BALPURE BALLAST WATER TREATMENT

BALLAST WATER FILTER

A ballast water treatment system cannot be effective without a lter.

In order to remove hard shell organisms, a lter is

required in a ballast water treatment system. A ballast
water treatment system cannot be effective without a
lter. The BALPURE system features a self-cleaning
ballast water lter that is essential to effectively treat
ballast water.
Severn Trent De Nora has approved multiple lters
for use with the BALPURE system. Following rigorous
engineering and testing, disc lters have been
eliminated from the BALPURE scope of supply and
only screen lters are offered. The BALPURE standard
scope of supply will include a 40-micron self-cleaning
lter for performance and compliance with the IMO D-2
standards.
The most appropriate lter is selected based on the
conguration and constraints of the vessel requiring
ballast water treatment.
- Vertical or horizontal conguration
- Nozzle(s) orientation and size(s)
- Piping conguration
- Available space in the main auxiliary area

WE UNDERSTAND
BALLAST WATER TREATMENT
Existing IMO guidelines provide a recommendation for
ltration in order to prevent silt/ sediment accumulation
in ballast tanks. IMO G12 Guideline, paragraph
4.6, recommends installing equipment to remove
suspended matter at the point of uptake. Furthermore,
text zone
(type is white)
theSecondary
discharge of sediments
is prohibited.

Filter Components
The internal components of the ballast water lter are
congurable in several options. The most economical
internal wetted materials are 316 stainless steel.
However, Super Duplex stainless steel is available
as an option to ensure longer lifespan with reduced
maintenance.

The BALPURE ballast water lter fully addresses these

issues. The entire ballast water stream is passed
through the ballast water lter to remove and reject
large organisms back to the uptake location and
greatly reduce the accumulation of silt/sediments in
the ballast water tanks.

Filter Placement
For tankers and carriers with conventional pump
rooms or submersible pumps the lter will be the only
item tted outside the main and auxiliary machinery
spaces. For these applications the lters would be
fully specied to meet ATEX rules governing the
carriage and transportation of hazardous cargoes. All
BALPURE systems are supplied with a self-cleaning
lter as part of the standard supply.

750.0080.0

AUG/11

For bulk carriers, container ships or similar vessels

all equipment will be tted into the main or auxiliary
machinery spaces.

For more information on the BALPURE ballast water treatment system

visit www.balpure.com

Severn Trent De Nora

1110 Industrial Blvd.
Sugar Land, TX 77478
United States
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