BALLAST WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
BENEFITS OF BIO-SEA®
BIO-SEA: a real proven combination of quality, price and
efficiency
Best Technology
y BIO-UV Group has more than 18 years of
experience in UV technology (drinking water,
aquaculture, swimming pools, waste waters,
REUSE, ballast water etc.)
treatment, ensuring optimum design and
reliability.
y BIO-UV Group designs and manufactures UV
systems at its facility in France to maintain a
high level of quality and efficiency and keep
full control of the total production chain.
y BIO-SEA is safe: being chemicals free, without
explosive gases, zero by-product, zero active
substances and zero induced corrosion in the
pipes or in the ballast tanks.
Best Service
y BIO-UV Group provides full support to the
ship’s crew for complete understanding of the
system - from detailed documentation to tailored
servicing.
y Our worldwide Service team and partners
remain available during and after the integration
process.
y We offer, with our worldwide service partners,
many training programs from face-to-face
training during commissioning to the first ballast
operation, or a multi-level computer-based
training program (CBT). We also welcome to our
training facility in France ship-owners technical
superintendents, crew and other stakeholders
involved in the operation of our BWTS for hands-
on real-operations training.
Best
Performance
y BIO-SEA system is IMO and
certified,
USCG tested by first-class laboratories (DHI,
NIVA), it has the best results and performances
with no holding time for fresh water, 24h
for marine water and only 19h for brackish
water at full flow.
y BIO-SEA maintains top efficiency even
with low water transmittance.
y BIO-SEA system is made with high quality
materials (titanium, copper aluminum) and
components from reliable and recognized
European suppliers. We are providing the BWTS
with the longest lifetime on the market.
Easy to use & maintain
y The treatment process is fully automatic –
there is no manual intervention required: easy to
operate with low maintenance, the large touch
screen simplifies the HMI.
y BIO-SEA, thanks to the different communication
protocols available (dry contacts, RS 485, auxiliary
touch screen) can be fully integrated to all ship
automation systems.
y System design reduces moving parts (as well
as onboard spare parts), which results in a lower
operational maintenance costs.
y Our UV reactors work independently,
allowing the system to stay operational should
one of the reactors require maintenance.
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BIO-SEA® UV REACTOR
Construction Copper-aluminum alloy
and titanium
Number of lamp Only 1
per reactor
Electrical power per lamp Max 22kW - Average 12kW
Lamp type MEDIUM PRESSURE
Maximum flow rate 150 m3/h under IMO mode
per reactor (MPN method) or 100 m3/h
under USCG mode (CMFDA
method)
Average life 5000h - 2 to 5 years according
time to operation frequency
expectancy
Minimum safety flow 5m3/h
rate per reactor
Volume per reactor 30L

Benefits
y The UV reactor is made of top quality materials: titanium body and copper aluminum ends (no coating
inside) which radically reduce the corrosion risk.

y Each reactor is equipped with one single lamp for best efficiency, less maintenance and lower
costs.

y The medium pressure UV lamps (high UV dose) minimize the number of lamps required for
equivalent treatment results.

y Power consumption is automatically regulated: the UV lamp is driven by an electronic ballast,

intensity is monitored by the UV sensor, allowing precise management of the lamp power to optimize its
intensity, reduce the power consumption and prolong its life.

y The UV lamps are protected in quartz sleeves of highest purity. To avoid deposits of metal ions and
calcium carbonate on the quartz sleeves, BIO-SEA provides a Cleaning-In-Place (CIP) system as standard.
This solution has many advantages: it allows deeper cleaning of UV reactors without manipulation from
the crew and risk of scratching or breaking the quartz sleeve.

y 2 sampling points are delivered as standard with each BWTS for easier management when tests are
required

y We design flexible and scalable modular systems (loose components) adapted to the designated space
with the optimum flow rate: This facilitates the installation of UV reactors in narrow spaces and allows a
better adjustment to the flow which needs to be treated.

y For our skid solution, most of the system parts are embedded onto a frame (even power cabinet), giving
a perfect plug & play solution and reducing installation time.
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Characteristics of the filter

Application Ship ballast water treatment units,

fresh, brackish and sea water
Type of filter Automatic backwashing
Filtration Continuous
Cleaning cycle By differential pressure and/or timer
Cleaning system Backwash by reverse flow
Cleaning fluid Same filtered fluid
Nominal pressure Up to 10 bar

Material Bronze-Aluminium alloy ASTM

B148 C95800
Type of filtering element Armored plated element
Filtering element material Stainless Steel AISI 316L

Benefits
y 20µm screen retaining filtering element in duplex stainless steel, for suspended solids and
zooplankton. Its extended filtering surface allows an efficient retention rate.

y The bronze aluminum construction guarantees high durability.

y Sized to scale depending on the flow rate to treat (by increasing the size of the filter), taking into
account the space constraints in particular for retrofit projects.

y No disruption of the filtration process during the cleaning cycle, and no significant variation of
the treated flow rate.

y High efficiency backwash: Automatic backwash pump is included in every BIO SEA systems, as
from our experience and tests, it helps the filter to breath quickly and to face pressure losses along
line. This additional suction pump allows for complete cleaning even if the vessel service pressure is
low, an essential parameter to ensure an efficient backwash and avoid thus the filter clogging.
BIO-SEA® -

y Pumps are made with bronze body and stainless-steel shaft. These materials are recommended
2019

for sea water use.

BIO-SEA team and its worldwide network is

at your service and ready to help!