Blogs and cases
Blogs and customer cases
Vilho Väisälä 130 years: The story of the curious innovator whose legacy lives on
- Innovations and Inspirations
On September 28, 1889, Vilho Väisälä was born in the Northern Karelian village of Utra, currently part of the city of Joensuu. Now in 2019...
How road condition analysis with computer vision is changing cities and transportation departments
- Road weather
- Weather & Environment
Road infrastructure is among the most important public assets we have. Essentially, modern society doesn’t work without them. And yet, many...
A deep-dive into the technology of liquid concentration measurements with refractive index
- Industrial Manufacturing and Processes
- Industrial Measurements
- Innovations and Inspirations
- Life Science
- Liquid Measurements
End of 2018, Vaisala acquired Finnish K-Patents Group, a pioneer in in-line liquid measurements for industrial applications. The acquisition...
Hydrogen Economy and Fuel Cell Technology Research
- Industrial Manufacturing and Processes
Although fossil fuels still dominate the world’s energy markets, things are slowly starting to change as the demand for lower-carbon energy...
Keeping things under control with accurate gas monitoring
- Power Generation and Transmission
Without transformers electricity generation and distribution simply wouldn’t happen, so keeping a close eye on them is essential to maintaining...
ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Optimized usage of the Vaisala viewLinc System - from Room Monitoring to Explosion-proof zones
- Life Science
ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (ONO), a pharmaceutical company founded in 1717, has a wealth of experience from its over 300-year history. Since...
Identifying hot spots with the OPT100 online DGA monitor
- Power Generation and Transmission
The Vaisala OPT100 was installed at CTM Salto Grande on the Argentina – Uruguay border, to evaluate gassing problems on a 50/50/100 MVA...
Choose the Right CO2 Sensor for Your HVAC Application
- Buildings and Indoor Air Quality
- Industrial Measurements
- Innovations and Inspirations
The environment in which you’re measuring CO 2 plays an important role in determining the best choice of sensor for your application. In this...
Vaisala’s technology for measuring transformer oil condition attracted attention in a conference in Japan
- Power Generation and Transmission
The 39th Insulating Oil Subcommittee Research Conference was recently held in Kyoto, Japan. The Insulating Oil Subcommittee consists of a power...
Creating SOPs for Continuous Monitoring Systems
- Industrial Measurements
- Life Science
Dear Vaisala, We are hoping to save time in creating a Standard Operating Procedure for our viewLinc monitoring system. Does Vaisala offer any...
Hot topics at CIRED 2019
- Power Generation and Transmission
This year’s CIRED was held in Madrid, Spain from June 3–6 and Vaisala was there enjoying many expert discussions with other leading power...
Ämmässuo Waste Treatment Center welcomes carefree biogas measurement from Vaisala
- Biogas Production
Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority (HSY) is a municipal body that provides water services, regional environmental information...
What Is a Lightning Strike?
- Meteorology
Lightning is electricity in the atmosphere. When lightning comes to the ground, we usually call it a lightning strike.
CARBOCAP® Technology aids innovative research on carbon emissions
- Greenhouse gas measurements
- Industrial Measurements
- Innovations and Inspirations
- Sustainability
As human populations are increasingly urbanized, the study of air pollution has become crucial to understanding the effects of urbanization on...
Q&A from Our Webinar: The Benefits of Refractive Index (RI) in Development and Production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs)
- Industrial Measurements
- Life Science
- Liquid Measurements
In this blog, we answer questions we received during our recent webinar about The Benefits of Refractive Index (RI) in Development and...
Speaking the language of substations: standardized communication protocols in Vaisala’s DGA Monitor
- Power Generation and Transmission
Making sure different bits of equipment can talk to each other isn’t always easy, so the Vaisala Optimus™ DGA Monitor OPT100 supports three of...
Additive Manufacturing & Moisture
- Industrial Measurements
Additive manufacturing is rapidly gaining pace as a commercially viable industrial manufacturing technology following the global trends of on...
New Solution for Visual Data Management at Construction Sites
- Road weather
- Weather & Environment
Vaisala RoadAI service developed to support data collection for road inspection Modern tools can support organizations and the ways of working...
What is dew point and how to measure it?
- Industrial Manufacturing and Processes
- Industrial Measurements
What is dew point? Dew point is the temperature to which air must be cooled for water vapor in it to condense into dew or frost. At any...
How to control humidity accurately in a rapidly changing environment
- Industrial Manufacturing and Processes
- Industrial Measurements
Rapidly changing environments are always a challenge for humidity control. This is especially true in applications where relative humidity is...