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Termomeccanica Pompe’s R&D Department re- More specifically, the MES-RO model is a multista-
visited the pumps required for all the services ge ring section pump specifically redesigned for
of the SWRO process with a dual objective: to SWRO high-pressure services with specific featu-
provide customers with both “standard” ready- res to optimize efficiency such as:
to-use solutions for the sizes mostly required by • Hydraulic parts optimized through CFD
the market and customized engineered solutions analysis and validated by experimental test
designed to answer specific stringent project re- campaign;
quirements. The table offers an overview of the • Balance disc as balancing device to reach op-
pump models offered by Termomeccanica, spe- timum efficiency;
cifying in which plant services they can be used • Product lubricated bearing ensuring pump
for. compact design & easy maintenance, levera-
ging only one mechanical seal configuration.
Anti-friction bearing solution is also available
on larger sizes;
The SWRO product range • Replaceable stationary polymeric wear parts
the company developed offers to increase reliability and reduce maintenance.
“customers the advantages Analogously, the PF-RO model is a multistage
of mixing both standard axially split casing pump with back-to-back arran-
and customized engineered gement typically used in SWRO application who-
se hydraulics have been designed with the use of
solutions advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
so as to provide optimum efficiency and minimize
operational costs.

Termomeccanica developed its new SWRO pump
range by using all the latest technologies at its di- Staying at the forefront
sposal, including CFD analysis, a key tool for the of the SWRO desalination
optimization of product design and efficiency.
market and contributing to
The range includes the latest standard pump mo- sustainable development
dels below, mainly used for RO high-pressure ser-
vices:
• MES-RO (multistage ring section) - with Termomeccanica Pompe has taken part in Dubai’s
flow up to 1,100 m3/h and head up to 1,000 latest SWRO desalination plant project which star-
m at 50Hz ted operations at the end of Q1 2021 by supplying
• PF-RO (axially split multistage) - with flow engineered pull-out type vertical suspended pum-
up to 1,100 m3/h and head up to 1,300 m at ps for sea water supply (TMP CPP model) as well
50Hz as single-stage axially split double suction horizon-

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