still needed to be set up.
Deich- und Hauptsielverband (DHSV) Eiderstedt (levee and main sluice association); Solution partner: Bilfinger GreyLogix Aqua
