Rubber Expansion Joints for the Escondida Desalination Project, Chile
MACOGA has designed,
manufactured, tested and delivered a large number of MAC-F2 DN1500 Expansion Joints for the Escondida Water Supply Project in Chile. Each
Expansion Joint incorporates a Double
Arch EPDM bellows and Superduplex
S32750 flanges.
The plant will include an offshore intake and outfall system more than 65 feet (20 meters) below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. The system will bring seawater into the desalination plant, filter much of its dissolved mineral and biological content using a reverse-osmosis process, and circulate extracted brine and other material back into the ocean. The desalinated water will be pumped to the mine.
The Escondida Water Suppy project team will construct a new seawater desalination plant, which will be linked to the Escondida mine site in the Andes by two 112-mile (180-kilometer), 42-inch (107-centimeter-) diameter lined pipelines.
Four high-pressure pumping stations will move water east from the port across the Atacama Desert and up to a reservoir at the mine, 10,500 feet (3,200 meters) above sea level.
The plant will include an offshore intake and outfall system more than 65 feet (20 meters) below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. The system will bring seawater into the desalination plant, filter much of its dissolved mineral and biological content using a reverse-osmosis process, and circulate extracted brine and other material back into the ocean. The desalinated water will be pumped to the mine.
The Escondida Water Suppy project team will construct a new seawater desalination plant, which will be linked to the Escondida mine site in the Andes by two 112-mile (180-kilometer), 42-inch (107-centimeter-) diameter lined pipelines.
Four high-pressure pumping stations will move water east from the port across the Atacama Desert and up to a reservoir at the mine, 10,500 feet (3,200 meters) above sea level.
