CENTRA®

Centralized laboratory water systems

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CENTRA
We recognize that a
fundamental element in
designing or upgrading Total confidence in your
a laboratory is planning Pure Water system.
“Water is
space and equipment The CENTRA product family includes a
all we do. needs for critical services, Centralized Recirculating Distribution

We know such as gases and high- System and Centralized Purification

and Distribution Systems (first purifies
water.” purity water. and then distributes the purified
water).
At ELGA, we have applied our expertise
gained from 50 years of innovation in water All built in purification technologies
purification technologies, to design CENTRA, are controlled by a central processor
a complete water purification, storage and with audio-visual alarm warnings,
distribution system packaged into a single unit. an internal leak detection alarm and
The CENTRA design overcomes the limitations connection to building management
of traditional central water purification systems.
systems to deliver consistent water purity, Prior to installation a dedicated
flexibility and economy. team of ELGA project engineers will
This brochure outlines the key features of all work with you to develop a designed
the products in our CENTRA range that are engineered solution and for complete
designed to supply Type I to Type III purified peace of mind, every ELGA product is
water to everything from glassware washers backed by a global service structure,
and autoclaves to high purity polishers such as ensuring your system remains cost-
our PURELAB Ultra and PURELAB flex. effective and delivers pure water
during its entire life time.
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Centralized distribution
of pure laboratory water
adapting to your applications as they change
The CENTRA Advantage
Purity Flexibility Economy
This is ensured by vent filtered Modular design allows a number of Individual laboratory needs can be
wrap-around reservoirs, controlled CENTRAs to be connected, thereby met separately without requiring the
distribution flow rates, and a selected creating a network of water units for a entire building or site to have a higher
range of purification technologies such facility. Purity of water can be adapted specification.
as UV photo oxidation, deionization to specific laboratory applications Maintenance is easier on a smaller
cartridges etc. Simple and easy and changed as needs develop. A system and can be tailored towards
sanitization processes ensure long- smaller footprint ensures the water the needs of individual laboratories.
term bacterial control. A choice purification system occupies less
Faster commissioning and installation
of purification media solutions is premium plant or laboratory space
time speeds up the build process and
available to optimize inorganic and than conventional installations.
helps reduce costs.
organic purity.

The table below provides a summary of the CENTRA range and the key features
of each product to help you match the best system to your laboratory design.

CENTRALIZED DISTRIBUTION CENTRALIZED PURIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS

SYSTEMS

Standard CENTRA Model RDS R 200 R 60/120

Typical Flow rate Up to 18 liters/min Up to
10 liters/min
High Flow CENTRA Model RDS-HFV R 200-HFV n/a

Typical Flow rate Variable speeds up to a maximum of 30 liters/min1 n/a

Reservoir Capacity 350 liters 350 liters 50 liters

Recirculation Pump √ √ √

Reverse Osmosis √ √

UV Photo-oxidation √ √ √

0.2 μm Filter √ √ √

Optional Deionization √ √ √

Optional Composite Vent Filter √ √ √

System Monitoring/Safety Features √ √ √

Semi-automated Sanitization of Loop √ √ √

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Subject to the distribution loop design
Worldwide service
and support
For total confidence in
your pure water systems
Every CENTRA comes complete with one extra feature – first class service
and support wherever you are in the world. ELGA has installed thousands
of systems globally, and our service engineers will apply their expertise
to the installation, validation and maintenance of your water purification
systems in compliance with all the relevant codes.
Visit [Link] to find your nearest contact.

Service excellence Training

• We aim to provide first-time-fix service • “Hands on” operation training is arranged
on or off site to ensure optimal system
• Preventative maintenance contracts are performance and minimize the risk of an
structured to match your precise needs, interrupted workflow
thereby minimizing interruptions to your
workflow and sustaining system reliability Technical assistance
• All our calibration equipment is maintained • Our specialized local team will ensure you
to traceable standards and operated by fully find the perfect product to match both your
trained service technicians ensuring your budget and applications
water quality is consistently maintained at
the required standard • Our dedicated local help desk is always
available to provide advice, troubleshooting
and parts identification
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Quality assured
Our commitment to the highest quality control
processes guarantees reliability and compliance Online assistance at
with both international, environmental and [Link]
user organization standards.
Designed and manufactured under an • Locate your local service representative
ISO 9001:2000 total quality system. Tested • Learn more about water quality and standards
to comply with CE, EMC, EN 61010 (UL CSA), by downloading a FREE Pure Labwater Guide
PIRA, WEEE Directive and other standards as
appropriate. • Find a water purification system which meets
your needs with our online product selector
Validation support
Water systems that are employed within a
validated laboratory should operate within
specification all of the time. This should
be evidenced through documentation and
trending should warn the user if performance
is likely to fall below their requirements.
ELGA offers a market-leading validation
package with fully trained personnel using
controlled equipment and documentation to
support you throughout the validation process.
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Training and education in system

design considerations
At ELGA we see it as our responsibility to
ensure that clients, architects, consultants
and contractors are made aware of the
complexities when designing new lab
services. We hold a range of training courses
and seminars that cover detailed loop and
system design through to basic awareness
of key design issues. For more information
contact info@[Link].

Facility design, build and installation –

working together for a customized solution

We understand the challenges of designing, building and equipping

research laboratories, whether you require a complete water purification
package for an individual laboratory, a suite of laboratories, or all the
laboratories and associated facilities (i.e. washing rooms) in a building.
We have provided centralized solutions that have met all specified lab
water requirements economically and on budget across a broad range
of organizations, including academic research laboratories in universities
and institutes, clinical laboratories in hospitals, R&D laboratories in small
biotechnology companies and laboratories in major pharmaceutical and
biopharmaceutical corporations.

Our ELGA team works together with

architects, consultants, facilities managers,
“Being part of Veolia Water, the world’s suppliers and scientists to provide help and
largest water purification company, expertise at all stages from conceptualizing
gives us the capabilities and resources to and finalizing the facility design through
provide unsurpassed centralized water to the actual build and water purification
purification solutions to either single or installation. The design and installation of
entire suites of laboratories in a building, complete water purification packages depends
immaterial of the quantities and qualities on a wide range of parameters that include:
of purified water and the space available.”
• The specific scientific or clinical applications
• Feedwater quality
• Required range of water qualities and
compliancy
• Range of water quantities i.e. peak-usage
and normal usage per day or week
• Space availability
• Budget
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Your first step to Pure Water:

The ELGA LabWater water analysis kit
An informed start for a streamlined solution
At ELGA we do not speculate or work on assumptions
about your water quality. On our first visit to your
laboratory we will carry out a test, on site, that analyzes
your feed water quality.
Armed with data about your laboratory’s water quality,
required applications, lab design and budget, our sales
team will deliver an informed proposal about the best
water purification solutions to suit your needs.

At ELGA we help you through the entire process

of concept, design and implementation of your
project. At the very early stages of planning,
estimates can be provided for different
scenarios without much information from
the client. However, as the project progresses
we will take you through a ‘water usage
assessment’. This identifies each point-of-use
(e.g. sinks, washers and any local ultrapure
systems) as well as the flow rate and volume
required for a given period. It is important to
identify peak and normal usage per hour, day
and week, as well as pressure requirements.
This information, combined with distribution
loop length and path, will determine not only
the overall amount of purified water, but also
the most efficient size and type of system
(purification, storage and distribution).
Using this data, our teams of contract
engineers and project specialists will design
the most efficient system for your design, using
CENTRA modules as well as (if required) other
ELGA products or bespoke components.
After installation and commissioning, our
ongoing tailored service and maintenance
support will ensure that your systems are
running optimally.
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The CENTRA concept

The centralized water There is an increasing requirement
for high purity water to support a
system challenge facing wide range of research applications.
modern laboratories Many research laboratories change
their activities with time or need
to scale up their current research
applications, thereby requiring
larger quantities of research-grade
water. Laboratory reconfigurations
will also change the demands
on lab water. This continual need
for adaptation to meet changing
requirements has led to a more
modular approach to laboratory
design and architecture.
Traditionally, laboratory networks
within a building can require larger
Figure 1: A traditional central system. central systems with very high
The single centralized system serves labs located on two storage volumes of pure water
floors, and takes up a large area in a dedicated plant
room. Any usage changes in the labs will require the
and powerful (high pressure)
entire building to be up- or downgraded. distribution systems. This type of
design does not always optimize
water purity and can lead to
spiralling distribution costs
(see Figure 1).
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Providing all the support you need

Our application specialists will provide
advice and guidance on the most efficient
and effective CENTRA solution for your
laboratory design. With each CENTRA
comes the support and guidance of a global
The CENTRA solution network of project engineers who can ensure
that your system design, commissioning and
Products in our unrivalled CENTRA range provide the
installation runs smoothly.
laboratory designer with a level of flexibility that is
impossible to create with traditional central systems.
Of course, as with all ELGA solutions, ensuring lab water
purity is a priority and was, therefore, a key element in
the CENTRA design. CENTRA can incorporate a range of
purification options that include: reverse osmosis (RO),
UV photo-oxidation, sub-micron filtration, deionization,
storage quality control and full system recirculation to
match the water quality demands of the laboratory.
Figures 2 and 3 illustrate the flexibility and economy of
the CENTRA system.

Adapting to changing laboratory needs

Figure 2: Today’s lab water requirements.
One lab, located on the second floor, requires a
distribution loop.

Figure 3: Tomorrow’s lab water requirements.

An additional laboratory, on the third floor, requires a Figure 2
distribution loop. This can be easily connected to the
CENTRA loop below (using a CENTRA-RDS), thus extending
the distribution system. Alternatively, a new loop can be
created using a standalone CENTRA-R 200. The CENTRA
design can be further tailored to suit the activities in the
new laboratory. In addition, the CENTRA systems can be
interconnected to enable full redundancy, thereby ensuring
that in the unlikely event of failure, water is still available.

Figure 3
Inside the CENTRA
The CENTRA range contains a
wide selection of purification
and distribution technologies
to ensure the right fit for all the
laboratories in your building

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1 Reliable water quality

• Unique sanitization design for
purification of RO membranes as
well as the local distribution loop
• Sanitization designed to run
quickly and easily
• User-defined, electronically
protected sanitization reminders

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2 Economic design
• Unique “wrap-around” reservoir
• Easy-access doors and castors
means system can be located
under bench

3 Unique system
CENTRA-R 120
0peration protection
• Easy-to-use Building 4 Energy saving, heat reducing distribution system
Management System
• Increase life of components
• Automated alarms
• Reduces electrical costs
• Access to important control
• Reduces heat generation, inhibiting microbial growth
systems limited by ‘E-key’
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Issues raised by traditional central laboratory

water systems versus the CENTRA solution

Traditional central systems CENTRA solution

Purity Water purity can be CENTRA systems are designed

compromized as traditional to provide water purity without
central systems require compromise. The systems
reservoirs that are susceptible are placed close to high flow
to bacterial contamination. applications (e.g. large glass
washers) and variable speed
pumps can control the water
flow in the loop to suit
individual requirements, thereby
eliminating the need for large
storage volumes.

Economy Uneconomical use of space; Compact design allows CENTRA

a single centralized water systems to be placed directly in
purification and distribution or close to laboratories, thereby
system typically occupies a large occupying less plant room space.
area in a room that is separate
from the laboratory (i.e. plant area CENTRA systems can be placed
or washing room). closer to the applications, saving
costs by reducing lengths of
Higher costs – if only one or a pipework and excluding the
few laboratories in a building need for larger diameters and
require(s) a high flow rate for minimizing pressures throughout
the entire loop.
their applications, then all the
laboratories (e.g. those requiring
low flow rate or usage) must have
a much larger and more complex
purification and distribution
design. This often results in higher
costs as larger diameter pipework,
increased pressure and flow rates
are required.

Flexibility Inflexible design; as pure Modular design allows the

water usage changes between optimum flow rate to be
laboratories, central systems delivered separately to individual
must upgrade or downgrade laboratories, i.e. requirements that
throughout the entire building. range from high flow rate through
to low usage can be met with the
flexibility of the CENTRA system.

Reliability If the central system fails, then CENTRA systems can be

there is seldom a back-up; interconnected to enable full
therefore, the entire suite of redundancy, thereby ensuring that
laboratories in a building will in the unlikely event of failure,
not have access to purified water water is still available.
“on tap”.
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RDS
Distributing and recirculating
pre-purified water centrally
The CENTRA-RDS stores, controls CENTRA-RDS
and distributes pre-purified water Recirculating distribution system
throughout a building (or a suite of • Integral 350 liter reservoir
laboratories) via a loop system. The • Loop flow rate of up to 18 liters/min
system incorporates a 350 liter water • Bacterial filter
storage reservoir and has advanced • Recirculation pump for distribution of the pre-
bacterial control as a result of a purified water around the loop system and back into
combination of UV photo-oxidation, the reservoir

an external purification cylinder and • Access to a range of system monitoring and safety
0.2 μm filter. The RDS is available as features via the central ‘softkey’ control panel

high flow variable speed model (HFV) • UV photo-oxidation for enhanced microbial control

that can deliver up to 30 liters/min to • 0.2 μm filter to maintain water quality in the
distribution loop
meet peak demand.
• Optional deionization cylinder may be positioned
outside the CENTRA-RDS, but within the loop
• Composite vent filter helps maintain high water
quality by preventing airborne gases and bacteria
entering the reservoir
• Additional monitoring, including product water
quality and consumable change reminder
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Process Flow CENTRA-RDS

Water Quality
Sensor
Return
From Loop
Feedwater
Inlet Composite
CVF
Vent Filter
Drain

350 Liter
Reservoir
To
Distribution
Water Quality Loop
Sensor

UV Lamp Micro-filter

Recirculation
Pump
Drain

To SDI From SDI

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R 60, 120 and 200

Centralized purification
and distribution systems
The CENTRA-R 60, 120 and 200 offer • Flow rate of up to 10 liters/min
complete water purification, storage, • Integral 50 liter reservoir
control and distribution systems • Access to a wide range of system monitoring and
featuring up to 200 liters/hr reverse safety features via the central “softkey” control panel

osmosis modules and a 0.2 μm filter. • Additional safety monitoring, including product
water quality alarm and consumable change
reminder
CENTRA-R 60 and 120
The flexible solution for smaller distribution
requirements.
CENTRA-R 120
• Optional cartridge-based deionization (simply plug
The CENTRA-R 200 features the same technologies as
and dispense)
the CENTRA-R 60 and 120 plus
• Extended deionization performance with optional
• Optional deionization (or other purification media)
CO2 degassing
may be positioned outside the CENTRA-R 200, but
• UV photo-oxidation for enhanced bacterial control within the loop
and TOC performance
• 0.2µm filter to maintain high water purity in the
• Optional 0.2µm filter for enhanced particle control distribution loop
• Composite vent filter helps maintain high water • Loop flow rate up to 18 liters/min with standard
purity by preventing airborne gases and bacteria system or up to 30 liters/min with the high flow rate
entering the reservoir variable speed model
• Integral 350 liter reservoir
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Process Flow CENTRA-R 60/120

E-Cartridge
Water (Optional)
Quality Return
Sensor From Loop

CVF Composite
Vent Filter

Reservoir

UV Lamp

Water
Reverse Quality
Osmosis Sensor
Modules To
Distribution
Delivery/ Loop
Recirculation
Boost Pump
Pump Drain

Microfiltration
Feedwater Module
Inlet (Optional)
Category 5
Air Gap
Protek Labpure
Pretreatment Deionization
Cartridge Cartridge
(Optional)

Process Flow CENTRA-R 200

Water Quality
Sensor
Return
From Loop

CVF Composite
Vent Filter
Drain
Reverse
Osmosis
350 Liter
Reservoir
Drain
To
Distribution
Water Quality Loop
Sensor

UV Lamp Micro-filter

Boost
Pump

Recirculation
Feedwater Pump
Inlet Pre-Filter Drain Drain

To SDI From SDI

 The LabWater Specialists
ELGA is an integral part of Veolia, the global leader in optimized resource management. Veolia has a worldwide team of
over 200,000 people and is renowned for its capabilities in providing water, waste and energy management solutions
that contribute to the sustainable development of communities and industries.

The ELGA team focuses exclusively on water and its purification. It continually contributes to the unique technical and
scientific applications and expertise developed for over 75 years. We are experienced in meeting the challenges that
arise during the development, installation and servicing of single point-of-use water purification systems as well as
large projects involving consultation with architects, consultants and clients.

Commitment to global Sustainability

The ELGA products are designed to have the lowest possible impact on the
environment at all stages: manufacture, in service and at end of life.
We can calculate the carbon value of all our products throughout their lifetime
and we make this information available to our customers and partners.
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Contact us:
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60 countries and are fully trained in all ELGA systems.
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