Water
As fluid as water
The goal is to move the water sector towards process automation through the digitalization of networks, thus achieving a better optimization of resources, investments and data management, with a business advantage for companies but also a social advantage for the communities.
The new SSM-AQUO are ultrasonic water meters designed for the residential sector. They use a static measurement technology, that does not feature moving parts subject to wear, and guarantee high precision even managing to measure very low flow rates and any plant leakage, together with other anomalies such as a broken pipe, no consumption or an inverted flow.
The range of ultrasonic water meters is up from DN15 to DN40, and are able to work with different communication protocols: WmBus, LoraWan and NBioT.
Focus
Water cycle control technologies, data management solutions to support distribution companies in the processes involved in remote metering and remote management, on-field workforce management through satellite tracking: these are some of the solutions we can provide.
Within the water cycle coexist a wide number of complex systems, requiring thousands of control points and simple installations of valves or sensors, characterised by a limited but important number of signals. The application of lot technology enables the strategic management of the water cycle.
Ultrasonic smart water meters measure the volume of water used by final users and are also used to determine flow through a specific portion of the cycle. Water metering is a component of public water resource management aimed at monitoring and eventually reducing water consumption.
Expertise areas
Biomethane
Unlike other renewables, biomethane requires limited investment in terms of infrastructure. Moreover, regarding emissions, it is considered to be neutral as it is produced via the digestion of biomass from by-products, industrial processing waste and organic material.
Hydrogen
Hydrogen combustion does not release carbon dioxide, but rather steam, and it is easier to transport and store than electricity. This makes hydrogen the ideal ally for renewable energy production.
Today, hydrogen can only be injected into the pipeline network and blended with natural gas up to certain percentages: we are commited to creating systems and devices that can overcome this limit.
E-fuels
Methanation process has many advantages, including the possibility of storing electricity in the form of renewable methane in gas infrastructures, capturing carbon dioxide for later use, and replacing a fossil source as it can be directly used in heating or vehicles as a drop-in replacement fuel.
Pietro Fiorentini’s technological solution relies on a biological methanation process to generate renewable methane. The biology for this process is developed by MicroPyros BioEnerTec GmbH™, part of Pietro Fiorentini Group.
Smart gas grids
Smart Grids, which integrate different types of energy and make autonomous decisions to optimise energy distribution, are an ambitious project that will, in the very near future, manage energy through networks capable of instantaneously regulating multiple, discontinuous and bidirectional flows.
Power-to-gas
Managing ‘green electrons’ over time and space is important to obtain as much energy as possible when renewable sources such as the sun and the wind are available.
Power-to-gas, a technology that transforms surplus electricity into gas molecules that can be transported over long distances at low cost and can offer the possibility to seasonally store renewable energy, is the answer.
