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27 centrifugal FRP pumps delivered for the biggest fish farm of Thailand
25/03/2019ARGAL has delivered 27 centrifugal FRP pumps for the most important shrimp fish farms located in Thailand.
2 of the 27 installed pumps for backwash operations
The Aquaculture sector is a growing market which requires reliability, high-quality and efficient systems.
The 27 centrifugal pumps ordered cover the 3 biggest shrimp breeding sites owned by CPF will be installed in the plants based in Chachoengsao, Chantburie and Trad provinces. The 3 fish farming sites were recently restructured to give safe and modern farm systems.
The solutions chosen are SATURNevo ZGS 8x6x13 long-coupled centrifugal pumps made of V1G FRP resin. They operate with a notable flow rate for reaching 46.000 m3/h of seawater per day sites for powering the basins.
Each site is powered by 9 ARGAL pumps:
6 SATURNevo as INTAKE pumps with a flow rate of 270m3/h installed at the beginning of the plant dragging seawater directly from the source.
Whereas the 3 as BACKWASH pumps with a flow rate of 260m3/h installed before the liquid reaches the shrimp basins for an ultimate cleaning of the liquid.
1 of the 27 pumps installed as seawater intake pump
2 of the 27 pumps also installed as seawater intake pumps