Seawater Intake
Seawater Intake
(OP)
Does anybody knows why the designer of this intake, decided to have a above-ground discharge for seawater pumps, first, and then let them going U/G after some meters?
Let consider it in another way. If the outlet run U/G from the begining, then we have shorter pump, and therefore less material for it (cheaper pumps).
FYI i download the picture by googling.
Let consider it in another way. If the outlet run U/G from the begining, then we have shorter pump, and therefore less material for it (cheaper pumps).
FYI i download the picture by googling.





RE: Seawater Intake
RE: Seawater Intake
Let see it from this point of view.if take a look to the picture again it seems the piping is not CS. it resembles more to the HDPE (or GRP), which is weak in shear comparing to the CS. in this regard i think settlement of concrete intake is main reason to have A/G discharge to avoide direct shear in piping, and change it to tension and comopression at some meters away.Am i right?
RE: Seawater Intake