Calejo is building a completely new platform under the name Smart Water, with which Sweden's municipalities will be able to optimize their water and sewage systems. This knowledge is now being transferred to create value for hydropower as well.

Smart Water is based on Calejo's unique and patented technology, which uses hybrid intelligence – a combination of both mathematical calculations and AI – to control the pumps of the sewage network in a smarter way.

The goal of Smart Water is initially to eliminate the risk of inundation and flooding during heavy downpours. In the long term, the new platform will also contain modules for more efficient control of the treatment plants.

Generic solution

The same software used for the water and sewage networks can also be used to optimize the production of hydropower, whose interacting turbines and technical challenges are to some extent reminiscent of the pumping networks of the water and sewage systems.

- We base our work largely on modern and open programming languages. The simulations are generic and easy to manage and understand by process engineers. Our technology makes it possible to practically carry out large-scale non-linear modeling regardless of industry and process, says Jonas Berggren, CEO of Calejo.

Increased profitability

Several different industrial pilot projects have shown that it is entirely possible to use Calejo's tools to completely automate the data acquisition and thereby understand and forecast the process itself faster and more precisely.

- Power producers can fully focus on modeling the power grid in all its complexity and also include short-term factors, such as maintenance and weather. All process knowledge can be added to the system with the result that operations become more systematic, more precise and less dependent on people, says Jonas Berggren and concludes:

- Safer forecasts contribute to increased profitability, while reducing operating costs.