Integrated Positioning for Complex Power Station Environments
Pumped storage power stations involve extensive and complex operating environments, including underground tunnels, equipment chambers, and outdoor reservoir areas. Personnel and vehicles frequently move between these different areas, making location tracking and safety supervision challenging.
At Wulong Pumped Storage Power Station, the client required a reliable positioning solution to achieve continuous indoor-outdoor location coverage, monitor personnel and vehicle movements in real time, identify potential safety risks, and support rapid emergency response.
To address these requirements, WOXU implemented an integrated positioning solution combining UWB and BeiDou technologies, providing location visibility across underground and outdoor operational areas.
The Challenge: Personnel and Vehicle Management Across Underground and Outdoor Areas
The power station's complex layout presented several challenges for daily operations and safety management:
· Complex Operating Environments: Underground tunnels, equipment chambers, and outdoor reservoir areas require different positioning approaches.
· Continuous Location Coverage: Personnel and vehicles move between indoor, underground, and outdoor areas, requiring seamless positioning coverage.
· Safety Risk Management: Managers need to identify unauthorized access, personnel gathering, and other potential safety risks.
· Emergency Response: Rapidly locating personnel and vehicles is essential for emergency coordination and rescue operations.
A unified positioning system was needed to improve location visibility and support more efficient safety supervision throughout the facility.
The Solution: Integrated UWB and BeiDou Positioning
WOXU deployed an integrated positioning solution combining UWB and BeiDou technologies to support personnel and vehicle tracking across underground and outdoor environments.
UWB positioning was used in underground tunnels, while BeiDou positioning provided outdoor location coverage. Together, the two technologies enabled integrated indoor-outdoor positioning management.
The solution includes the following capabilities:
· Integrated Positioning: UWB positioning in underground tunnels and BeiDou positioning in outdoor areas.
· Real-Time Personnel Tracking: Monitor personnel locations and movements across the power station.
· Vehicle Tracking: Track vehicle locations to improve operational visibility and safety supervision.
· Electronic Fences and Safety Alerts: Support intrusion detection and personnel gathering alerts.
· Video Integration: Combine positioning information with video monitoring for improved situational awareness.
· SOS Alarms: Help locate personnel in emergency situations.
· Historical Trajectory Tracking: Review personnel and vehicle movement records for operational management and traceability.
Deployment Scale
The positioning infrastructure was deployed across the power station with the following equipment configuration:
· 130 high-power positioning base stations
· 800 indoor-outdoor personnel tags
· 150 indoor-outdoor vehicle tags
· 3,000 outdoor personnel tags
· 1,000 indoor UWB personnel tags
This deployment supports extensive personnel and vehicle tracking across the station's underground and outdoor operating areas.
Results: Improved Safety Management and Operational Visibility
The integrated positioning solution provides continuous personnel and vehicle location visibility across underground tunnels and outdoor areas, helping the power station improve operational supervision and safety management.
Key benefits include:
1. Seamless Location Visibility: Real-time personnel and vehicle tracking across different operating environments.
2. Proactive Safety Management: Electronic fences and real-time alerts help identify unauthorized access and potential safety risks.
3. Faster Emergency Response: SOS alarms, location tracking, and video integration support faster personnel identification and rescue.
4. Improved Operational Efficiency: Real-time positioning and historical trajectory records support personnel dispatching and operational traceability.
By integrating UWB and BeiDou positioning, WOXU provides a unified approach to personnel and vehicle safety management in complex pumped storage power station environments.
Explore WOXU's Tunnel and Industrial Positioning Solutions
WOXU provides UWB-based positioning and integrated location solutions for underground tunnels, power stations, and other complex industrial environments.
Contact our team to discuss how integrated positioning technologies can improve personnel visibility, vehicle management, and operational safety at your facility.
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