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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2006
Yukihiko Okamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Shigeki Fujiwara, Kawasaki, JP;
Koji Fuchigami, Kawasaki, JP;
Keisuke Nakahara, Kawasaki, JP;
Masakuni Inoko, Tokyo, JP;
Sho Ishida, Yokohama, JP;
Yukihiko Okamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Shigeki Fujiwara, Kawasaki, JP;
Koji Fuchigami, Kawasaki, JP;
Keisuke Nakahara, Kawasaki, JP;
Masakuni Inoko, Tokyo, JP;
Sho Ishida, Yokohama, JP;
JFE Engineering Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus for treating ballast water, the apparatus being capable of treating ballast water so as to meet the ballast water standard established by the IMO exactly at low costs. The treatment apparatus of the present invention comprises a filter () that filters sea water to trap aquatic organisms, a bactericide supply apparatus () that supplies bactericide to the filtrate sea water, and a venturi tubethat introduces the sea water to which the bactericide is added, to produce cavitation in the sea water, thereby diffusing the bactericide and also damaging and destroying aquatic organisms in the sea water.