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Sanitary Tower

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  • Test bench

The Sanitary Tower is a building over 23 metres high, comprising eight floors and a basement. Built around fifty years ago and partially renovated about a decade ago, it hosts full-scale test rigs for sanitary engineering studies. The tower configuration makes it possible to harness gravity to generate constant pressures at each level, using a reservoir installed on the eighth and top floor.

The tower currently includes three permanent test facilities:

  • one dedicated to characterizing flow rates in rainwater drainage systems
  • two focused on domestic hot water (DHW) recirculation loops — one with a single loop and another with four loops — supporting research on legionella control, hydraulic balancing and water system performance.

Temporary test installations can also be deployed according to project needs.

  • 3D of Sanitary Tower
  • Groundfloor of Sanitary Tower
  • First Floor of Sanitary Tower
  • Four Loop DHW Test Bench
  • Rainwater Test Bench - Pumps
  • Rainwater Test Bench - Upper Water Tank
  • One loop DHW Test Bench Scheme
Colin JacquesResearch & Development Scientist[email protected]
Benoit PonceletR&D Expert in Water and Energy Transition[email protected]
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