The face of energy is changing, and alternative energy infrastructure has created a need for the grid to have digital and network management. Here are…
Wireless Power: One Futuristic Technology Energizing Smart Cities
A mobile device battery has many demands to fill: photos, maps, social media, apps and ride hailing services, etc. These demands increase at conferences and…
Grid Resilience: Three Key Strategies to Make the Grid Stronger
Paperback thrillers have used the grid relentlessly: EMPs take it out; enemy governments hack it; a weather disaster topples it or, perhaps the worst outcome,…
Ruggedized Edge Computing for Oil & Gas Exploration
Overview A natural gas company wanted to begin an exploration campaign. It would be monitored from their field base located at a current fracking site.…
Rugged and Ready: Relio R1 Beats the Heat in Fracking
In fracking operations, a fleet of trucks carries equipment, including computers that are the brains of their work. A Sealevel customer asked for a standardized computing solution that would meet their specifications, which are more stringent than MIL-STD-810. The computer had to be affordable, as they would be equipping their entire fleet.
Powering Energy Efficiency: IIoT Solar Panel Solutions
An amusement park that prioritizes sustainability contracted a renewable energy group to install a solar power system. The group roof-mounted the panels throughout the park and ground-mounted them in one lot outside the park. The energy group wanted an IIoT solution to gather reliability data on their panels’ electricity production and relay commands for cloudy days for operational optimization. The solution also needed to allow remote access and monitoring, regardless of conditions.
Process Temperature Maintenance
Sealevel worked with a customer that makes equipment and wiring for process heat maintenance on a requirement for a rugged, economical HMI that operated to -30°C. Sealevels engineering team overcame this challenge by designing an LCD-based HMI capable of operation below 0°C without heaters.
A Sensor’s Best Friend: Actuators in the Industrial Process
Wastewater treatment, oil and gas, manufacturing and military share a key element: each uses machine assets that must run consistently in controlled, precise manners, despite…
Three Battery Innovations to Follow in 2018
Batteries have an odd reputation. Some of them are famous for exploding. Consumers often associate them with little, tough pink bunnies. You can even find…