DESMI Ocean Guard A/S has launched a new Ballast Water Management System (BWMS). The system is named CompactClean , which sets a new standard for small devices. At the same time, the system has been carefully designed and optimized to provide reliable and compliant treatment of ballast water under all operational conditions encountered by a ship in worldwide trade.
The CompactClean BWMS consists of an automatic backflushing filter, a UV unit, valves, sensors, and controls. The UV unit has a unique and patent pending shape which is the result of hundreds of state of the art numerical simulations. This shape ensures optimum dosage of the UV to all organisms in the water, and the result is a system that can meet even the very strict USCG type approval requirements. Furthermore, the system includes many features that are of importance to the daily operation.
The CompactClean BWMS is currently undergoing type approval testing according to both IMO and USCG requirements, under the surveillance of Lloyd’s Register. It is expected that type approval certificates will be in hand around May 2018.
