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Dr Sam Shelley presents never seen before data from nuron’s pilot project

Dr. Sam Shelley, Lead Scientist at nuron, presents never seen before data from nuron’s first-of-a-kind pilot project, with Northumbrian Water, completed in 2020.

Sam presents some of this unique real-time data, in an easy-to-digest manner. This dense data offers operations insight from within our pipes.  A game-changer for the industry, it enables the transformation from reactive to proactive operation. This data is vital to deliver efficient ways to stop sewage polluting our rivers and seas.

Check out Sam’s presentation ‘Continuous fibre optic monitoring of sewer delivers novel operational insights’, available on nuron’s you tube channel here.

Full presentations, for day 3 of the Urban Drainage Group Virtual Annual Conference and Expo 2021 are available here

Myth busting more sensors means more reactive maintenance

MYTH: 

Increasing the volume of discrete monitors in a sewer network will lead to proactive maintenance.

FACT:

A scale deployment with a monitor every 10km, on average would require 11 additional dedicated crews in constant operation for regular sensor maintenance, cleaning and changing batteries.

Over a 20-year period:

  • 40,000 batteries will need to be replaced.
  • 60 tonnes of lithium batteries will be disposed of.

Check out our mini-series, where our very own Dr Paul Dickenson explains some of the science behind the facts here

 

Myth busting Machine learning

MYTH:

Applying algorithms and machine learning to discrete data points that are at best 10km apart is sufficient to improve network performance.

FACT:

Algorithms and machine learning are only as good as the quality and resolution data used to train and drive them.

  • Your discrete sensors are still 10km apart = resolution of 10km
  • Distributed sensing can give you a resolution of 5m
  • That is a 2000 times better resolution than discrete sensing.

nuron provides multiple parameters as well as a 5m resolution.

This means distributed provides 12000 times more actionable insights than discrete sensing.

Check out the latest installment of our myth-busting series which discusses this topic in more detail

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Myth Busting – Distributed versus Spot

MYTH:

Increasing the frequency of discrete monitors in a sewer network to one over every 10km will adequately reduce pollution events.

FACT:

This would result in:

  • 140 chambers between each monitored location
  • Networks invisible in these sections
  • Inability to accurately identify and efficiently address the root cause of the issue

If a blockage occurs in these invisible sections, that means up to 400,000 litres of sewage is between each monitor point and can easily overflow.

Check out the latest instalment here of our myth-busting series where our Technical Director Dr Paul Dickenson discuses this myth in more detail.

Myth Busting. A mini series

The Government and the public are challenging Water Companies to reduce pollution events further and faster.

We have recently been involved with some exciting conversations about how our nervous system can help network operators reduce spills and improve performance.

Hear what Paul Dickenson, our Technical Director has to say about the insights we have gathered but also bust some myths surrounding distributed monitoring and in pipe sensing.

Check out the first in a series of short video clips here

We won at the UK Energy Innovation Awards 2019!

We won the Best Water Utility improvement at the UK Energy Innovation Awards!

The Awards Ceremony held in Liverpool at the impressive Titanic Hotel was preceded by an Innovation Safari that brought together the brightest innovators across Electricity, Gas and for the first time the Water industry. Companies took this opportunity to exhibit and connect, the overarching theme being collaboration, and specifically collaboration cross-industry.

It was such a pleasure to have Angela MacOscar Head of Innovation at Northumbrian Water to our stand to discuss the challenges facing water industry and who would later present us with our award. Image to the right: R-L, Claire Fenwick, Angela MacOscar, Louise Keogh.

The purpose of the evening was to celebrate technologies that are transforming utilities, enabling acceleration towards a sustainable future. It offered a great insight into innovation in other utilities, with over 300 industry guests in attendance.

Thank you again to the judges who recognised and understood the real potential of nuron nervous system and how it can help shape the future of Water and Telecommunication industries.

Claire Fenwick MD Director of nuron says “This award is important to us as the peer recognition for collaboration across utilities is critical for a sustainable future”

A little about the EIC:

Established in 2008, the EIC is a not-for-profit organisation that supports new technology, acts as a bridge between innovation and industry to improve all utilities. You can find out more here

Best water utility improvement UK Energy awards 2019

We are delighted and honoured to have been nominated for the UK Energy Innovation Award in the category ‘Best water utility improvement’.

We are so excited to be at the forefront of change that is taking place in the water industry. You can see the full shortlist for awards here or read more about our game-changing technology here.

Best of luck to all the other nominees!

We are heading to Northumbrian Water Innovation Festival!

We are excited to be returning to the Northumbrian Water Innovation Festival held on 8th to 12th July at Newcastle racecourse.

In 2018 at the Northumbrian Water Innovation Festival 2018 nuron and Northumbrian Water launched the world’s first project of a continuous in-pipe sewer monitoring solution.

This year we are proud to announce the first roll out of a continuous in-pipe sewer monitoring solution into the North East’s sewer network. We will be giving a real-time demonstration of our technology at the Innovation Festival and getting involved in several activities across the whole week.

By the end of the year, this nervous system will be monitoring the status of part of the live sewer network to help Northumbrian Water target maintenance; ensure that incidents are avoided; and improve the efficiency of the sewer system – good for both customers and the environment!

Come and visit the team at Connected Britain

We are revolutionising both water and telecom industries. Want to know how?

Get in touch with the team here or drop by our stand.