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Industry solution / Coal and power energy
Coal and Power Energy Fuel Inventory Automation Solutions
Volivue provides fixed 3D LiDAR coal shed scanning and 80GHz radar bunker level monitoring for coal-fired power plants, combined heat and power facilities, coal washing plants, and coal chemical operations — delivering full inventory visibility from the raw coal yard to the feeder bunker.
Fuel inventory management challenges in coal and power
Irregular coal pile shapes are hard to measure
Pile shape changes constantly with conveyor drop points; tape measures, laser rangers, or experience-based estimates carry large errors that do not reconcile with consumption logs.
Manual entry into coal sheds is hazardous
High dust concentration, poor lighting, and moving machinery in operating coal sheds create constant safety exposure for personnel doing manual stock surveys.
Bunker level signals are unreliable
Dust, wall adhesion, and arching inside coal bunkers cause single-point level sensors to mis-read, disrupting coal feeder control and boiler feed rhythm.
Inventory data does not connect to ERP or FMS
Paper or verbal coal volume reports cannot auto-enter fuel management systems, creating heavy manual reconciliation work and error-prone balance sheets.
Volivue solution architecture for coal and power energy
3D LiDAR coal shed stockpile system (preferred for yards)
V260/V7300 fixed scanners mount on coal shed structure and continuously scan irregular piles, computing 3D point cloud volume and estimated mass. Data feeds FMS and ERP via API or OPC.
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80GHz radar level system (bunkers and silos)
Narrow-beam 76-81GHz radar penetrates coal dust for reliable continuous level signal in bunkers and raw coal silos. HART/Modbus output integrates directly with DCS and PLC.
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Provide Volivue with coal shed dimensions, bunker count, and DCS interface requirements to receive a complete solution package and quotation for your power or coal-handling facility.
Real roofs, real legs, real yards.
Field installations across cement plants, batching stations, tank farms, and stockyards.
Let us review your silo project.
Send silo type, drawings, material behavior, monitoring points, country or region, and integration target. We will return a practical configuration suggestion and next-step list.
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