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Ballast Water Filter

Without ballast water, modern freight shipping is inconceivable. Each year, between ten and twelve billion tons of ballast water are transported by ocean going vessels. However, it presents an enormous environmental problem all over the world. 

Environmental challenge

Ballast water is taken on board in the port of origin to stabilize a ship and will be discharged in the port of destination. The ballast water does include organisms like bacteria, plankton, viruses, small fish, crabs or jellyfish which are then brought to new habitats and where they can overtake the existing ecological systems and sustainably change the due to the new types. This is why the treatment of ballast water is legally required. 

This is how the filtration works

For the Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) on large vessels, there are numerous solutions available. To protect these multi-stage ballast water treatment systems, the majority of the systems require automatic pre-filtration of the sea water taken on board. Therefore, a fine filter is installed between a coarse separator and the chemical or physical disinfection units. The filters task is to remove living organisms, as well as sediment from the ballast water.

Optimarin BWTS Sytem equipped with Bollfilter

Requirements: BWT filters have to….

  • have precise degree of separation
  • eliminate blockages of the filter mesh, despite high load of the ballast water
  • be easy to install, retrofit, operate and maintain,
  • combine the required filtration efficiency with high flow rates and long intervals between back flush cycles,
  • filter material needs to be seawater resistant,
  • have a low footprint and keeping the operating costs of the system as low as possible

The BOLLFILTER aquaBoll BWT, for automatic pre-filtration of sea water, presents an inexpensive top technology for new construction, retrofitting as well as solid protection for ballast-water treatment systems.

aquaBoll BWT
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aquaBoll BWT
Flange Connection
DN 80 - DN 350 / 3" - 14"
Note
Automatic self-cleaning pre-filtration of sea-water, for the protection of ballast water treatment systems
Filter element
Bronze basket with super duplex