Industrial Monitoring
Satellite Vu's thermal imagery can uncover previously unseen details about inner workings of factories and power plants. The high resolution, high revisit rate and the ability to see thermal activity, both day and night, enables Satellite Vu’s technology to shed new light on rates of industrial activity around the globe, in near real time as well as monitoring refinery operations.
Existing satellite imagery can monitor sites using optical, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and low resolution thermal. However, Satellite Vu will provide a level of insight that these current capabilities are currently unable to do.
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From left to right: Sentinel 2 RGB, Sentinel 2 SWIR, Landsat 8 TIRS, and Satellite Vu.
Comparisons can be made between 10m resolution Sentinel RGB (Red, Green, Blue), 20m resolution Sentinel SWIR (Short Wave Infrared) and 100m resolution Landsat 8 TIRS (Thermal Infrared) images. Satellite Vu’s imagery provides unprecedented levels of granularity into the inner workings on industrial facilities.
Temperatures reach 350°C inside of the distillation column of an oil refinery. The brightest areas in the thermal imagery correspond to the hottest components of an oil refinery. Satellite Vu's high resolution imagery reveals:
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hot pipes across the refinery
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number of LPG (liquified petroleum gas) storage tanks in use
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number of active chimneys
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distillation columns in use
By evaluating operations of oil refineries to identify what the level of activity rate is, companies can benefit from using timely and accurate data to reach intelligent decisions at a local level, and on a global scale. With higher confidence, users can be provided with unbiased data.
Satellite Vu's high resolution thermal data (left) compared with Landsat 8 TIRS data (right).
Satellite Vu’s technology will thermally unveil the productivity levels for power plants and factories at new and unique levels of detail. This new tool is set to aid businesses and investors with decision making in the follow ways:
Commodity Trading
Satellite Vu could aid companies to get the edge over their competitors by understanding where and when to buy oil. This can be of great use to those who want to get the best price for product. Key strategic sites for the global supply of certain commodities can be identified and monitored.
Global Supply Chain Monitoring
Our high resolution thermal imagery can provide reliable data to monitor supply chains for companies to understand whether suppliers will meet their demands and are operationally viable. Satellite Vu can help with understanding whether commodities can be gained from potential suppliers with confidence from a reliable source. This could support global energy security and ensure there is enough supply during winter.
International Security
Satellite Vu can provide an eye in the sky to monitor high priority sites across the globe with critical importance to international security. The technology can detect whether sites are in operation with transparency and accuracy.
Satellite Vu's thermal data will benefit organisations by providing independent data to understand industrial activity. Monitoring productivity to ensure demands are being fulfilled by factories is a vital asset for decision makers looking to secure global stability. Companies and investors will now have a new tool to aid with intelligence, trade and supply chain monitoring.
If you are interested in finding out more and talking to us about how our data can help deliver insights to you and your business please reach out.
For more information, email info@satellitevu.com.