Operating group for integrated production of energy and desalinated water
OwnerBianchi Gianfrancoinventor
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Abstract
The invention concerns a multi-purpose operating unit for the combined production of electric power and desalinated water. For this purpose an internal-combustion engine (2) operates an electric generator (10), two pumps (17, 33) for conveying water coming from the outside to osmotic membranes (8, 9): along the water flow path between the first and the second pump (17, 33) the flow is split up so as to maintain 47 predefined pressure conditions at the intake of the second pump (33). This ensures uniform operation of the latter even when there is variation in the number of revolutions of the engine.
Claims24
Multi-purpose operating unit comprising an internal-combustion engine (2), an electric generator (10) operated by said motor, a first pump (17) for supplying water coming from outside the unit, filtering means (8, 9) for treating the water supplied from outside the unit, a second pump (33) for feeding the water to said filtering means, and a water flow path extending between said first and second pump (17, 33), characterized in that along said path the water flow is split so as to maintain predefined pressure conditions at the intake of the second pump (33).
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