Solmat Systems, Ltd.

Ormat Turbines, Ltd.

Mordechai Regev

Gad Assaf

A motor driven pump for pumping a viscous solution of a solute in a solvent comprises an impeller for pumping the solution into an outlet chamber. A shaft is rigidly connected to the impeller and is rotatably mounted in hydrodynamic slide bearings for driving the impeller. A rotor is rigidly mounted on the shaft for rotation therewith in response to actuation of a stator that is operatively associated with the rotor for causing rotation of the shaft. A lubrication system is provided for delivering pressurized solvent to the bearings such that solvent leaking from the bearings flows into the outlet chamber.

Motor driven pump for pumping viscous solutions

A halocline in a salt-water solar pond is protected against the effect of wind by dividing the upper portion of the pond into essentially separate cells or units that are segregated, but without hydraulically altering the operation of the pond. Specifically, a floating grid of expandable partitions is placed in the pond, so that an upper surface of each partition protrudes from the water, and the lower surface of each partition extends into the halocline, the liquid in the upper portion of each cell formed by the grid being essentially segregated. Provision is made for periodically expanding the partitions in order to flake off salt that precipitates on the partitions.

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Nes Ziona, Israel

Mordechai Regev