The Bryne company has produced pipes that look like large y's (y-bends), as well as transitions to the seawater pipes. The pipes are placed in a production basin, divided into longitudinal flow tanks, where fish production began in January 2024.
- The pipes are two meters in diameter. Using the transition, the pipes are braided into glass fiber reinforced plastic pipes. It has been a good collaboration, with good dialogue, which has led to a good result, says technical manager Kristian Alexander Aanes, at Gigante Salmon.
The pipe transitions Nordic Steel has delivered are large ventilation ducts, with a diameter of two meters. The entire delivery was manufactured in carbon steel and stainless steel.
- The fact that we are so big in HVAC means that we have very transferable expertise, which fits well into aquaculture projects. We are drawing a lot of the experience we have from other segments on this project, and that is why we were chosen, says Ola André Synes, responsible for aquaculture at Nordic Steel.
Syns goes on to say that it is exciting to be involved in a project that stands out, and that there have been good and constructive conversations about how we could find the best solution together.
- The collaboration has been fantastic. We were in quite early, and talked about solutions and material choices, before we landed on a final product. It's exciting and fun to be part of a very different project, where they have other solutions for water treatment, says Synes.
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Gigante Salmon's land-based salmon farm is located on an islet, where there was no road or electricity.
The plant at Helgeland is a flow-through plant, where fresh seawater is pumped into an elongated basin (longitudinal flow basin).
A total of 2,700 cubic meters of seawater is pumped from the sea into the pipes that Nordic Steel has helped produce per minute.
"There are not many plants in the world that pump as much water as we do. It is as much water as a medium-sized river, which enters the basin, via the pipes, out into a channel, captures particles, and then flows into the sea on the other side of the plant," adds Aanes.
