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EMD00181EN 0810 Greater depth Lift the flap for a CD with multimedia content and additional PureBallast information. As a leading supplier, we strive for the most efficient, reliable and environmental solutions. Our drive is the partnership with our many customers – together we set the standard. For more information, please visit us at www.alfalaval.com/marine PureBallast is a trademark owned by Alfa Laval Corporate AB. Alfa Laval is a trademark registered and owned by Alfa Laval Corporate AB. Alfa Laval reserves the right to change specifications without prior notification. Alfa Laval can be found on board most ships and provides support through a global organization. Our products include systems for fuel conditioning, separation, heating, cooling, tank cleaning, filtration, desalination, waste treatment and ballast water treatment. Maintaining the balance The PureBallast system for ballast water treatment

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Alfa Laval can be found on most ships and in most onboard processes. Given our involve- ment in so many aspects of life at sea, it is only natural that we should also play a role in ballast water treatment. While ballast water treatment is a relatively new process, any system for treating ballast water faces the same demands placed on other systems by shipyards, ship owners and ship operators. For this reason, our PureBallast system is based as much on the lessons of countless hours at sea as on the requirements of ballast water treatment legislation. This means that PureBallast maintains...

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Think local International requirements for the treatment of ballast water have been drafted to stop the growing wave of marine biological Invasions. But when these requirements enter Into force, they will affect far more than the organisms In ballast They will also affect you. While the problem of Invasive species Is global, the means of solving It will be carried on Individual vessels. As a result, you as a shipyard, ship owner or ship operator face tough demands when It comes to ensuring compliance. Beyond the actual requirements of ballast water legislation, there are the practical...

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By choosing PureBallast from Alfa Laval, you choose both the right solution for your local needs and a type-approved solution with world-class backing. This Is because PureBallast Is not an Isolated treatment system, but rather part of a strong and complete portfolio of marine equipment. Likewise, Alfa Laval Is no newcomer, but rather a trusted supplier with many years of marine experience. In the course of a century working at sea, we have learned to understand the complex needs of maritime Industry. And just as Importantly, we have developed an unparalleled ability to meet them. Alfa...

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Despite the rapid approach of treatment requirements from the International Maritime Organization (IMO), only a handful of ballast water treatment systems have achieved IMO standards Nonetheless, a clear and comfortable choice Is already Alfa Laval's PureBallast, which has received full Ballast Water Type Approval, is the first type-approved treatment system In which chemicals are neither added nor generated. Not only is It the first truly chemical-free system to be certified IMO- compllant, it Is also the most comprehensively tested and frequently selected system on the market. In simple...

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PureBallast comprises a compact system of modular components, flexibly arranged to handle flow rates of 250-2500 m3/h. On larger vessels, even higher flow rates can be accommodated by using two or more systems In parallel. Because the compo- nents can often be fitted between existing pipes, they can be Installed In cramped engine room conditions or In areas that are otherwise difficult to utilize. In treating ballast water, PureBallast employs a unique technology that Involves the production of radicals. These radicals are potent but exist for only a few milliseconds, which means they...

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PureBallast is a long-awaited answer to one of today's most critical environmental Issues: the Introduction of Invasive marine species into new environments via ballast water. Identified by IMO as one of the four greatest threats to the world's oceans, the problem Is on par with land-based sources of marine pollution, the overexploitatlon of living marine resources and the physical destruction of marine habitat. The problem derives from the very thing that makes water so ideal as ballast, namely the ease of pumping It on and off ship. While water may be simple and cheap to obtain, it also...

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Stubborn survivors Ballasting Is fortunately a rough procedure, and those organisms that survive It are exposed to a harsh environment within the ballast tanks. Even when organisms live to reach the deballastlng site, they face temperature changes, salinity differences and fierce competition from well-adapted native species. As a result, most are never able to reproduce In significant numbers. When organisms do beat the odds, however, the results can be catastrophic. Whereas some newcomers form harmless colonies, others drive out native species, deplete links In the food chain, or grow Into...

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Since biological Invasions can seldom be reversed, ballast water treatment Is needed to stop them before they begin. This Is why IMO developed the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, which was adopted In February 2004. The convention will enter into force when ratified by thirty states representing a combined 35% of the world's gross tonnage In merchant shipping. As treatment systems appear and a growing number of shipping nations choose to sign, the pace of the ratification process is steadily Increasing. When the requirements take...

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BALLAST WATER AND SEDIMENTS^ le 196(1) of the 1982 United Nations Convention on th >vides that "States shall take all measures necessary to pr íe marine environment resulting from the use of technol |, or the intentional or accidental introduction of species, .marine environment, which may cause significant Í the 1992 Convention on Biological Dive \|armful Aquatic Organisms and Patho* Sustainable use of biological diversj

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