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In rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and other water bodies, traditional fixed pump stations are often constrained by factors such as large water level fluctuations and complex terrain, resulting in high construction difficulty, exorbitant costs, and lengthy project timelines. As a flexible and efficient water intake facility, the floating pump station integrates pumps, valves, pipelines, and control systems onto a floating platform. It can automatically rise and fall with changes in water level, effectively addressing many of the pain points associated with traditional pump stations.

However, floating pump stations remain afloat on the water surface yearround, making onsite operation and management extremely inconvenient. Inspection and maintenance are challenging, and in the event of sudden equipment failures, timely detection and resolution are difficult, posing risks to water supply safety. To address this, WideIOT has developed a floating pump station data acquisition and remote monitoring system solution to enable unattended operation and intelligent operation and maintenance (O&M) of pump stations.

By deploying industrial intelligent gateways inside the PLC control cabinets of floating pump stations and connecting them to onsite controllers (PLCs), sensors, instruments, cameras, and other devices, the gateways can collect realtime key parameters such as pump operating status, motor current and voltage, pipeline flow rate, inlet and outlet pressure, and valve positions. The data is securely uploaded to the pump station O&M management platform via 4G/5G wireless networks. Managers can remotely view pump station configuration diagrams, receive fault alerts, perform equipment start/stop and parameter adjustment operations, and carry out remote upload, download, and maintenance of PLC programs, significantly improving O&M efficiency.

Achieved Benefits

Through the platform, O&M personnel can view water level, flow rate, equipment operating status, and alarm information in real time, and can remotely control pump start/stop and valve switching. This enables centralized monitoring and scientific dispatching, effectively shortening fault response times and reducing onsite staffing costs.

The longterm accumulation of operational data provides a scientific basis for optimized pump station dispatching, equipment selection, and energysaving retrofits. Data analysis enables prediction of equipment health trends and the formulation of predictive maintenance plans, helping to avoid unplanned downtime.

In the event of sudden water level surges during flood seasons or equipment abnormalities, the system can automatically trigger audible and visual alarms and push notifications. Managers can remotely adjust operating parameters or initiate emergency drainage plans to ensure the safe and stable operation of the floating pump station, guaranteeing that water supply tasks remain unaffected.

The gateway features industrialgrade protective design, with tolerance for extreme temperatures and wide voltage ranges. It supports multinetwork redundancy, storeandforward functionality, and multicenter data transmission, ensuring stable and reliable data acquisition and communication, as well as data security and integrity.