Shipboard waste management Possible improvements

Tripartite meeting 15/16 September 2006; Seoul dragos.rauta@intertanko.com

Shipboard waste management

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

BUT . . . . . .

STILL NEED FOR DESIGN & ARRAGEMENT CLARIFICATIONS

ER Bilge & Sludge Treatment

Areas for improvement

Bilge water treatment/OWS systems

Sludge treatment systems

Bilge Water/Sludge treatment systems interface

Bilge water treatment/OWS

OWS capacity on current designs

OWS minimum design criteria
Aframax - only 2 cub.m/h Handymax tanker - only 1 cub.m/h Aframax min. 5 cub.m/h Suezmax/VLCC min. 10 cub.m/h

Recommendation: address the issue of

Oily Water Separator capacity

Bilge water treatment/OWS

Oily bilge water collecting tank Recommendation:

Mandate for 2 bilge water collecting tanks, in line

with MEPC.1/Circ.511 Increase the volume of bildge water collecting tanks (as per MEPC 55/6/1) Oily bilge water in the bilge wells is transferred to the bilge primary tank (of cascade type, with heating possibilities till 90C for pre-separation of oil). The high oil contained water is transferred to sludge tanks and the low oil contained water is transferred to the oily bilge water collecting tank.

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

Sludge tank for separators design

Tank volume: 2 days storage at a discharge interval of 2 hours Manhole for inspection and cleaning Fitted with a sounding pipe. Tank floor with a slope of minimum 15. The sludge outlet pump connection positioned in the lowest part of the tank. High level alarm switch, connected to the sludge pump Heating coil to keep the sludge warm and fluid while being pumped out Tank ventilation must follow the classification rules for evacuation of gases There should be a ventilation pipe to fresh air The ventilation pipe should be straight. Any bends must be gradual The ventilation pipe kept above the tank top A sludge tank with partition walls must have ventilation pipes in all compartments

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

related to design solutions Are these a theme for the Tripartite?

COMMENTS & DISCUSSIONS WELCOMED

IMO Developments

Nov. 1978 Res. A.393(X) Recommendation

on international performance and test specifications for OWS equipment and OCM October 1992 Res. MEPC.107(49) September 1997 Res. MEPC.76 (40) on incinerators October 2004 Res. MEPC.117(52) April 2006 MEPC.1/Circ.511 amended (IBTS) October 2006 Danish proposal for further changes