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Marine Growth Protection System MGPS
Marine Growth Protection System MGPS
Marine Growth Protection System MGPS
Protection System
(MGPS)
First, the sea water taken out of the outlet of one of the common
sea water pumps or the pump for exclusive use in MGPS is led
into the Generating Chamber, in which the sea water is
electrolyzed with specially designed electrodes. Then the sea
water containing chlorine compounds is injected into scoop or
sea chests through the nozzles to mix with the sea water sucked
in from outside of the ship, thus preventing marine growths from
adhering to the interior of the ship's sea water line including sea
chest, piping and heat exchanger.
How it works:
- The anti-fouling process is based on the electrolysis of part
of the sodium chloride (NaCl) contained in sea water. The
electrolysis is obtained by passing the sea water through a
generating chamber containing electrode(Ti anode).
- The chemical and electrochemical reactions which occur in
the generating chamber are as follows: