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Ballast Water Briefing Bay Planning Coalition

Ballast Water Treatment Technical Overview

Bob Holt June 7, 2012

2 Water & Process Technologies

© 2012 General Electric

Company

Municipal Drinking Water Emergency Response

Whole Home Industrial Process Water Marine Desalination

Water Treatment Applications

3 Water & Process Technologies

© 2012 General Electric

Company

Municipal Sewage

Barge Repair Facility

Industrial Wastewater

Marine grey/black water

Wastewater Treatment Applications

Membranes for Water Treatment

0.0001 0.001 0.01 0.1 1 10 100mm

Hair Polio

Virus

Suspended solids

Parasites

Bacteria

Org. macro. molecules

Viruses

Colloids Dissolved salts

Media filtration

Microfiltration

Ultrafiltration

Nanofiltration

Reverse Osmosis

ZeeWeed® UF Nominal Pore Size

Ballast Water Treatment Systems

Post Secondary

Treatment Physical Separation Secondary Treatment

Tanker-Based Value

Considerations

Physical/Chemical Chemical • Chemical

Reduction

• De-Chlorination

• Ultrasonic

• Cavitation

• Hydro-Cyclones

• Particulate

Filtration

• Disc-Strainers

• Fixed

• Cartridge

• Bag

• Enhanced

Coagulation

• Hydrocarbon

Oil/Water

• Chlorination

• Electrolytic

• Biocides

• Ozonation

• Hydrogen

Peroxide

• Peracetic Acid

• Chlorine Dioxide

• Ultraviolet (UV)

• UV + TiO2

• De-Oxygenation

• Gas Injection

• Ultrasonic

• Cavitation

Fit for Purpose

• Technology

• New vs. Existing

Vessel

• Space

Equipment

Consumables

• Geography

Reliability

• Technology

• Availability

• Redundancy

• System

Integrator/Vendor/

Owner

Sustainability

• Maintenance

• Spare Parts

• Service

Cost Effectiveness

• CAPEX

• OPEX

• Monitoring &

Compliance

California Maritime Academy

The Department of Sponsored Projects

The Training Ship Golden Bear Ballast Water Treatment Testing Facility

June 2012 Presented by: Richard Muller, Cal Maritime


Golden Bear Facility (GBF) A Shipboard Ballast Treatment Test Facility

Our Partners:

• MARAD • California State Lands Commission • Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

http://www.mlml.calstate.edu/


Principal Characteristics

152 meters length overall

6,974 deadweight tonnes

10,720 kW Propulsion, 2,700 Auxiliary

Built 1989, MARAD Owned

7,141 Cubic Meters ballast water capacity

Total Ballast Capacity 7,141 Cubic Meters in 28 Tanks

Two “Test Tanks” at 432 Cubic Meters Each

“Test Pump” ranges from 100 – 440 Cubic Meters per hour

Marine Biology Laboratory Onboard


Program Development Phases

Phase 2 – Basic Facility Design and Engineering Glosten Lead with CMA, UW, and MARAD Support Funded by NOAA SeaGrant (2008)

Phase 3 – Basic Facility Construction CMA Lead, with Glosten Engineering Support Funded by NOAA, State Lands, MARAD (2009)

Phase 4 – Shipboard Testing (IMO G8 Guidelines) CMA Lead with Moss Landing Marine Lab (MLML) & Glosten Funded by Severn Trent De Nora BalPure (May – Dec 2010)

Phase 5 – Enhanced Capabilities CMA Lead with Glosten & MLML Support Funded by MARAD (Jan 2010 – May 2011)

Phase 6 – Land-based Testing (ETV Protocol) Golden Bear Facility (CMA, MLML, and Glosten) Funded by EPA/USCG ETV Program (Aug 2010 – Mar 2011)

Phase 1 – Concept and Feasibility UW Lead with CMA, MARAD, and Glosten Support Funded by NOAA SeaGrant (2005)


Profile View of Key Testing Facilities


Sampling Capabilities:

Two independent sets of sampling tanks

Each with triplicate samples, continuous integrated sampling

Typical samples 3 sets of 1.2 cubic meters each

Capacity for 3 sets of 3.3 cubic meters each

Ballast Main (8 inch)

Sampling System

Sampling Pitot Tubes: 1-1/4 inch, 1-1/2 inch, And 2 inch


Onboard Marine Biology Laboratory


Sampling System In Use

Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

The Department of Sponsored Projects Fall 2010

“Aquatic Invasive Species: Science, Technology and Policy in the Management of Ships Ballast Water."

Presented to: Bay Planning Coalition Oakland, CA; June 7, 2012 Presented by: Nick Welschmeyer Moss Landing Marine Labs



“Aquatic Invasive Species: Science, Technology and Policy in the Management of Ships Ballast Water."

Presented to: Bay Planning Coalition June 7, 2012; Oakland CA Presented by: Nick Welschmeyer Moss Landing Marine Labs


Abbreviated History of the Ballast Water/AIS Relationship

• 1880s – 1980s: >100 years of untreated ballast discharge • 1980 - 1990s: Studies of ballast water organisms • 1990s – 2004 Regulations (IMO Convention, 2004) • 2000 – present:

Develop ballast water treatment systems Develop methods to test compliance Develop new regulations (USCG 2012)

Carlton, J. T. and J. B. Geller. 1993. Ecological roulette: The global transport and invasion of nonindigenous marine organisms. Science 261:78-82.


Structural modifications allow placement of one or two

20’ ISO containers in stacked arrangement.

Containers may weight up to 25 tons total.

Proximity to 20 ton deck crane for handling.

Services provide compressed air, fresh water, electrical,

ballast main, and drain connections.

Shipboard Ballast Water Tests on T/V Golden Bear

Service Station

Treatment Container or Skid

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Uptake Control Treatment

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Current ballast water testing procedures require a fully equipped lab. The tests are: -labor intensive -time consuming -subjective -prone to human error

Dead or Alive? Dead Alive Dead Alive

?

Ballast Compliance Monitoring The Big Dilemma:

Full-Scale Regulatory Testing

vs.

Rapid, Indicative Testing

Ballast Water Bad

(Please see localauthorities)

Ballast Water Good

(Safe to de-ballast)

Interested Parties: a. PSC officers b. Ships’ crew c. Treatment vendors d. Test facilities e. Scientists

Characteristics: 1. Simple 2. Convenient 3. Rapid 4. Traceable to numeric regulations

Ballast Water Bad

(Please see local authorities)

Ballast Water OK


BALLAST WATER: The Yin and the Yang of

indirect, rapid compliance testing

1. Can we prove that ballast water is in ‘gross exceedance’ of IMO regulations?

Port State Control

Ship Operators

IMO Regs (Grey Area) Gross Exceedance

Numerical Indirect

2. If I pass ‘gross exceedance’ have I passed IMO?

Progress on the Fluorometric Rapid Compliance Test Kit

X No

Counting! V1. V2.

Ballast Water Bad

(Please see localauthorities)

Ballast Water Good


Final Fluorescein

ppb (ug/L)

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400 99%

Probability for

Gross Exceedance

(Proability Function to be Determ

ined)

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