NEWS
FRESH WAT Ε R
from Cleaver-Brooks Special Products, Inc. CAPSULE REPORTS AND INFORMATION PRODUCTION OF FRESH WATER FROM
ON THE THE SEA
Low-cost fresh water from the sea
" R O C K A N D ROLL" TEST FOR S E A - G O I N G EVAPORATORS
One
a n d one-quarter
w a t e r distilling plant.
million
gallons
per d a y
T h i s tester developed by CleaverBrooks rocks a flash evaporator as much as 45° from horizontal to prove its efficiency under actual shipboard operating conditions. The illustrated model is presently at the Cleaver-Brooks sea-side testing lab oratory site in North Carolina where a series of tests is being run to investi gate performance and cost-reduction improvement. The rocking fixture was the first of its type and is available to check the effects of a rolling sea on any new de sign improvements before they are in corporated into production models. Continual improvements are expected to keep Cleaver-Brooks far ahead in the sea water evaporator' field, and laboratory testing facilities are being rapidly expanded.
sea
( D e s i g n e r ' s concept)
Waukesha, Wis. — Company engi neers report additional progress to ward reduction of cost of fresh water from t h e sea using flash evaporators of conventional design. A typical study of a large muni cipal plant ( t h e heat source is extraction steam from a turbine generating s t a t i o n ) , including all transportation, erection, storage, in terest, insurance, amortization, fuel, power a n d maintenance, etc., shows a fresh water cost of about $1.00/
1000 gallons based upon 20-year amortization, 8.5(i/gallon fuel a n d not including distribution. W i t h lower fuel costs or waste energy as a heat source t h e cost of water m a y be reduced i/2 of the above. N e w developments on t h e draw ing board anticipate further reduc tions of 15 t o 2 0 % a s possible. Detailed studies c a n be m a d e for a n y sea-side community a n d in quiries a r e invited.
NEW GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYERS GET CLEAVER-BROOKS FLASH EVAPORATORS
New for Off-Shore Rigs: Watch for a completely new CleaverBrooks waste-heat e v a p o r a t o r — soon to b e a n n o u n c e d . It's more compact — offers greatest econ omies in production o f fresh w a t e r on board.
For h e l p f u l s u g g e s t i o n s t h a t s o l v e y o u r fresh w a t e r problems send details t o : Dept. IEC29, C l e a v e r - B r o o k s Special Products, Inc., 2 2 5 G r a n d A v e n u e , W a u k e s h a , Wisconsin.
The Navy's latest guided missile de stroyers, DDG 4, 5, 6, 9 and 14, to be built at the New York Shipbuilding Corp. and Todd Shipyards, will be equipped with Cleaver-Brooks Flash Evaporators, capable of supplying each ship with 24,000 gals, of fresh water per day . . . flashed from the sea.
Cleaver-Brooks Special Products, Inc. d e s i g n e r s a n d builders of e v a p o r a t o r s , heat e x c h a n g e r s and other process equipment (ADVERTISEMENT) Circle No. 15 on Readers' Service Card VOL. 5 1 , NO. 2
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