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PRAM is an affordable IoT device with a 3D mm-wave radar that monitors and maps flood waters, wave overtopping, and road damage. It offers real-time flood modeling, infrastructure monitoring, and adaptive city planning, enhancing flood resilience.
Climate-Related Hazards Addressed:
- Coastal floods
- River floods
- Heavy precipitation / pluvial floods
- Sea level rise
- Multi-hazard scenarios
Specific Problems Solved:
- Fills data gaps in extent and timeliness to better mitigate risk and boost flood resilience in cities and neighborhoods.
- Reduces the cost of data gathering compared to current monitoring solutions.
- Enhances the usability and applicability of data for various purposes.
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The business plan for this innovation has been evaluated by The Funding Company and it is considered to be ready for investment.
This innovation focuses on enhancing climate resilience by improving flood monitoring and community engagement. It provides timely, accurate data on flood parameters and infrastructure resilience, which promotes transparency and public participation. Key features include real-time flood forecasting, early warning systems, and automated responses, such as traffic signaling and flood barriers. The innovation also supports better communication during extreme events and improves financial planning for flood-related costs. By leveraging data for infrastructure management and community engagement, it aims to strengthen overall flood resilience and response.
Our innovation has been developed in collaboration with the Department for Infrastructure Northern Ireland as part of an R&D project funded by SBRI. PRAM was developed specifically for the monitoring of flood defenses and flooding to improve maintenance and operation of the defenses and to improve response coordination in extreme weather events. The project entailed 3 stages of evaluation and funding beginning with a proof of concept before moving onto a development stage and a testing/demonstration phase on multiple types of flood defenses including culvert screens, coastal flood walls, bridges, and earthen river embankments. We were successful in demonstrating the ability of PRAM to identify blockages, cracking, seepage, scouring, water level, water flow velocity and debris.
Currently our device uses Cellular communications. If a city doesn’t have a cellular network, or if the network goes down during a flood event, then we cannot transmit data, making the product unviable. However, we can also switch to satellite communications if required. Recently Starlink have announced the launch of a cellular based solution which will work globally. This would be an ideal solution in the event that terrestrial cellular is not available.
PRAM is an affordable IoT device with a 3D mm-wave radar that monitors and maps flood waters, wave overtopping, and road damage. It offers real-time flood modeling, infrastructure monitoring, and adaptive city planning, enhancing flood resilience.
Climate-Related Hazards Addressed:
- Coastal floods
- River floods
- Heavy precipitation / pluvial floods
- Sea level rise
- Multi-hazard scenarios
Specific Problems Solved:
- Fills data gaps in extent and timeliness to better mitigate risk and boost flood resilience in cities and neighborhoods.
- Reduces the cost of data gathering compared to current monitoring solutions.
- Enhances the usability and applicability of data for various purposes.
The business plan for this innovation has been evaluated by The Funding Company and it is considered to be ready for investment.
The main components of the system have been tested separately, and an initial integration exercise has been conducted.
This innovation focuses on enhancing climate resilience by improving flood monitoring and community engagement. It provides timely, accurate data on flood parameters and infrastructure resilience, which promotes transparency and public participation. Key features include real-time flood forecasting, early warning systems, and automated responses, such as traffic signaling and flood barriers. The innovation also supports better communication during extreme events and improves financial planning for flood-related costs. By leveraging data for infrastructure management and community engagement, it aims to strengthen overall flood resilience and response.
Our innovation has been developed in collaboration with the Department for Infrastructure Northern Ireland as part of an R&D project funded by SBRI. PRAM was developed specifically for the monitoring of flood defenses and flooding to improve maintenance and operation of the defenses and to improve response coordination in extreme weather events. The project entailed 3 stages of evaluation and funding beginning with a proof of concept before moving onto a development stage and a testing/demonstration phase on multiple types of flood defenses including culvert screens, coastal flood walls, bridges, and earthen river embankments. We were successful in demonstrating the ability of PRAM to identify blockages, cracking, seepage, scouring, water level, water flow velocity and debris.
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