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The Water Systems & Services Innovation Centre
Kevin Fitzgibbon
Introduction: Nimbus & WSSIC Nimbus Embedded Systems…
• Centre for Embedded Systems
• Cumulative funding c. €30M since 2006
• Over €4.2m funding in 2013
• Over 220 funded industry projects completed; over 60 now underway
• 50 prospects in the pipeline > €3m
• 40 disclosures/licences/patents in 4 yrs
• Expertise: Hardware, Software, Controls & Optimisation, Wireless Comms, Cloud-based systems, Data Handling, UX
• Domain Expertise: Energy, Water, e-Learning, e-Health, Internet of Things
….Trialling at LITMUS • LITMUS Technology Trialling Centre
• Real-world test beds for technology
• National Building Energy Systems Test Bed at Nimbus
• CIT campus-wide trials
• Macroom WWTP Test Bed
• Mallow Test Bed Town 1 Gb node + wireless research backbone
• Saves up to 18 months setup time • Access to 11,000 Population
Over 90 staff; high levels of industrial, innovation and research experience Skill and capability profiles Number PhD Post Docs 13
Masters Graduates 16
Degree Graduates 16
Interns/Undergrads 10
Managed own companies / worked in start-ups 13
Industry experience > 15 years 7
Industry experience 6 to 15 years 10
Industry experience 0 to 5 years 10
Innovation and Research experience > 15 years 4
Innovation and Research 6 to 15 years 15
Innovation and Research 0 to 5 years 25
Nimbus – People
Best-in-class solutions
Leading-edge water technologies
and services
Partner with leading academia, companies & SMEs
New platform solutions for water
Focus Areas
Water Systems & Services Innovation Centre
• A 3-way Partnership: CIT, Cork City Council, Cork County Council
• Uses CIT’s labs and research assets
• Active in all major water sectors
• Current Project Value €865k
• Pipeline c. €3m
• Managed like a business
The Vision: An Industry-Focussed Research and Innovation Centre for the Water Sector
Water Systems & Services Innovation AREAS OF WORK Embedded sensing and control for water
systems Anaerobic digestion and wastewater
treatment processes Energy from water-wastes Catchment management Environment monitoring Emerging contaminants Advanced treatment methods
OTHER ASSETS • Water & Environment Laboratory • CAPPA – Photonics and Process
Analysis Centre • Instrumentation, Mass Spectrometry and
Sensing Labs
INDUSTRY PARTNERS • Major Multinational Industry Partners • Cross-sector industry interest – local
authorities, pharmaceutical, food & drink sector; utilities
• Trialling technology from WSSIC projects
Water Project Examples
• WatNOS – Cost and Energy efficiency in Water Pumping
• FOGMON – Remote monitoring of FOGs for optimum servicing
and sewer protection
• AquaMetrics – Smart water sub-metering from a single location
• Integrated Monitoring Buoy – Environmental water quality
monitoring at low cost with data transmission to cloud
• Sludge Drying Beds – Zero energy sludge dewatering to 10%
dry solids for transport and treatment energy cost reduction
• Up to 75% of energy in WT Plants is for pumping water
• Watnos aims to reduce pumping cost • Uses detailed system modelling • It’s all about ‘How the plant is run’ • Initial model trials for Lee Road WTP
indicate potentially high savings available: perhaps > 20-25%
Watnos Project
76%
8%
4%
1% 1%
8%
1% 1%
Energy Consumption Breakdown in WTP
Pumping
Lighting and Building
Monitoring Equipment
Chlorination
Filtration
Aeration
Disinfection
Desalination
FOGMON Project • Fats Oils & Greases
MONitoring
• Innovative sensors
• Integrated sensing, data transmission & monitoring system
• Optimises maintenance & collection operations – reduced energy use
• Reduces pipe blockage and/or unnecessary cleaning
• Support from Industry-leading Partners
• Commercialisation Funding €268k secured from Enterprise Ireland
• Trialling in real-world test beds: Cork & Mallow
AquaMetrics Project • Targeting utilities and large
industrial & other water users
• Single-point metering on a water network
• Disaggregation of downstream flows at point of abstraction
• Innovative sensors
• Integrated sensing, data transmission & monitoring system in real time
• Data analysis for usage optimisation & leak detection
• Energy savings at point of production based on use minimisation
Integrated Monitoring Buoy – Environmental Water Quality
Zero-energy WWTP sludge dewatering Sludge conc. > 10% d.s. achieved Targeting small / rural locations Significant cost reduction for onward
transport Process automation in progress
SDB – Sludge Dewatering
Real-time monitoring of water quality parameters
Sediment and Nutrient Loadings for transport behaviour modelling
Low-cost low-maintenance platforms for continuous monitoring
CIT aspects: Design and development of all aspects
Opportunities for Innovation
• Energy Reduction & Recovery
• Treatment Processes/Compliance
• Nutrient Recovery/Re-use
• Infrastructure Rehabilitation/Upgrade
• Monitoring & Automation
• Climate Change Adaptation/Infrastructure Resilience
G Galvin Irish Water
The Water Systems & Services Innovation Centre
Kevin Fitzgibbon