Products > Water, Waste, Pollution control > Bilge water treatment system > GEA Westfalia Separator Systems

Bilge water treatment system for ships
BILGEMASTER-D GEA Westfalia Separator Systems

Every ship, whether it is a container ship, an oil tanker or a freighter, produces bilgewater which poses an acute disposal problem. The IMO (International Maritime Organization) specifies that bilgewater may be discharged into the sea only if its residual oil content is below 15 ppm. The BilgeMaster from GEA Westfalia Separator system satisfies this limit value by a considerable margin. At the same time, the oil recycled from the separation process can be reused for a variety of purposes.

Bilgewater is created by leaks of salt water, cooling water, fuel oil and lube oil, by the dewatering of sedimentation and sludge tanks, by the draining off of various cleaning processes and also by particles of soot and dirt. Before there is any question of discharging this into the sea, IMO regulations specify that this explosive mix has to be treated so intensively that its residual oil content is below 15 ppm. However, this minimal pollution cannot be realized cost-effectively using conventional separation techniques.