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Monitoring ILRI’s Biorepository 
ILRI's Biorepository currently stores close to half a million samples in 6 liquid nitrogen (LN2) tanks. In an effort to ensure the viability of the samples and facilitate fast problem solving, we have developed a suite of systems that monitor the statuses of different equipment in the Biorepository and sends out alerts in case of various events, alarms, warnings, unexpected access, etc. 
Pictures 
Bulk Storage Tank The 3000 litre bulk storage tank acts as the main reservoir for the Biorepository. It is monitored by periodically reading its upper and lower pressure. The pressure levels are read from the bulk tank solenoids using a LabJack which is linked to a network attached Raspberry PI micro-PC. 
Jason Rogena j.rogena@cgiar.org ● Box 30709 Nairobi Kenya ● +254 20 422 3054 Nairobi Kenya ● ilri.org 
This document is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution –Non commercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License June 2012 
Liquid Nitrogen Plant The Liquid Nitrogen plant consists of 2 cryogenerators, 2 chillers, a compressor, an air drier and a 1000L tank. The plant has a capacity of generating ~21.5 litres of LN2 per hour. The plant is monitored through the network via its PLC console. 
Liquid Nitrogen Freezers Samples are stored in vapour phase of LN2 in 6 -196 freezers, each with a capacity of 75,400 samples. The freezers are connected to a controller which is then connected to the network attached Raspberry PI micro-PC. A Perl script periodically queries the status of each freezer from the microcontroller and saves the data to the database server. 
Alerts The monitoring systems sends out alerts based on alarms, events, warnings and notifications. An SMS is sent incase of critical notifications while an email is sent out in case of warnings. All the equipment statuses are displayed on the Biorepository webpage, azizi.ilri.org. 
Recorded Statistics Statistics from the monitoring systems as of 7th October 2014: 
•System up time: 1,410 days 
•SMS alerts sent: 125,273 
•Rooms monitored: 13 
•Fridges monitored: 6 
•Freezers monitored: 6 
•Incubators monitored: 3 
•Backup power generators monitored: 1 
Jason Rogena, Absolomon Kihara, Steve Kemp 
The 6 liquid nitrogen freezers 
Liquid nitrogen bulk storage tank 
The cryogenerators 
The liquid nitrogen chillers 
October 2014 
azizi.ilri.org

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Monitoring ILRI's biorepository

  • 1. Monitoring ILRI’s Biorepository ILRI's Biorepository currently stores close to half a million samples in 6 liquid nitrogen (LN2) tanks. In an effort to ensure the viability of the samples and facilitate fast problem solving, we have developed a suite of systems that monitor the statuses of different equipment in the Biorepository and sends out alerts in case of various events, alarms, warnings, unexpected access, etc. Pictures Bulk Storage Tank The 3000 litre bulk storage tank acts as the main reservoir for the Biorepository. It is monitored by periodically reading its upper and lower pressure. The pressure levels are read from the bulk tank solenoids using a LabJack which is linked to a network attached Raspberry PI micro-PC. Jason Rogena j.rogena@cgiar.org ● Box 30709 Nairobi Kenya ● +254 20 422 3054 Nairobi Kenya ● ilri.org This document is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution –Non commercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License June 2012 Liquid Nitrogen Plant The Liquid Nitrogen plant consists of 2 cryogenerators, 2 chillers, a compressor, an air drier and a 1000L tank. The plant has a capacity of generating ~21.5 litres of LN2 per hour. The plant is monitored through the network via its PLC console. Liquid Nitrogen Freezers Samples are stored in vapour phase of LN2 in 6 -196 freezers, each with a capacity of 75,400 samples. The freezers are connected to a controller which is then connected to the network attached Raspberry PI micro-PC. A Perl script periodically queries the status of each freezer from the microcontroller and saves the data to the database server. Alerts The monitoring systems sends out alerts based on alarms, events, warnings and notifications. An SMS is sent incase of critical notifications while an email is sent out in case of warnings. All the equipment statuses are displayed on the Biorepository webpage, azizi.ilri.org. Recorded Statistics Statistics from the monitoring systems as of 7th October 2014: •System up time: 1,410 days •SMS alerts sent: 125,273 •Rooms monitored: 13 •Fridges monitored: 6 •Freezers monitored: 6 •Incubators monitored: 3 •Backup power generators monitored: 1 Jason Rogena, Absolomon Kihara, Steve Kemp The 6 liquid nitrogen freezers Liquid nitrogen bulk storage tank The cryogenerators The liquid nitrogen chillers October 2014 azizi.ilri.org