@article{GENERAL,
      recid = {7540},
      author = {Riggio, Mark},
      title = {Examining Flow Dynamics in Ballast Water Management  Systems},
      journal = {Conference Proceedings of BWTC},
      address = {2017-01-13},
      number = {GENERAL},
      abstract = {With the recent ratification of the 2004 International  Convention for the Control of Ships' Ballast Water and  Sediments (BWMC) (herewith “the Convention”),  the need to install Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS)  onboard existing vessels is expected to grow to an $18 -  $25B USD market in the coming few years.  As BWMS are  added to vessels, these systems will invariably affect the  ballasting of ships systems and without a careful study of  the dynamics of introducing both a fine mesh mechanical  filter and a disinfection stage, the performance of a BWMS  onboard a vessel may be compromised significantly.   This paper will examine the hydrodynamic impacts of  installing a ballast water management system both in the  engine room and on deck, the flow dynamics required for  proper operation of fine mesh, self-cleaning ballast water  treatment filters, and the relative impacts to ballast flow  and how these impacts may affect proper sizing of the  ballast water management system.  The paper will be  based both on theoretical design and calculation as well as  real-world experience stemming from nearly 400 installed  Ultraviolet (UV)-based Ballast Water Treatment Systems  (BWTS).  The paper should have value for ship owners,  designers, installers, and BWTS manufacturers, each of whom  may have experienced variable system performance.},
      url = {http://library.imarest.org/record/7540},
}