UPDATE 1/21 the Phoenix Contact Innovation Magazine EDITORIAL
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The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine Water 1 WATER – FACTS AND FIGURES Water consumption Water content 540 km3 Global water consumption per capita (six-fold increase since 1930), of which 29% 71% Earth mass Water mass 19% in India, 15% in China, 12% in the USA 8 of which 97.4 % is salt water (thus not directly usable) mm Diameter of the largest around 70% in around 29% raindrop ever measured is the approximate amount of glaciers, ice, and snow in groundwater water consumed worldwide (1986 in Hawaii) annually (as of 2016), of which 70% agricultural sector 2.6% Fresh water % industry on earth 3 20 95% water in our brain 10% municipal level km 90% water in our lungs (Status 2016, source: less than 1% soil UN Food and Agriculture moisture, ground Organization) ice, permafrost, and sump water 83% water in our blood 0.3% easily accessible freshwater in rivers and lakes, which is 4,000 22% water in our bones 0.008% of all water on earth 76% water in our muscles The water content in humans is around Ocean freight routes and ships 70% The longest canal in the world is Length of all waterways in km the Grand Canal of China (some 120,000 parts of which were built more than 110,000 2,400 years ago), at a length of 100,000 102,000 80,000 Beijing 90,000 60,000 Number of seagoing vessels 47,130 50,000 China 41,009 44,103 1,800 km worldwide (2019) 40,000 Shanghai 20,000 0 EU trade via ocean freight routes in % International trade 90% USA Brazil China Russia Europe Within Europe Vietnam 40% Source: Statista 2013 The size of the largest ship in the world, the “Jahre Viking” 458 m (completed in 1980, scrapped in 2010) 2 UPDATE 1/21 The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine EDITORIAL Panta rhei – everything fl ows Dear readers, In this issue of UPDATE, we are focusing on the element of water and on the possibilities that this element holds in store – including for Phoenix Contact. As an example, the surface of a Dutch lake has become the supporting element of a solar power plant. Another is that both the production of drinking water and the treatment of wastewater are central Stephan Volgmann, tasks of the cities of Bad Kreuznach and Konstanz. General Manager Phoenix Contact Deutschland Water can also bring enjoyment and indulgence. Did you know, for example, that 2.6 billion cups of coffee are drunk every year? Or what a High Fly from Switzerland might be? And what do swimming pools from Belgium have to do with control cabinets from East Westphalia? How we deal with the element of water is one of our most important fi elds of action. The sustainable use of renewable resources and our endeavor to develop the best solutions for this purpose drive us every day. Everything fl ows – this quotation from the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus does not just apply to the element of water. The structure of an organic company is also constantly adapting to new challenges. I am taking this issue as an opportunity to welcome you as the new General Manager for Phoenix Contact Deutschland. What hasn’t changed, however, is that we continue striving for innovative products and solutions to provide you with even greater degrees of freedom for designing your solutions to be the best possible. Together with you, our customers, we would like to remain in dialog and shape the future together. Yours sincerely, The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine UPDATE 1/21 3 The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine Water Water is the ultimate resource; without it, life is not possible. UPDATE is diving into1 2021 with this element. Water can have beams after all. Or fl oats. They provide a solar system with buoyancy 08 The fl oating power station A solar power plant has taken to swimming just outside the Dutch town of Zwolle | 08 DRINKING WATER 34 wells, 25 springs, and one connection In Bad Kreuznach, the remote control technology in the water treatment plant is being put on a new technological footing | 16 WASTEWATER Around-the-clock operation Lake Constance is not only one of the most important drinking water reservoirs in the region, but also the recipient of treated wastewater | 22 4 UPDATE 1/21 The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine PIONEER Old hand, new position – An interview with Dr. Frank Possel-Dölken 48 In the realm of the pipes – thanks to remote maintenance, Konstanz’s wastewater stays clean 22 Those who dare to enter the pipes Almost too elegant of Hallau pick up “just” to be used tremendous speed for making coffee 42 38 WATERWAY Maritime string lighting Gent is a Belgian city steeped in history and its own seaport, located Editorial | 03 about 40 kilometers inland | 30 From the industry | 06 WATER PARK Spectacular sliding Behind the scenes | 52 SWIMMING POOL Legal information | 55 So much for the ponderous Preview | 55 Swimming safely Swiss! Anyone who uses Klarer To ensure that the domestic pool does products requires courage not become a leaf depository or an energy and a need for speed | 42 guzzler, the Belgian company Covrex relies on solutions from East Westphalia | 34 INTERVIEW Golden opportunities COFFEE MACHINE Frank Possel-Dölken is a new Exquisite indulgence member of the Executive Board at How can a circular connector help to build Phoenix Contact. An interview with the best-ever fi lter coffee machines? | 38 the Chief Digital Offi cer | 48 The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine UPDATE 1/21 5 FROM THE INDUSTRY Hydrogen in stock Harvesting Energy provider tests storage the moon The energy service provider EWE is setting Tidal power plant in operation precedents with hydrogen. The company is setting up a cavern storage facility to store pure The power of renewable energy hydrogen at a depth of around 1,000 meters in is harnessed in a variety of ways the local aqueous rock in the municipality of in the Faroe Islands. Naturally, Rüdersdorf in Brandenburg, near Berlin. wind farms capture the power After a planned construction phase of of moving air there. But while 18 months, 500 cubic meters will be available to solar power will continue to have safely store the energy source of the future. For a rather shadowy existence far the developers at EWE, who are working on this up in the north, the power of project together with the German Aerospace the tides will be the focus of Center, the quality of the hydrogen during and increased attention in the future. after storage is of particular importance. The reason is that the After completing the The cavern in Rüdersdorf, which is being “DG 100” tidal power plant, foundation, laying the power excavated by fl ushing the aqueous rock out developed by the Swedish and data cables, and installing with fresh water, has the volume of a single- technology company Minesto, the tidal kite in Vestmannasund family home. In the future, large-scale storage was successfully commissioned sound, the submersible facilities are expected to be at least 1,000 times there and began feed-in in innovator is now delivering a larger. EWE expects the energy source to make December 2020. The company, relatively modest level of power it possible to couple the electricity, mobility, and founded as a spin-off in 2007, of 100 kW to land. However, heat sectors. developed a “diving kite”. This the developers at Minesto have is an undersea, mobile unit that long since scaled up in size ewe.com is anchored in the tidal stream, and are certain that the power where it directs the current to of the moon, which moves the turbines designed to convert the tidal streams, will be an almost energy of the ebb and fl ow of the inexhaustible source of energy tide into electricity. They operate in the future. in a similar way to the kites that you can fl y in the sky. minesto.com AI revolutionizes the HR department Colleague Computer invites you to an interview Personnel developers and large companies are already relying on its services: Artifi cial intelligence is expected to make the job application process more effi cient. Not only are the incoming applications pre-sorted using a grid; the subsequent initial interview can also be interpreted by analysis software. A camera is used to record how a candidate behaves while performing some tasks. Facial expressions, posture, and thought patterns are analyzed and evaluated. Only after a candidate has cleared this robotic hurdle will they be invited to the “human interview”. While pleasing fi nancial controllers due to signifi cantly streamlined time and costs, the skeptics are horrifi ed and fear that the resulting uniform, standardized employees will, in the long run, deprive companies of their innovative strength and have a negative effect on the social culture of constructive debate. Hydrogen storage at a depth of 1,000 meters pymetrics.ai 6 UPDATE 1/21 The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine FROM THE INDUSTRY Fully mobile e-mobility Porsche plugging the gap in charging infrastructure with mobile super-charging station What do you do when Very powerful, very fast, very mobile solution. They simply in size. That is suffi cient for 30 you have one of the most expensive and… very thirsty for bring the power with them – fully charged supercars. The fascinating e-vehicles in energy. in the form of fast-charging inventors have developed no the world in your product It is no surprise that it trucks. With a total connected fewer than seven of the mobile range, but you cannot charge has become the star of every power of 3.2 megawatts avail- super-batteries.