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What's the best way to build a safe and fast pool?

The answer is.... by constantly anticipating challenges!

Advert by IAKS member Myrtha Pools

Myrtha Pools has more than six decades of developing solutions that have advanced elite-level swimming competition. If a Myrtha pool is known as a fast pool, it’s because our Research & Development team is actively studying the best solutions for improving performance! As requested by FINA, Myrtha Pools has perfected many solutions that guarantee the best visuals for media broadcasts while also minimizing the disturbance to swimmers. Myrtha has introduced many innovative products and systems in the field of water circulation and filtration, providing terrific tools suited to both competition events and leisure swimming. In particular, great attention has been given to the design of our special Strahlenturbulenz wall inlets, which in combination with digital modeling (Computational Fluid Dynamics) can fully optimize water circulation without impeding performance.

Let’s take a look at these solutions which maintain excellent water circulation without affecting the performance of the athletes.

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Myrtha CFD research, in collaboration with the University of Brescia, Italy allows for modelling and optimizing pool water circulation, even before the pool is designed. Ensuring this highest performance without any negative impact on swimmers is a key consideration for Myrtha. CFD is particularly helpful in the development of free-form pools or pools of a complex shape where unexpected stagnation points can be discovered and averted through this approach.

Thanks to Myrtha applications in both 2D and 3D CFD simulations, everything from the distribution of chemicals, pool circulation, circulation dead zones, inlet systems and gutter dropouts can be analysed and, as needed, adapted during the design phase. Myrtha Pools is able to improve water analysis and produce the exact calculations necessary to simulate the best flow of water throughout the pool.

Strahlenturbulenz translates as “no disturbance for swimmers”

Strahlenturbulenz

The traditional water distribution models (1st example illustrates interference with the swimmer under a traditional water distribution model) tend to recirculate treated water back into the pool through inlets positioned on the pool floor. For important championship meets held in temporary settings, however, the use of traditional floor inlets is simply not possible because of the installation time frames involved. But thanks to Myrtha’s continued development of wall inlet technology (2nd example illustrates the absence of interference to swimmers at the water’s surface thanks to Myrtha’s Strahlenturbulenz solution), we are able to easily install and use FINA-compliant inlets without any impact to the swimmers.

No disturbance for swimmers

Myrtha has taken great care in developing its exclusive Strahlenturbulenz circulation plan, a system based on specially designed water return inlets installed only on the side walls of the pool. Even though the piping system is designed to achieve equalized flow, each inlet is also equipped with a check-valve, allowing the jet to be fine-tuned from outside of the pool to ensure balanced circulation. Strahlenturbulenz represents an evolution in water recirculation technology and is the widely recommended system of pool water recirculation for use in temporary pools. The system was developed with these temporary installations in mind and, after a series of successes at these major aquatic events, it has also become the new standard choice for permanent aquatic facilities.

While digital 3D simulation helps Myrtha’s engineers to prevent circulation dead zones in the design phase, the final proof of effectiveness comes with the Dye Test. This is recognized as the most quantitative method for testing a circulation system, as theory is trumped by real-world results. In a Dye Test, a solution of Eriochrome Black T is pumped into the pool through the water inlets. If the pool circulation is efficient and well designed, all the pool water will be completely colored in 15 minutes. One important bonus of Myrtha’s approach is that circulation can operate continuously, even while major swimming events are being contested. The Turbulence Test made by FINA officials at events regularly demonstrates that in a Myrtha pool, all the lanes are equivalent and provide for fair competition. With a Myrtha pool, you don’t have to choose between perfect water circulation and equal performance - you get both!

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