Marine Log - August 2007 - (Page 42) Showcase Environmental Technology Royal Fleet Auxiliary install new ceramic membrane bilge water separators The U.K.’s Flight Refuelling Ltd (FRL) recently announced that the U.K.’s Ministry of Defense Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) has selected the FRL Fluid Systems’ ceramic membrane Bilge Water Separator. The RFA’s decision follows successful trials of the FRL Bilge Water Separator equipment. FRL will manufacture and supply units for fit to the forward repair vessel RFA Diligence and the suppport tanker RFA Orangeleaf, with the possibility of additional installations across the RFA fleet. The units are designed to operate in accordance with the IMO regulations of MEPC 107(49) and will provide the ship’s crew with maximum flexibility for waste treatBilge water separator units such as these will be supplied to the RFA First order for MAN Diesel K80ME-C Mark 9 Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) will build four MAN Diesel 7K80ME-C Mark 9 low-speed diesel engines for a series of containerships that are being built by Korea’s Hanjin for the A.P. Møller Group. This is the first order for the K80ME-C Mark-9 engine, which represents an update of its Mark-6 predecessor, with additional power and design refinements adopted from the S65ME-C engine. Like other ME-engines, the 7K80ME-C9 is characterized by: • A low specific fuel oil consumption (SFOC), with variable, electronically controlled fuel-timing; • Appropiate fuel-injection pressure and rate-shaping at any engine-speed load; • Flexible emission characteristics with low NOx and smokeless operation; • Longer time between overhauls. www.marinelog.com/infodirect ment. The Fluid Systems ceramic membrane bilge water separator is automatically controlled, and its “Clean In Place” functionality ensures continuous optimum performance. FRL’s Bilge Water Separator equipment was originally developed to supply the Royal Navy with equipment capable of addressing emulsified oils and discharging water containing less than 5 ppm of hydrocarbons. It has been fitted to a number of platforms within the Royal Navy and has also been selected by BAE Systems for use on the new Type 45 Destroyer. FRL plans to unveil a new version of the system this fall that will have a significantly reduced footprint, high flow rates, and the same regulative discharge performance and reliability. “Magic pipe” buster How do you stop a crew member from deliberately discharging oily bilge waste through a “magic pipe”? Rivertrace Engineering Limited thinks it has the answer. It has developed SmartSafe, what it calls, “a fail-safe product capable of detecting, recording and dealing with illegal overboard discharge.” Rivertrace’s Graham North says, “Last year we were asked to develop a bilge overboard security system capable of both ensuring the bilge oily water separator (OWS) isn’t being bypassed, and detecting any attempt to bypass it, such as through the use of a magic pipe.” A “plug-andplay” unit, SmartSafe monitors and records all aspects of the discharge process in real-time: separator control; oil content output; flow rate and cumulative flow through the dis- charge pipe. In this way it can anticipate any illegal discharge, and crucially deal with it by shutting off the overboard discharge valve if necessary. To assist with regulatory compliance, at the end of the discharge process a batch record is printed containing all aspects of the discharge and any errors or inconsistencies that occurred during the process. The printout can be attached to the manual Oil Record Book for presentation to Port State Control surveyors. Up to two years of discharge data can be stored and presented in this way. In addition, the data is stored within SmartSafe and can be played back graphically on the in-built screen, sent for storage to the ships Local Area Network, printed remotely or downloaded to a personal computer. Each start and stop of the oil discharge process creates a secure and unique file. Status reports or “regular health checks” can also be sent—to an operator’s mobile phone if required—in realtime through a communications package powered by PurpleFinder. Rivertrace Engineering has already secured orders from three major shipping lines, while fourth is trialing the system. 42 MARINE LOG AUGUST 2007 www.marinelog.com http://www.marinelog.com/infodirect http://www.marinelog.com
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