City: Castelo Branco, Portugal
Project carried out by / Goods delivered by: Piscinas de Centro / Daquinta
The Alcains municipal swimming pool complex is located in the municipality of Castelo Branco and has an outdoor summer pool and an indoor pool.
Both pools are equipped with ENDURANCE series PSH pumps at 1490 rpm, one has 2 15HP FDN-132 units that together move a flow of 326m3/hour. Each unit delivers 163m3/h at 12 m.w.h. While the other pool has 2 5.5HP FDN-128 units installed with a hydraulic efficiency above 65%, delivering 82m3/h at 10 m.w.h. each pump.
The updating of the pumping system in these swimming pools is part of a project to improve energy efficiency in swimming pools in the Central Area of Portugal, as part of the Next Generation financing program of the EU. This installation is 1 of 6 that have benefited from efficiency improvements thanks to PSH pumps.
Children’s pool