UV disinfection sheds new light on ballast market

Hyde Marine, pioneered the use of mechanical separation and UV disinfection as a ballast water management solution, called Hyde GUARDIAN® (HG). The HG includes an auto-back flushing filter which removes sediment and larger plankton, and a powerful medium pressure UV disinfection system which destroys or inactivates the smaller organisms and bacteria. Such systems can easily be integrated into the ship's ballast control system and, because of its low pressure drop modifications to existing ballast pumps are not required. The system completed the IMO 'Guidelines for Approval of Ballast Water Management Systems (G8)' test requirements during 2008. The G8 guidelines define the land-based and shipboard test requirements and performance specifications for IMO type approval of BWM systems.