Ballast water treatment system for ship

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9688376
APP PUB NO 20140175021A1
SERIAL NO

14234559

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Provided are a system and a method for treating ballast water for a ship, the system including a rotary filtration apparatus including a filter that is cylindrically formed so as to surround an axis, that is rotatable around the axis, and that has a pleated shape that is folded in a cylinder radial direction; and an electric motor for rotating the filter. A distance between the cleaning nozzle and a recess of the filter is 120 mm or less. The system and the method are configured to perform a steady-state operation that satisfies the following conditions a to d:

    a) a rotation speed of the filter during a filtering operation is in the range of 20 to 100 rpm,b) a flow speed of cleaning water ejected from the cleaning nozzle is 250 m/min or more,c) a flow rate of filtered water per unit area of the filter is 5.1 m/h or less, andd) a flow rate of discharged water discharged from the discharge channel is 5% of the flow rate of filtered water or more.

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SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD5-33 KITAHAMA 4-CHOME CHUO-KU OSAKA-SHI OSAKA 541-0041

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Miyatake, Kenichiro Osaka, JP 7 10
Nakai, Ryusuke Osaka, JP 24 98
Ozawa, Isao Osaka, JP 51 770
Ueyama, Munetsugu Osaka, JP 30 80

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