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Industry Background

Urban underground pipeline networks encompass water supply, drainage, gas, heating, power, and communication lines, serving as the "lifelines" and "blood vessels" that ensure the normal operation of cities. With the acceleration of China's urbanization process, the country's urban underground pipeline network has now become the largest in the world, with a total length exceeding 3.78 million kilometers. Future expansion will continue, as the Urban Renewal 15th Five-Year Plan specifies an investment of over 5 trillion yuan in the next five years to advance the construction and renovation of approximately 770,000 kilometers of underground pipelines.

However, such vast scale also brings significant management pressure. The traditional model of manual on-site supervision and local management is becoming increasingly problematic and has emerged as a bottleneck constraining urban safety and resilience. How to digitize, visualize, and intelligently manage this sprawling "urban lifeline," shifting from passive emergency repairs to active prevention, is a core challenge for high-quality development in modern cities. To address this, WideIOT provides an efficient and reliable urban underground pipeline network visual monitoring IoT solution.

Solution

At various critical nodes of the pipeline network (such as valve pits, pumping stations, heat exchange stations, substations, and utility tunnel compartments), WideIOT industrial intelligent gateways are deployed. These gateways feature robust industrial protocol parsing capabilities (supporting PLCs, instruments, sensors, cameras, etc.) and can interface with diverse data types (pressure, flow, temperature, water level, gas concentration, voltage, current, etc.). Through 5G/4G/WiFi/Ethernet, the data is encrypted and uploaded to the cloud or a local monitoring center, enabling remote monitoring, alarming, inspection, management, and statistical analysis, thereby facilitating refined operation of the underground pipeline network.

Furthermore, the gateways are designed with industrial-grade ruggedness, high reliability, and ease of deployment. They support multi-network backup and store-and-forward (breakpoint resumption), making them suitable for the humid, dusty, and harsh industrial environments typical of utility tunnels and shafts, while ensuring the real-time transmission and integrity of data.

Functions Implemented

1. Water Supply Pipeline Network Monitoring

Real-time collection of core data such as water supply pressure, flow rate, pump status, and water quality indicators. Automatic alarms are triggered upon abnormalities, and remote control of pumps and valves is supported. Statistical reports are generated to provide data support for pipeline inspection, renovation, and water supply dispatching optimization.

2. Drainage Pipeline Network Monitoring

Real-time monitoring of drainage network liquid level, flow velocity, pump status, and water accumulation depth at flood-prone points. Operation and fault data are fully recorded throughout the process to create standardized logs, providing a basis for pipeline dredging, pumping station upgrades, and drainage system optimization.

3. Gas Pipeline Network Monitoring

Real-time collection of operational data such as pipeline pressure, gas concentration, medium temperature, and valve status. This enables real-time monitoring and precise control of multiple gas stations, while also providing digital support for equipment replacement and upgrade projects, helping to prevent gas leakage risks.

4. Power and Communication Pipeline Network Monitoring

Real-time monitoring of key parameters including cable temperature, ambient temperature and humidity within trenches, supply voltage, current, power, and leakage status. Timely alarms are issued upon anomaly detection, allowing rapid response measures to ensure power supply safety and stability.

5. Heating Pipeline Network Monitoring

Real-time collection of data such as supply and return water temperature, pressure, flow rate, and equipment operating status. Data is presented through visual configuration interfaces, establishing a standardized operation and maintenance management mechanism that enables rapid control upon anomalies, ensuring stable and reliable heating supply.

6. Comprehensive Utility Tunnel Environmental Monitoring

Real-time collection of data including tunnel temperature and humidity, gas concentrations (e.g., methane, hydrogen sulfide, oxygen), accumulated water level, equipment power supply status, and real-time video. This enables integrated monitoring and management of various pipeline facilities, establishes electronic equipment logs, and facilitates optimized resource scheduling.