{"id":817,"date":"2021-06-22T14:35:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T13:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mercator.nfdtesting.uk\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/2021\/06\/22\/testing-for-ecochlor-filterless-bwms-completed\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T21:54:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T20:54:19","slug":"testing-for-ecochlor-filterless-bwms-completed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/news\/ballast-water-management\/testing-for-ecochlor-filterless-bwms-completed\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing for Ecochlor filterless BWMS completed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ecochlor is preparing to apply for USCG and IMO BWMS Code Type Approvals for the system following the completion of the trials.<\/p>\n

DNV acted as the Independent Lab (IL) throughout the entire process and has been responsible for the evaluation, inspection, testing oversight and submission of the EcoOne BWMS Type Approval applications.<\/p>\n

The Shipboard testing, undertaken by DHI as sub-laboratory, was completed to evaluate the BE and related shipboard operational performance (OP) of the EcoOne BWMS on board a commercial vessel. DHI performed the shipboard tests, analysed samples, managed test results in the format required by the Independent Lab, DNV.<\/p>\n

Due to global pandemic restrictions, shipboard testing was allowed to be performed on two commercial vessels owned by Maran Tankers, a VLCC and an Aframax, during their typical vessel voyage routes within the 6-month testing period.<\/p>\n

As reported<\/a> by The Motorship<\/em>, the land-based biological efficacy (BE) testing was successfully concluded in April 2021.<\/p>\n

The filterless EcoOne BWMS is a one-step treatment process utilising ClO2<\/sub> alone. The particular neutralisation properties of ClO2 lend themselves to a filterless solution. However, Ecochlor claims that it can offer shipowners a product with the same efficiency and reliability as its existing product, while simplifying the product design by eliminating the requirement for a filter.<\/p>\n

Vessels operating this system can operate anywhere in marine and brackish waters (i.e., \u2265 1PSU) and with no restrictions on temperature or turbidity.<\/p>\n

A separate option is available for shipowners who want the flexibility to operate their BWMS either with or without a filter. This option will be suited for shipowners seeking the flexibility of unrestricted operation in freshwater globally, with the convenience of a no-filter system. Vessels that already have an Ecochlor BWMS with filters installed can upgrade to the Hybrid option with minimal cost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ecochlor has completed all land-based and shipboard testing for its filterless EcoOne ballast water management system (BWMS), the company has announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ballast-water-management"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":819,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817\/revisions\/819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}