Use cases
A selection of real-world use cases enabled by trusted, high-frequency operational data. More will be added over time.
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In a RAS smolt facility, overfeeding went unnoticed for more than a year. The relevant signals were available in the plant’s SCADA system, but daily reporting masked short-term variation and operators had limited visibility into the critical time windows.
After connecting Sensa Unity, real-time visualization revealed a recurring spike in feed delivery just before midnight. The pattern was traced to legacy logic intended to ensure the daily feeding target was met, resulting in “dump feeding,” uneaten feed entering the system, and downstream impact on water quality and biofilter performance.
With Sensa Unity, the facility removed the unnecessary dump feeding and stabilized operations.
Impact: 3–5% reduction in feed waste, NOK 0.7–1.2 million saved annually, and 36–60 tons less feed waste, corresponding to an estimated 60–110 tons CO₂ avoided.
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A major land-based aquaculture project planned to install 96 tanks with large biofilter volumes specified by an equipment vendor. The vendor had limited incentive to recommend reductions, and any downsizing carried perceived risk to their performance guarantees.
Using trusted real-time biological process data from Sensa Unity, validated at an existing reference facility, the project team was able to demonstrate that the required biofilter volume was significantly lower than initially assumed.
On the strength of Sensa’s undisputable data, the vendor accepted a 15% reduction in biofilter media volume while maintaining full guarantee levels.
This optimization reduced both media and construction requirements across all tanks.
Impact: 33 MNOK in capex savings (20 MNOK in media and 13 MNOK in construction) while ensuring robust biological performance.
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A land-based smolt facility relies on disk filters to maintain stable water quality. A fracture in a filter normally remains unnoticed until periodic manual inspections, during which fish appetite and growth may already have been affected.
Sensa Unity continuously monitored turbidity after each filter and detected a subtle but consistent increase downstream of one unit. This deviation triggered a targeted inspection, which confirmed a structural rift in the disk filter—an issue the facility estimates would have been discovered around three months later without Sensa.
By addressing the fault early, the facility avoided reduced appetite and growth suppression in a batch of 250,000 fish.
Impact: Preserved biomass growth and avoided an estimated 0.62 MNOK in lost value, while strengthening biological stability and operational assurance.
