Ballast water ozone injection method and system
First Claim
1. A method of ozone treatment, comprising:
- injecting ozone into water loading into a sea faring vessel prior to charging the water into a ballast tank; and
charging the ozone injected water into the ballast tank.
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Abstract
A method to treat ballast water comprises injecting ozone into water loading into a sea faring vessel prior to charging the water into a ballast tank; and charging the ozone injected water into the ballast tank. A system for treating ballast water comprises a sea faring vessel including at least one ballast tank; an ozone generator that generates ozone, a ballast water conduit that uptakes water through a loading port of a sea faring vessel and conducts the water to load the ballast tank; and an ozone feed line that injects ozone from the generator into water in the conduit at an injection point located upstream to an intersection of the conduit with the ballast tank.
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46 Claims
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1. A method of ozone treatment, comprising:
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injecting ozone into water loading into a sea faring vessel prior to charging the water into a ballast tank; and
charging the ozone injected water into the ballast tank. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A ballast-water treatment system comprising:
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a sea faring vessel including at least one ballast tank;
an ozone generator that generates ozone, a ballast water conduit that uptakes water through a loading port of a sea faring vessel and conducts the water to load the ballast tank; and
an ozone feed line that injects ozone from the generator into water in the conduit at an injection point located upstream to an intersection of the conduit with the ballast tank. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of treating ballast water, comprising:
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pumping ballast water into a sea faring vessel through a flow line; and
injecting ozone into the ballast water as it flows through the flow line.
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29. A method of ozone treatment, comprising:
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injecting ozone into water discharging from a ballast tank at a location downstream from the tank; and
unloading the ozone injected water to the sea. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A ballast-water treatment system comprising:
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a sea faring vessel including at least one ballast tank;
an ozone generator that generates ozone, a ballast water conduit that discharges water from the ballast tank and conducts the water to an unloading port of the sea faring vessel; and
an ozone feed line that injects ozone from the generator into water in the conduit at an injection point located downstream to an intersection of the conduit with the ballast tank. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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