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Pumps for Dubai’s SWRO plant - TMP CPP pump model for sea water supply service (left) and DD pump model for water distribution service (right)

tal pumps for potable water distribution (TMP DD Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) following the
model). Emirate’s Clean Energy Strategy 2050, which aims
The plant is one of the largest desalination to reduce its carbon footprint to one of the lowest
plants in the UAE, producing 182,000 m³ (40 in the world by 2050. It follows DEWA’s new stra-
MIGD) of potable water a day & serve a popula- tegy based on decoupling water production and
More specifically, the MES-RO model is a multista- tion of 700,000. power generation by using electricity generated
ge ring section pump specifically redesigned for It represents is a critical project in the modernisa- from solar power for desalination SWRO techno-
SWRO high-pressure services with specific featu- tion of the water sector being undertaken by Dubai logy to increase efficiency.
res to optimize efficiency such as:
• Hydraulic parts optimized through CFD
analysis and validated by experimental test
campaign;
• Balance disc as balancing device to reach op- Massimiliano Borghetti
timum efficiency;
• Product lubricated bearing ensuring pump
compact design & easy maintenance, levera- He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pisa in 2001 and subsequently started
ging only one mechanical seal configuration. his career at Termomeccanica Pompe in 2002, where he held various positions in both the Centrifugal
Anti-friction bearing solution is also available Pumps Engineering & R&D Departments.
on larger sizes; In 2010, he moved to GE Oil & Gas where he worked within Advanced Technology Organization, focusing
• Replaceable stationary polymeric wear parts on conceptual and mechanical design of axial and centrifugal compressors.
to increase reliability and reduce maintenance. Borghetti rejoined Termomeccanica Pompe in 2018 to run the company’s R&D Department. Over the
years, he has gained strong expertise in turbomachinery design (centrifugal pumps, centrifugal com-
Analogously, the PF-RO model is a multistage pressors, gas turbines) and in new product introduction with a multi-disciplinary technology background.
axially split casing pump with back-to-back arran-
gement typically used in SWRO application who-
se hydraulics have been designed with the use of
advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
so as to provide optimum efficiency and minimize Termomeccanica serve
operational costs.
il crescente mercato della dissalazione

Staying at the forefront con prodotti innovativi
of the SWRO desalination
market and contributing to L’espansione del mercato della dissalazione ha creato la necessità di soluzioni ad alta efficienza per
sustainable development un futuro sostenibile. Questo articolo illustra come Termomeccanica ha ampliato la propria offerta con
soluzioni di pompaggio specifiche all’osmosi inversa (SWRO), la tecnologia di dissalazione in maggior
crescita.
Termomeccanica Pompe has taken part in Dubai’s
latest SWRO desalination plant project which star-
ted operations at the end of Q1 2021 by supplying
engineered pull-out type vertical suspended pum-
ps for sea water supply (TMP CPP model) as well
as single-stage axially split double suction horizon-

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