Retrofit von Ballastwasser- Behandlungsanlagen

摘要

Mahle offers new solutions for the requirements of the U.S. Coast Guard as well as for the expected ratification of the IMO Ballast Water Management Convention and meets the customer's expectation for cost-effectiveness with the latest OPS-eco and OPS-plus series. These series are a technological and economical advancement in OPS (Ocean Protection System) ballast water treatment systems. Heiko Asum and Markus Paeper explain the challenges of retrofitting and installing a system into the smallest of spaces by providing two examples: OPS eco is used to retrofit two multi-purpose ships that are more than ten years old. The OPS eco has key components that can be positioned separately and singly, plus the system does not necessarily have to be connected to the ship's automation system. A customised retrofit design was created after Q1/2014 to allow all the preparations to be carried out during just five days in the dock. The preliminary work was completed to deadline. Any work which remains once the system has been installed will be carried out while the ship is in operation. Mahle estimates that the system will be up and running by the end of Q3/2014. This example shows that using OPS-eco to retrofit ships provides a savings potential of between 35% and 40% in comparison to non-modular complete systems. The other example illustrates how an efficient compact system with strict aesthetic criteria can be installed into a space of less than 4 m~2. Mahle was able to solve this predicament with its new OPS plus series. This compact system integrates all of its elements into one or more frame modules. OPS Plug 'n Play then provides the option of delivering either the entire system or single modules with all of the cabling and piping having been finished ex factory, and allows them to be easily connected to highly automated ship control systems via interfaces. Six identical OPS 50 High Yacht systems have been created to date in cooperation with a prestigious yacht builder. The systems can be run as fully-automated systems with a local manual operating mode and can also be controlled remotely via the ship's automation system.%Die strengen Vorgaben der US-Küstenwache (USCG) aus dem Jahr 2013 zur Ballastwasserreinigung, die bevorstehende Ratifizierung der IMO-Konvention aus 2004 sowie die wachsende Bedeutung der Kosteneffizienz stellen aktuell eine komplexe Herausforderung für Reeder, Werften und Zulieferer dar. Vor diesem Hintergrund bietet die Firma Mahle die zwei neuen Baureihen OPS-eco und OPS-plus an: Sie sind eine technische und wirtschaftliche Erweiterung des bereits etablierten Anlagenkonzeptes des chemiefrei und mit Niederdruck-UV arbeitenden, dreistufigen Ballastwasser-Behandlungssystems OPS (Ocean Protection System) und machen die Umsetzung individueller Kundenanforderungen möglich.