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BioBoosters – Boosting the Circular Transition

Om Bioboosters Pågående hackathon Avslutade hackathon

Skellefteå Kraft Hackathon

We are excited to finally introduce our next challenge provider, Skellefteå Kraft. A key part of their business is consistently delivering reliable and secure district heating to households and businesses in northern Sweden, where winters are long and sometimes very cold. To ensure quality and traceability, they are seeking a solution that provides a better overview of the biomass, transitioning from today’s partly manual handling to a more digital system.

The raw material used to produce the heat is primarily forest-based residues, and approximately 500,000 tonnes of biomass are handled each year. Data on their biomass piles is currently collected partly manually and partly via automated systems. This data is used to calculate the energy value of the biomass, inventory balance, deliveries, and to keep track of location.

The current approach presents challenges in ensuring the quality and traceability of data at several stages. Therefore, through modernized metering, they aim to achieve better follow-up and control of energy statistics and inventory.

The questions that Skellefteå Kraft is seeking answers to are as follows:

  • How can they improve our methods to get accurate, quality assured and up-to-date physical and geometric data* on the biomass piles into digital format?
  • How can they get alerts about important or dangerous changes* in and around the piles? 

*For example, weight, moisture, volume, compaction level/density, particle size, geographic location.
*For example, fire risk or unauthorized access.

The application is closed.

The challenge was launched on September 30, read more and watch the recording here:

 
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