Online antifouling ship ballast water treatment system and ship ballast water treatment method
US10940930B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 18, 2015 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC02F2303/20
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An online antifouling ship ballast water treatment system includes a ballast water main pipeline, a ballast water branch pipeline, a dispensing pipeline, a filter on the ballast water main pipeline, an electrolysis unit on the ballast water branch pipeline, and a dispensing pump on the dispensing pipeline. Some of seawater introduced into the system is filtered by the filter and flows to the ballast water branch pipeline and the electrolysis unit, some of seawater electrolyzed by the electrolysis unit is reinjected to the filter through the dispensing pump and the dispensing pipeline after a ballast process is completed, and kept in the filter until a next ballast operation, so that growth and propagation of marine organisms in the filter can be inhibited by sodium hypochlorite contained in a TRO solution when a ballast pump stops working. The present invention also provides a ship ballast water treatment method.
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