This Great Ships Initiative (GSI) technical report describes outcomes from freshwater, land-based, empirical “status” tests to support developer driven improvement of the JFE BallastAce® Ballast Water Management System (BWMS). Tests took place under controlled conditions at the GSI Land-Based Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation (RDTE) Facility located in the Duluth-Superior Harbor (DSH) of Lake Superior during September and October 2014 and comprised three stages:
1. Operational and biological performance evaluation of three alternate filter systems (FSs);
2. Evaluation of the operational, water chemistry/water quality and biological efficacy of three versions of the prototype JFE BallastAce® BWMS; and
3. Durability testing of the F Panel FS.
Collectively, findings from the three sets of land-based tests GSI conducted of the various FS units and biocidal treatments proposed for use as part of the prototype BallastAce® BWMS provide ample evidence to support developer driven improvement and development of the subject BWMS and its components.
Land-Based Status Test of the JFE BallastAce Ballast Water Management System and Components at the GSI Testing Facility (2015). Cangelosi A, Aliff M, Allinger L, Balcer M, Beesley K, Fanberg L, Hagedorn S, Mangan T, Mays N, Polkinghorne C, Prihoda K, Radniecki J, Reavie E, Regan D, Ruzycki E, Saillard H, Schaefer H, Schwerdt T, Stoolmiller M & TenEyck M. Great Ships Initiative, Northeast-Midwest Institute, Washington, D. C., USA.