Wireless sensors and energy efficiency at Alcoa

Michael Caufield, Adam Vucelich, Walter Brockway, Peter L. Fuhr, Timothy McIntyre, David Fugate, Kenneth Woodworth, Nasr Alkadi, Michaela Martin

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Abstract

Inexpensive wireless sensors developed under a DOE Building Technology Program (BTP) project have proven to be robust enough for harsher environmental and RF interference-laden locations found in industrial settings. Coupling with Alcoa-ORNL activities pertaining to optimization of energy utilization at Alcoa facilities these sensors, and an associated ORNL-architected instrumentation network fabric, were selected for deployment at an Alcoa facility in Warrick Indiana - on the banks of the Ohio River. The Warrick facility was chosen as the demonstration site principally for the fact that a 750MW power plant, a rolling mill and a smelter system are all coresident at this location. This paper presents a description of that deployment at Alcoa's Warrick IN facility as well as Alcoa's vision for implementing inexpensive, standards-based wireless devices for reducing energy consumption.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 Future of Instrumentation International Workshop, FIIW 2011 - Proceedings
Pages139-141
Number of pages3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event2011 Future of Instrumentation International Workshop, FIIW 2011 - Oak Ridge, TN, United States
Duration: Nov 7 2011Nov 8 2011

Publication series

Name2011 Future of Instrumentation International Workshop, FIIW 2011 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference2011 Future of Instrumentation International Workshop, FIIW 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOak Ridge, TN
Period11/7/1111/8/11

Keywords

  • energy efficiency
  • instrumentation
  • sensors
  • wireless

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