US 12,145,867 B2
Environmentally friendly sea water intake system
Boris Liberman, Kadima (IL)
Assigned to IDE Water Technologies LTD, Kadima (IL)
Appl. No. 17/608,845
Filed by IDE WATER TECHNOLOGIES LTD, Kadima (IL)
PCT Filed May 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/054825
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 4, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/240359, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1907713 (GB), filed on May 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0315451 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. C02F 1/38 (2023.01); C02F 1/00 (2023.01); E02B 1/00 (2006.01); E02B 9/04 (2006.01); F04B 47/00 (2006.01); C02F 103/08 (2006.01)
CPC C02F 1/38 (2013.01) [C02F 1/004 (2013.01); E02B 1/006 (2013.01); F04B 47/00 (2013.01); C02F 2103/08 (2013.01); C02F 2301/026 (2013.01); C02F 2303/24 (2013.01); E02B 9/04 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sea water intake system comprising:
(a) a main sea water intake pipe;
(b) one end of the sea water intake pipe being provided with a centrifugal chamber, the chamber having at least one tangential inlet for entry of sea water;
(c) another end of the intake pipe terminating in a sump, the sump having a water level lower than that of sea level and having a pump to transport sea water from the sump through a delivery pipe to a treatment plant; and
(d) a substantially vertical airlift pipe in fluid communication with a central region of the centrifugal chamber, the airlift pipe having an air inlet at, or close, to the chamber and a water exit remote from the chamber.