- Jack Stein, “SWEC” Power Pty Ltd
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In nineteen sixty four (1964), the Engineer Alexander Zarchin obtained a patent for seawater desalination. A pilot plant was built and after a number of years of operation, the production of drinking water was terminated. This was because the washing of the adherent brine from the frozen water crystals was difficult and costly, before a phase change could occur. This presentation briefly examines the original method and proposes a modified method of seawater desalination, which the presenter believes could be cheaper than the reverse osmosis method.
BIO:
Jack Stein graduated as Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) from the University of Western Australia. For two years he was employed by the Perth Water Board as a design engineer on the investigation and design of main drainage schemes, to open up land for subdivision.
Later he moved to NSW where he obtained a position with the then Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission as an investigation engineer on the hydrologic investigations for large dams. He obtained his Local Government Engineers Certificate and worked with a number of NSW Municipal Councils on works of a municipal nature for eight years.
For many years he was employed by Pacific Power and Transgrid as a civil/structural engineer on the design of high voltage substations, transmission lines and power stations. After a period of study, research and many interstate travels he started “SWEC” Power Pty Ltd, a small company dealing with research and development of renewable energy systems (ocean wave power) and holds a number of patents.