An asset is a physical entity, that is not to be abstracted. It has therefore to have a location (x, y, z).
No asset is without location
An asset carries information. Information that describes the assets. Those data are mutable and unstructured.
For example an asset would have information such as name, installation date …
The information embed in the asset are describe by an Interface
The asset interface describe the structure of the information embed in the asset. As a shortcut the interface is considered as the TYPE of the asset.
The name of the interface is what is considered as the TYPE of the asset
The interface can also carry metadata such as min, max and so on.
example
For a building, the information is name, size, owner.
The interface name will be building and the data of the interface will be :
- name
- size
- owner
- max size
- min size
The interface can have a substance.
The substance is a secondary characteristic of the interface.
example
A pond of an asset interface. It can have several substances :
- water
- process_water
- rainwater
- leachate
All substances are listed in the SUBSTANCE table of the eLandfill database.
The interface can have a material.
The substance is a secondary characteristic of the interface.
example
A pipeline_section of an asset interface. It can have several materials :
- PE
- PP
example 2
A ground_surface of an asset interface. It can have several materials
- gravel
- asphalt
- crushed_stones
All substances are listed in the SUBSTANCE table of the eLandfill database.
eLandfill is a digitalization platform. It means that physical objects are defined digitally with their names, geometry and characteristics. The asset types on the platform are categorized in 3 different geometries:
| Name | Database Name | Description |
| Building | building | unknow, office, laboratory,etc |
| Fence | fence | Physical fence |
| Flare | flare | Flare stack or flare station |
| Gas turbine | gas_turbine | Gas turbine or gasturbine station |
| Landfill cell | landfill_cell | Landfill cell |
| Landfill perimeter | landfill_perimeter | Usually a site has a defined perimeter where it is allowed to operate (See on the operation permit). |
| Gas collection station | gas_collection_station | Containing unit usually with a manifold inside. Could be a box or a shipping container or other station design. |
| Water pond | water_pond | |
| Leachate pond | leachate_pond | |
| Treated leachate pond | treated_leachate_pond | |
| Water reservoire | water_reservoir | reservoir or tank for water e.g. fire fighter reserve |
| Weighbridge | weighbridge | Weighbridge used to scale vehicules |
| Leachate treatment plant | leachate_treatment_plant | Leachate treatment plant |
| Gas engine | gas_engine | |
| Anaerobic digester | anaerobic_digester | Usually anaerobic digester tanks |
| Transformer station | transformer_station | Electrical transformer station or cabinet |
| Land area | land_area | Defined by its function |
| Ground surface | ground_surface | Ground surface of type asphalt, soil, grass, gravel, etc |
| Parking area | parking_area | Parking area |
| Gas injection station | gas_injection_station | The station that injects gas on the natural gas network. |
| Gas upgrading station | gas_upgrading_station | Gas upgrading station |
| Electrical cabinet | electrical_cabinet | Electrical cabinet |
| Gas treatment station | gas_treatment_station | Gas treatment station |
| Liner | liner | Liner |
| WAGA Box | waga_box | WAGA BOX outside perimeter provided by WAGA Energy |
| Evaporator | evaporator | Evaporator for leachate |
| Boiler | boiler | Boiler |
| CHP Plant | chp_plant | CHP Plant |
| Gas filter | gas_filter | Gas filter |
| Knockout pot | knockout_pot | Knockout pot |
| Name | Database Name | Description |
| Pipeline section | pipeline_section | gas, hot water, cold water, leachate |
| Road | road | One line in the middle of the road |
| Horizontal gas well | horizontal_gas_well | |
| Road limits | road_limits | Determine the physical limits on both side of a road |
| Electrical lines | electrical_line | Could be underground or aerial |
| Manifold | manifold | A piece of pipe with many connections often located inside a gas collection station |
| Name | Database Name | Description |
| Vehicle | vehicle | |
| Light post | light_post | |
| Fire hydrant | fire_hydrant | |
| Camera | camera | |
| Drip leg | drip_leg | |
| Ground control point | ground_control_point | |
| Junction | junction | |
| Vertical gas well | vertical_gas_well | |
| Leachate well | leachate_well | |
| Water well | water_well | |
| Valve | valve | |
| Weather station | weather_station |