Using internet of things in monitoring and management of dams in Serbia

Abstract

This paper discusses harnessing Internet of Things in monitoring and managing dams in Republic of Serbia. Large dams are of major importance, primarily because of their use for electricity, but risks which are associated with it should be greatly taken into account. There is a need to consolidate information related to dam facilities in order to use them for dam management in the Republic of Serbia. An information system has been developed based on the existing systems, allowing utilization of intelligent network sensors. The aim of the paper is to describe possibilities of the Internet of Things application within a specific system for dam safety management. In order to facilitate the inclusion of a large number of intelligent sensors, a new data acquisition module for communication with sensors in the monitoring network is defined. The system should provide on time alerting in case security parameters deviate from the expected values.