Environmentally friendly sea water intake system
AssigneeIde Water Technologies Ltd.
InventorBoris Liberman
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Abstract
A sea water intake system comprising a main sea water intake pipe, one end of the sea water intake pipe being provided with a centrifugal chamber, the chamber having at least one tangential inlet for entry of sea water to cause rotation of the sea water in the chamber. The other end of the intake pipe terminates in a sump, the sump having a water level lower than that of sea level and having a pump to transport sea water from the sump through a delivery pipe to a treatment plant. A central region of the centrifugal chamber is in fluid communication with a substantially vertical airlift pipe having an air inlet at, or close, to the chamber and a water exit remote from the chamber.
Claims13
A sea water intake system comprising:
- (a) a main sea water intake pipe;
- (b) one end of the sea water intake pipe being provided with a centrifugal chamber, the chamber having at least one tangential inlet for entry of sea water;
- (c) another end of the intake pipe terminating in a sump, the sump having a water level lower than that of sea level and having a pump to transport sea water from the sump through a delivery pipe to a treatment plant;
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- (d) a substantially vertical airlift pipe in fluid communication with a central region of the centrifugal chamber, the airlift pipe having an air inlet at, or close, to the chamber and a water exit remote from the chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.