Every month, nearly five percent of the Oceanium‘s water is refreshed so that the sharks, tropical fish, corals, king penguins, sea lions and polar bears can safely swim around. What many people may not know is that large filter installations are needed to change the water in such installations in order to keep them habitable for the animals. Multiple PLCs ensure that these filter installations work and water is pumped exactly where it needs to be.
From these PLCs, data can then be acquired to check whether everything is running smoothly during the water refresh process. The filtering of the water from the animal enclosures in the Oceanium is controlled with the help of Mitsubishi PLCs. The Oceanium’s older PLCs had reached end-of-life and had to be replaced. The new PLCs now help to ensure that the filter systems within the Oceanium run flawlessly. Along with the new Mitsubishi IQ-F series PLCs, the Oceanium also recognized the need for a new HMI/SCADA installation.
Multiple data points can be extracted from these connected systems, such as the water level of a basin, the temperature of the water in the penguin stay, or which pumps are on. This data can be visualized via a central network. This is where ICONICS comes in. The Smart Industry team of Koning & Hartman implemented ICONICS GENESIS64 to help monitor and manage Oceanium’s multiple connected operations.