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Carbon Reducing Controller (CRC): energy-efficient pump & gemaal control across the R&D lab.

9 stops ·Lead: R&D Lab ·Updated 15 June 2026

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  1. Parallel-pumps plan + digital twin

    Finished

    Plan of approach + Node-RED digital twin for energy-efficient parallel pumping. (Avans, 2023)

    Mar 2023

  2. Carbon Reducing Controller (edge build)

    Finished

    Siemens IOT2050 edge controller on gemaal 1 — modular CRC hardware. (Avans ET, 2023)

    Sept 2023

  3. Voordruk / verschildruk pompefficiëntie

    Finished

    Effect of suction & differential pressure on centrifugal-pump efficiency. (Grace van Geel, 2024)

    Jan 2024

  4. Predictive maintenance (MCSA)

    Finished

    Motor-current signature analysis checking CRC’s effect on pump reliability. (Avans IEM, 2024)

    Feb 2024

  5. Serie-pompen efficiëntie

    Finished

    Most efficient set-points for two series-connected pumps at 400–600 mbar. (Avans, 2024)

    Jun 2024

  6. ASM3 reactor model

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    Non-ideal activated-sludge (ASM3) digital-twin reactor for RWZI Dongemond. (TU Delft, 2025)

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    Supplies aeration-energy estimates that feed the pump-control optimisation.

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  7. D.R.A.I.N. gemaal fit-gap + digital twin

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    Suitability fit-gap of two gemalen + a hydraulic digital-twin experiment. (HR, 2025)

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    Feeds gemaal suitability + hydraulic twin into the pump-control optimisation.

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  8. MPC afvlakkingsregeling

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    Hierarchical MPC: forecast- and price-driven pump scheduling that smooths sewage flow. (TU/e, 2026)

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  9. Senseye PdM connection test

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    Connection test to third-party Senseye to see whether it deduces more from the measurements than we can today.

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    Benchmarks third-party (Senseye) predictive maintenance against the lab’s own MCSA work.

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Pump-energy optimisation

Carbon Reducing Controller (CRC): energy-efficient pump & gemaal control across the R&D lab.

Part of the Waterschap Brabantse Delta R&D portfolio. Seeded from the student-work intake — replace with the polished write-up once this node is reviewed.