Ship&Offshore | Issue 07/2015
Optimised filtration mesh for ballast water management systems
FILTER MEDIA The first stage of effective ballast water treatment is fine filtration. Ship operators expect their system to be reliable, and requirements on the filter media are high. Woven wire meshes as filter media in ballast water treatment have an edge over other media, writes Markus Knefel from GKD – Gebr. Kufferath AG, a Germany-headquartered specialist for metal- and plastic-woven solutions.