Official land tests NFV ballast water treatment system OPS successfully completed

 

The first part of the certification process for the NFV ballast water treatment system OPS was successfully completed in June 2009. MAHLE Industriefiltration GmbH passed the official land tests at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) with outstanding results.

 

Following a five-year development and test phase under the most challenging conditions in the NIOZ harbour (Fig. 2 and 3), the OPS container-housed unit (Fig. 1) decisively attained the D-2 standard as required by the IMO (International Maritime Organization). In so doing, OPS system impressively demonstrated its biological effectiveness and technical maturity.

MAHLE Industriefiltration GmbH may now optimistically take on the second part of the certification process - the sea test. For this, the NFV ballast water treatment system OPS is installed and officially tested on board a ship. The sea vessel suitability of the unit will be evaluated during a trial period of six months. Type-approval for the NFV ballast water treatment system OPS is expected in early 2010.

MAHLE Industrial Filtration has been producing high-quality industrial filters for fluid filtration, dust filtration, and process technology for many years. As an innovative, reliable development partner and supplier all over the world, MAHLE Industrial Filtration is your expert partner in all areas of filtration and separation. MAHLE Industrial Filtration is an independent service area with its own engineering, production, and sales team, integrated in the MAHLE Group, and thus is backed by the strength of a world market leader. The MAHLE Group is among the top 30 automotive suppliers globally and is the world market leader for combustion engine components, systems and peripherals. MAHLE employs approximately 45,000 people in more than 100 production plants and eight research and development centres. In 2008, MAHLE generated sales in excess of EUR 5 billion (USD 7.3 billion).

 

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Hamburg, 07/2009

 

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MAHLE Industriefiltration GmbH
Christian Küchlin
Tarpenring 31 - 33
22419 Hamburg
Phone: +49 (0) 40/53 00 40-24180
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christian.kuechlin@mahle.com
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