Synapse Wireless Case Studies Making Landfills Safer

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Making Landfills Safer

Synapse Wireless

Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems Networks & Connectivity - Gateways Networks & Connectivity - RF Transceivers Networks & Connectivity - RFID Sensors - Gas Sensors
Applicable Industries	Cities & Municipalities
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Remote Asset Management
Challenge	While we not often think about it, the breakdown of matter in landfills potential produces methane and hydrogen sulfide gases. These gases present a risk of explosion (as they are both flammable) and hydrogen sulfide serves as a health hazard—potentially causing death if breathed in massive doses. Given the volatility of these two by-products of landfills, many local governments seek out better ways to monitor the potential production of these gases in their landfills. Moreover, seeing the needs of these local governments, Plexus Controls, a Canadian-owned designer and manufacturer of wireless monitoring and control products, decided to create a product for monitoring methane and hydrogen sulfide gases for landfills. Read More
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Customer Name	Plexus Control Read More
Solution	Using Synapse SNAP®-based RF modules and IoT gateways, Plexus Controls created a suite of products to meet their customers’ needs. By connecting SNAP-based RF modules to gas detection sensors, Plexus Controls could quickly deploy a network of sensors across a landfill without dealing with the time and expenses of running wires to transmit sensor data. However, collecting the sensor data would not be a complete solution. Plexus Controls needed a centralized hub that could gather all the sensor data for display on an easily accessible user interface. Using the SNAP-based IoT gateway, their customer access all the sensor data by just using a web browser. Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	Gas Emissions, Operating Cost, Pollutants detection Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization

Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems

Networks & Connectivity - Gateways

Networks & Connectivity - RF Transceivers

Networks & Connectivity - RFID

Sensors - Gas Sensors

Applicable Industries

Cities & Municipalities

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Remote Asset Management

Challenge

While we not often think about it, the breakdown of matter in landfills potential produces methane and hydrogen sulfide gases. These gases present a risk of explosion (as they are both flammable) and hydrogen sulfide serves as a health hazard—potentially causing death if breathed in massive doses. Given the volatility of these two by-products of landfills, many local governments seek out better ways to monitor the potential production of these gases in their landfills. Moreover, seeing the needs of these local governments, Plexus Controls, a Canadian-owned designer and manufacturer of wireless monitoring and control products, decided to create a product for monitoring methane and hydrogen sulfide gases for landfills.

About Customer

Customer Name

Plexus Control

Solution

Using Synapse SNAP®-based RF modules and IoT gateways, Plexus Controls created a suite of products to meet their customers’ needs. By connecting SNAP-based RF modules to gas detection sensors, Plexus Controls could quickly deploy a network of sensors across a landfill without dealing with the time and expenses of running wires to transmit sensor data. However, collecting the sensor data would not be a complete solution. Plexus Controls needed a centralized hub that could gather all the sensor data for display on an easily accessible user interface. Using the SNAP-based IoT gateway, their customer access all the sensor data by just using a web browser.

Data Collected

Gas Emissions, Operating Cost, Pollutants detection

Impact #1	[Efficiency Improvement - Operation] Reduced Time and increased efficiencies
Impact #2	[Cost Reduction - Overall] Cost effective
Impact #3	[Efficiency Improvement - Maintenance] Easy to use and maintain

Impact #1

[Efficiency Improvement - Operation]
Reduced Time and increased efficiencies

Impact #2

[Cost Reduction - Overall]
Cost effective

Impact #3

[Efficiency Improvement - Maintenance]
Easy to use and maintain

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Overview

Making Landfills Safer

Operational Impact