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Presentation about the Great Manmade River project in Lybia.
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The Great ManmadeRiver Project
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1953 : Drilling to find petroleum resources
water resources
Important problem of supplying water in Lybia
Solution that seems to afford more water than anyother (pipelines from South Europe to Tripoli, desalination, transportation by ships)
A little history
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Issue
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Aim of the project
http://peakwater.org/tag/great-man-made-river/
October 1983: an extraordinary Congress session decided to fund and execute the Great Man-Made River Project.
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Beginning of the project
http://theorbo1.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/the-great-man-made-river/
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Distribution network
700 km
1732 km
1926 km
7,5-meter-length pipes
Two pipe manufacturing plants Sarir plant : 3 lines 120 pipes/day
Prega plant : 2 lines 80 pipes/day
Pipe production and logistics
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Haul roads for transportation
Phase I : 1,600 km
Phase II : 2,155 km
Large pipe, many kilometers
Technical Aspects
MORTAR COATING STEEL PRE-STRESSING WIRE
OUTER CONCRETE CORE
STEEL LINER
INNER CONCRETE
CORE
PIPE MAKE-UP
Length of Pipe = 7.52 meters
Pipe Diameters 1.6-4.0
meters
Weight of Pipe = 75-83 tonnes
Pressure Rates 6-26 bar
17-18 km of prestressed Wire
12-16 tonnes of Cement
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Technical Aspects
Almost 600,000 pipes
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Some figures
30 billion project
Enough cement to construct a road Tripoli Bangcok
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Some figures
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Thank for your attention
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