District Heat

Steam

M3
Meter Reading, Monitoring, Management

The challenges of modern district heating are complex.  Multiple measurements are required from thousands of buildings and single-family homes that must be delivered in near-real time and on-demand when necessary.

M3 from Miltel offers:

  • The lowest Total Cost of Ownership of any comparable solution
  • Does not rely on costly cellular connectivity
  • Works with almost any meter brand, so different meters can be integrated into a single network
  • Allows individual building metering as well as unit-level submetering.

At Miltel we understand that District Heating, the so-called "fourth utility" has specific metering, monitoring, and management needs: Metering the delivery of heat to residences depends on multiple factors beyond just temperature; market demands and governmental regulation often dictate real time and/or synchronized reads across large areas.  A simple metering solution will not suffice; it must address larger managerial needs like maintenance and service dispatch.

 
Highlights of the Solution

  • Connectivity with industrial and residential energy meters
  • Scheduled and on-demand reads
  • 2-way radio from local energy center to each building or home
  • WAN communications (TCP/IP) from/to main office
  • Software for remote monitoring from energy company offices.
 

 
Radio System Main Features

  • 1 Watt transmission power to antenna
  • GFSK Modulation at 9,600 b/s data rate
  • -100 dBm receiver sensitivity
  • High gain antenna, omni-directional, utilizes solution's base stations and repeaters to achieve exceptional coverage
  • Meets CE radio standard requirements
 

 
Endpoint Features

  • External antenna for coverage extension
  • Auto-identification of meter model
  • On-line monitoring of steam leakage using sensor detector
  • On-line monitoring and reporting of basement door intrusion
  • On-line AC power monitoring and reporting of outages
  • Easy installation using a standard laptop
  • Internal log file for failure analysis and maintenance
  • 'Last gasp' transmission on power failures