Membrane Filtration Improves Water Quality at Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant:  This paper discusses the technical, economic and operational issues addressed in improving RO feedwater to acceptable standards for the Point Beach Nuclear Plant. The final design, incorporating membrane filtration, resulted in a more economical and reliable system to operate and allowed full utilization of the capacity of the RO system.

SiCURE BWMS - Addressing Safety Issues:The SiCURE Ballast Water Management System (BMWS) developed by Siemens Water Technologies uses electrolysis to produce sodium hypochlorite from the seawater it is treating. The system uses the same principles and core components as the Chloropac system that prevents biofouling in cooling water circuits on thousands of oil platforms and ships around the world. Any ballast water management system must comply with International treatment standards and be safe to the ship, crew, passengers, and the environment.  One of the main factors that determines the lifetime of marine vessels is corrosion, the effect of which is a reasonable concern as the sodium hypochlorite produced during ballast water treatment is often perceived as being possibly corrosive to the ship’s ballast tank structural materials and coatings.

SiCURE BWMS Based on Filtration, Disinfection and Control: The SiCURE Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) uses electrolysis to produce sodium hypochlorite right from the seawater it is treating. The system uses the same principles and core components as the Chloropac® system that prevents biofouling in cooling water circuits on board oil platforms and ships around the world.  The SiCURE BWMS is based on three main process steps, including an electrolytic process.  This is one of the main differences between BWMS and other available systems, in which all the main components are integrated directly into the ballast water pipework.

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