Ballast water measurement device and ballast water measurement method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11053144-B2
Application number	US-201716485075-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 15, 2017
Priority date	Feb 10, 2017
Publication date	Jul 6, 2021
Grant date	Jul 6, 2021

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to reduce the installation load, or the maintenance or the management load of a measurement device for ballast water that is measured for plural times, and to simplify the linkage between ballast water process equipment and a ballast water measurement device that are installed in a ship.
A measurement device ( 2, 52 ) includes, a first measuring part ( 6 - 1, 54 - 1 ) that measures water quality of a first ballast water, with referring to ballast water before processing as the first ballast water and ballast water after the processing as a second ballast water, a second measuring part ( 6 - 2, 54 - 2 ) that measures water quality of the second ballast water, a reagent supply part ( 8 ) that is connected to the first measuring part and the second measuring part, and that supplies a reagent from one reagent container to the first measuring part and the second measuring part, a water discharge part ( 7 ) that is connected to the first measuring part and the second measuring part, and that discharges the first ballast water and the second ballast water each after the measurement, and a housing ( 4 ) that accommodates therein the first measuring part, the second measuring part, the reagent supply part, and the water discharge part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A ballast water measurement device comprising:
a first measuring part that measures water quality of a first ballast water, with referring to ballast water before processing as the first ballast water and ballast water after the processing as a second ballast water;
a second measuring part that measures water quality of the second ballast water;
a reagent supply part that is connected to the first measuring part and the second measuring part, and that supplies a reagent from one reagent container to the first measuring part and the second measuring part;
a water discharge part that is connected to the first measuring part and the second measuring part, and that discharges the first ballast water and the second ballast water each after the measurement; and
a housing that accommodates therein the first measuring part, the second measuring part, the reagent supply part, and the water discharge part.

2. The ballast water measurement device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a buffer solution supply part that is connected to the first measuring part and the second measuring part, and that supplies a buffer solution from one buffer solution container to the first measuring part and the second measuring part.

3. The ballast water measurement device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a cleaning liquid supply part that is connected to the first measuring part and the second measuring part, and that supplies a cleaning liquid from one cleaning liquid container to the first measuring part and the second measuring part.

4. The ballast water measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the ballast water measurement device is installed in a ship and measures the water quality of the ballast water before and that after the ballast water process by ballast water process equipment installed in the ship.

5. The ballast water measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the reagent in the reagent container is colored.

6. A ballast water measurement method comprising:
supplying a first ballast water to a first measuring part in a housing, with referring to ballast water before processing as the first ballast water and ballast water after the processing as a second ballast water;
supplying the second ballast water to a second measuring part in the housing;
supplying a reagent from one reagent container in the housing to the first measuring part and the second measuring part;
measuring the first ballast water comprising the reagent using the first measuring part;
measuring the second ballast water comprising the reagent using the second measuring part; and
discharging the first ballast water and the second ballast water each after the measurement from one water discharge part in the housing.

Assignees

• Kurita Water Ind Ltd

Inventors

• FUKUZAWA Kotaro
• Harada Kaname
• Tsunoda Kazuhiko
• Yagi Minoru

Classifications

• C02F2103/008

  Originating from marine vessels, ships and boats, e.g. bilge water or ballast water · CPC title

• G01N21/78

  producing a change of colour · CPC title

• C02F1/008 Primary

  Control or steering systems not provided for elsewhere in subclass C02F · CPC title

• C02F1/78

  with ozone {(C02F1/4672 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• C02F2209/005

  Processes using a programmable logic controller [PLC] · CPC title