Besides
other products, Bächler is a supplier for state of the art snow makers.
Especially in larger resorts, numerous snow maker units together with pump
stations make up a complex, decentralized system with the imminent need for
sophisticated control strategies to ensure balanced snow supply, energy and
water efficiency, as well as recovery from component failures and safety needs.
Goal
Together
with the Austrian representative of Bächler, new concepts for decentralized
control of snow maker systems are to be developed. As a first step, a new snow
maker controller has to be developed that
Has to survive harsh
environment conditions
Is designed for serviceability and
remote diagnosis and maintenance
Supports multiple variants of
sensor/actor configuration
Can use multiple communication
link technologies (including de-facto standard snow maker protocols)
Can communicate resp. coordinate
locally with neighbor units and snow maker personnel
Tasks:
Requirements analysis. (Access
to domain experts will be provided)
Development and evaluation of concept
variants.
Design and development of a
prototype control system.
