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Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) is a system designed to remove and destroy/inactive biological organisms (zooplankton, algae, bacteria) from ballast ... 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Thismeansthatthereislimitedinserviceexperienceforthesystemsbeingofferedandthereisageneralunderstandingthatnosinglesystemissuitableforallshiptypes.SeealsoAQUARIUSballastwatertreatmentplants.MostBallastWaterTreatmentSystemsuseatwo-stageapproach,involvingaformofmechanicalseparation(1ststage)followedbyphysicalorchemicaltreatment(2ndstage).ThetwomostcommontechnologiesareUltra-Violet(UV)basedsystemsandElectro-Chlorination (EC)systems.UVsystemsusephysicalUVradiationassecondarytreatment,whereelectro-chlorinationmakesuseofachemical‘activesubstance’toinactivatebiologicalorganisms.Bothsystemstypicallyemployfiltrationasmechanical firstphasetreatment.UVbasedBWTS(moreonUVtreatment) Electro-ChlorinationBWTS(moreonECtreatment) Downloadmarineterms Relatedcontent Loadmore ©2022Wärtsilä Privacynotice Cookienotice TermsofUse Subscribe