Bulk carrier water treatment on the fresh water generator
Bulk carrier water treatment on UBC Baton Rouge relied on chemical dosing, yet the fresh water generator was still being opened roughly once a month, with each clean taking around 24 hours. Hard scale held the plates together so tightly that removing them took significant force. During dry dock at Constanta, Romania, in November 2015, an HM100 was fitted to the FWG inlet pipe about one metre before the heat exchanger, with no extra downtime. The unit replaced the chemical dosing and tripled the cleaning interval, and plates that had needed force to separate came apart normally.
The Challenges
- Bulk carrier water treatment was needed with the FWG opened roughly once a month
- Each clean typically took around 24 hours
- Hard scale deposits held the plates together
- Plate removal required significant force
- Chemical dosing was in continuous use
The Solution
- Unit installed: One HM100
- Installation point: FWG inlet pipe, about one metre before the heat exchanger
- Installed: November 2015, during dry dock at Constanta, Romania
- Previous treatment: continuous chemical dosing
The HM100 was fitted while the vessel was in dry dock, so the work added no downtime and the plates started from a fresh baseline. The signal disrupts the conditions that bond scale to surfaces. Chemical dosing was replaced, and bulk carrier water treatment on the FWG then extended the cleaning interval threefold, with plates separating normally at each clean.
