A pump-turbine combination for sea water desalination

✍ Scribed by Hans G. Scholl; Sulzer Roteq

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 222 KB
• Volume: 2000
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0262-1762
• DOI: 10.1016/s0262-1762(00)88312-1

✦ Synopsis

The inhabitants of geographical regions w i t h a dry climate are not the only ones that suffer from a shortage of drinking water. Industries, farms, t o w n s and villages located in r e m o t e areas are also affected in a similar manner. Thanks to a novel design out of a co-operation w i t h Sulzer Hydro, Sulzer Pumps -a product division of Sulzer Roteq -has d e v e l o p e d an energy-and space-saving unit comprising a p u m p and energy-recovery t u r b i n e for reverse osmosis.