ER Bilge & Sludge Treatment Systems Sewage & Galley effluent Treatment Systems Air Emissions Treatment Systems Garbage
INTEGRATED BILGE TREATMENT SYSTEM (IBTS) MSC 55/6/1 correlation between regulations in MARPOL Annexes I & VI
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Sludge treatment
Sludge treatment systems should have 2 sludge tanks operating either in parallel or in series. These tanks should have enough heating capacity to raise the temperature up to 85 C to assist the separation of the water and also boil off some of the water through the venting arrangements. Separate sludge tanks are arranged for fuel/diesel oil purifiers and lube oil purifiers Sludge tank design to facilitate cleaning
Boiler soot washings Recommendation: for new buildings, a separate collecting tank for boiler soot washings treatment
Incinerators
for new buildings: - anticipated sludge production on board will be 0.8% to 1% HFO daily consumption, plus 0.5% MDO daily consumption, plus 15 l every 1000 kw M/E power from drains - sizing of the incinerator based on maximum operation period of 12 hours/day of which only 10 hours will be used for liquid sludge and solid waste and the rest of the period to be used for heating-up/cooling-down, cleaning and maintenance
CONCLUSIONS
There is room for improvements IMO revise its regulations The industry could jointly consider aspects
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