A domestic system for remote monitoring of engineering systems of municipal facilities, which allows you to control the supply of heat depending on the weather and promptly identify and prevent accidents, was developed by a team of scientists, graduates, and industrial partners of NSTU - NETI. The cost savings on thermal energy during the implementation of the system is up to 30%, as estimated by the developers.
The software part of the system was developed in close cooperation with Alexander Dvortsev, Associate Professor of the Department of Thermal Power Plants at NSTU NETI, and the industrial partner of the University, LLC NPC "Unisoft Plus". Many employees of the organization are graduates of NSTU NETI with high skills in the field of collecting and processing technological data.
The hardware part of the system was designed, developed, and put into operation by Vitaly Kochev, a graduate of NSTU NETI, technical director of Ecotherm LLC, which is also an industrial partner of the university. His deep knowledge and experience made it possible to create a high-quality and reliable hardware component for the system.
Thanks to the support of the city authorities, cooperation between scientific and industrial partners, and the professional training of graduates of NSTU NETI, a high-quality hardware and software system has been developed, which already benefits Novosibirsk.
Ten geographically distributed engineering systems operating in Novosibirsk are connected to remote monitoring, including thermal systems of the Engineering Lyceum of NSTU NETI. At the moment, approximately 20 objects are ready to be connected to the remote monitoring system, and next year, it is planned to connect the same number to the system.
"The system is capable of processing thousands of technological parameters, which greatly simplifies the maintenance of engineering systems and increases their efficiency. One of the main features of the project is the developed weather-dependent control algorithms for individual heating points, which allow optimizing the consumption of thermal energy and significantly saving resources. In addition, the system promptly detects emerging accidents and prevents malfunctions of engineering facilities at an early stage, thereby preventing more serious problems in the future," Alexander Dvortsevoy notes.
The remote monitoring system, developed by graduates of NSTU NETI, is built on a domestic hardware and software base. In addition, it scales horizontally and vertically: it can work locally in the perimeter of the enterprise without Internet access, and collect data from geographically distributed engineering facilities through a secure online connection.
The project team is ready to implement a remote monitoring system in Novosibirsk, primarily at socially significant facilities such as schools and kindergartens, as well as in other cities.
"The technological stack on the basis of which the solution is built makes the system applicable to responsible facilities. All software components were developed directly in Novosibirsk, and there is no dependence on foreign vendors. The project of remote monitoring of engineering systems is an example of how technologies can be used to really improve the quality of life of citizens," Alexander Dvortsevoy emphasizes.
The system of remote monitoring of engineering systems is also "deployed" in the cloud of NSTU NETI and introduced into the educational process of students of the Digital Department project and the Faculty of Energy of the university. Students actively study methods of collecting and processing technological data from distributed control systems, and modern tools for their analysis.
The project team plans to develop predictive diagnostic modules based on machine learning algorithms and multidimensional data analysis.