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Marketing CENTAUR
The CENTAUR Innovation Action has completed it's three year funded period and has resulted in a market-ready product. The SME partners, EMS and Steinhardt are now actively marketing CENTAUR.
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Paris Dissemination Event
The CENTAUR project held a successful dissemination event on 11th July 2018 at the offices of Veolia in the Aubvilliers area of Paris. The aim of the dissemination event was to present an overview of the project to interested parties from water utilities, consultants and regulators.
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CENTAUR Demonstrator Installed in Toulouse
A second CENTAUR system has now been installed in the storm water system in Toulouse, operated by Veolia Eau. This system has been further developed compared to the pilot system in Coimbra and will be tested throughout the summer of 2018.
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CENTAUR - Most Innovative New Technology of the Year
EMS entered CENTAUR™ in the category of ‘Most Innovative New Technology of the Year’ at the annual Water industry awards. CENTAUR™ was shortlisted against 5 other strong entries. We are delighted to report that CENTAUR™ was announced as the winner of this prestigious award at the ceremony on 21st May.
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Project Dissemination Announcement
The CENTAUR project partners will host an open dissemination event to showcase the project outputs. The event is intended to inform an audience of water utilities, engineering consultants and regulators about the potential of CENTAUR systems.
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General Assembly Meeting 6
In early March, the CENTAUR beneficiaries met in Toulouse, FR for the 6 monthly meeting. The meeting also included a visit to the demonstration site where preparatory works have been completed.
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CIWEM Urban Drainage Group Autumn Meeting 2017
The CIWEM Urban Drainage Group Autumn Conference and Exhibition 2017 is a long standing annual meeting of UK professionals in urban drainage. CENTAUR was strongly represented at the event with EMS having an exhibition stand focussed on CENTAUR and two papers related to CENTAUR were presented.
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General Assembly Meeting 5
In late October, the fifth General Assembly meeting of project partners was held in Toulouse, FR. During this meeting, partners were able to visit the site selected for the demonstration site.
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Singapore Urban Bridges mission
CENTAUR was represented at an Innovate UK global innovation mission last month in Singapore. The main aim of the Singapore Urban Bridges mission was to support UK-Singapore partnerships in urban infrastructure.
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New conference papers
Three papers presented at the CCWI and ICUD conferences during September 2017 are now available to access through the CENTAUR website.
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Pilot testing in Coimbra
Pilot testing of the CENTAUR system has now started in the city of Coimbra in Portugal. Coimbra is an historic city with a history of urban flooding, the dependable climate provides an ideal location for testing CENTAUR.
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CENTAUR Laboratory Test Facility
In order to test the control hardware and algorithm developed for the CENTAUR project a laboratory facility has been constructed. The CENTAUR laboratory facility is at full scale and consists of a 30 m long, 0.2 m diameter ‘sewer’ pipe with four manholes which are 1.5 m high and 1 m in diameter.