Ballast water treatment device and ballast water treatment method

A ballast water treatment device comprising an oxidant supply device that supplies an oxidant to raw water to be taken in as ballast water into a ballast tank of a vessel to kill living organisms in the raw water, and, an oxidant supply amount control device that controls a supply amount of the oxidant supplied by the oxidant supply device to the raw water to be taken in, wherein:

• the oxidant supply amount control device includes an absorbance meter that measures absorbance of the raw water to be taken in, a storage unit, a calculation unit, and a control unit;
• the storage unit is configured to store a direct correspondence relationship between the absorbance of the raw water and a required residual oxidant concentration, the direct correspondence relationship being derived from a first correspondence relationship, which is a correspondence relationship between the absorbance of the raw water and a dissolved organic carbon concentration of the raw water, and a second correspondence relationship, which is a correspondence relationship between the dissolved organic carbon concentration of the raw water and the required residual oxidant concentration;
• the calculation unit is configured to derive the required residual oxidant concentration corresponding to the absorbance of the raw water measured by the absorbance meter by referring to the direct correspondence relationship and to calculate a required supply amount of the oxidant by using the derived required residual oxidant concentration as a control target value;
• the control unit is configured to control the oxidant supply device so supply the oxidant of the required supply amount calculated by the calculation unit to the raw water to be taken in;
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• the second correspondence relationship is acquired by the following (1) to (6):
• (1) the required residual oxidant concentration is a concentration of a residual oxidant required to kill the living organisms in the raw water and to suppress the regrowth of the living organisms in the ballast water stored in the ballast tank;
• (2) supplying plural concentrations of the oxidant to the raw water of a dissolved organic carbon concentration, and calculating, for each concentration of the oxidant, a time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration during a period from supply of the oxidant up to a predetermined time point in an intermediate reaction, which is a reaction between the oxidant and a non-dissolved organic matter and a reaction by self-decomposition of the oxidant;
• (3) from a result of calculation of the time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration of (2), a concentration of the oxidant is obtained, which makes the time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration fall within a predetermined range of the time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration to kill the living organisms in the raw water and to suppress the regrowth of the living organisms in the ballast water stored in the ballast tank;
• (4) the residual oxidant concentration at a time point after a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the supply of the oxidant at the concentration of the oxidant obtained by (3) to the raw water of a dissolved organic carbon concentration and during an initial reaction, which is a reaction between the oxidant and a dissolved organic matter, is derived as the required residual oxidant concentration corresponding to the raw water of the dissolved organic carbon concentration;
• (5) a correspondence relationship between the dissolved organic carbon concentration and the required residual oxidant concentration for the raw water of a plurality of concentrations of the dissolved organic carbon is derived through (2) to (4) for the raw water of each concentration of the dissolved organic carbon;
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• (6) a correspondence relationship between the dissolved organic carbon concentration of the raw water and the required residual oxidant concentration obtained by (5) is acquired as the second correspondence relationship.

A ballast water treatment device comprising an oxidant supply device that supplies an oxidant to raw water to be taken in as ballast water into a ballast tank of a vessel to kill living organisms in the raw water, and an oxidant supply amount control device that controls a supply amount of the oxidant supplied by the oxidant supply device to the raw water to be taken in, wherein:

• the oxidant supply amount control device includes a light transmittance meter that measures light transmittance of the raw water to be taken in, a storage unit, a calculation unit, and a control unit;
• the storage unit is configured to store a correspondence relationship between absorbance of the raw water and a concentration of dissolved organic carbon of the raw water as a first correspondence relationship, and to store a correspondence relationship between the concentration of the dissolved organic carbon of the raw water and a required residual oxidant concentration as a second correspondence relationship;
• the calculation unit is configured to calculate the absorbance of the raw water from the light transmittance of the raw water measured by the light transmittance meter, to derive the concentration of the dissolved organic carbon corresponding to the absorbance of the raw water measured by the light transmittance meter by referring to the first correspondence relationship, then to derive the required residual oxidant concentration corresponding to the derived concentration of the dissolved organic carbon by referring to the second correspondence relationship, and to calculate a required supply amount of the oxidant using the derived required residual oxidant concentration as a control target value;
• the control unit is configured to control the oxidant supply device so supply the oxidant of the required supply amount calculated by the calculation unit to the raw water to be taken in;
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• the second correspondence relationship is acquired by the following (1) to (6):
• (1) the required residual oxidant concentration is a concentration of a residual oxidant required to kill the living organisms in the raw water and to suppress the regrowth of the living organisms in the ballast water stored in the ballast tank;
• (2) supplying plural concentrations of the oxidant to the raw water of a dissolved organic carbon concentration, and calculating, for each concentration of the oxidant, a time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration during a period from supply of the oxidant up to a predetermined time point in an intermediate reaction, which is a reaction between the oxidant and a non-dissolved organic matter and a reaction by self-decomposition of the oxidant;
• (3) from a result of calculation of the time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration of (2), a concentration of the oxidant is obtained, which makes the time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration fall within a predetermined range of the time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration to kill the living organisms in the raw water and to suppress the regrowth of the living organisms in the ballast water stored in the ballast tank;
• (4) the residual oxidant concentration at a time point after a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the supply of the oxidant at the concentration of the oxidant obtained by (3) to the raw water of a dissolved organic carbon concentration and during an initial reaction, which is a reaction between the oxidant and a dissolved organic matter, is derived as the required residual oxidant concentration corresponding to the raw water of the dissolved organic carbon concentration;
• (5) a correspondence relationship between the dissolved organic carbon concentration and the required residual oxidant concentration for the raw water of a plurality of concentrations of the dissolved organic carbon is derived through (2) to (4) for the raw water of each concentration of the dissolved organic carbon;
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• (6) a correspondence relationship between the dissolved organic carbon concentration of the raw water and the required residual oxidant concentration obtained by (5) is acquired as the second correspondence relationship.

A ballast water treatment device comprising an oxidant supply device that supplies an oxidant to raw water to be taken in as ballast water into a ballast tank of a vessel to kill living organisms in the raw water, and an oxidant supply amount control device that controls a supply amount of the oxidant supplied by the oxidant supply device to the raw water to be taken in, wherein:

• the oxidant supply amount control device includes a light transmittance meter that measures light transmittance of the raw water to be taken in, a storage unit, a calculation unit, and a control unit;
• the storage unit is configured to store a direct correspondence relationship between absorbance of the raw water and a required residual oxidant concentration, the direct correspondence relationship being derived from a first correspondence relationship, which is a correspondence relationship between the absorbance of the raw water and a dissolved organic carbon concentration of the raw water, and a second correspondence relationship, which is a correspondence relationship between the dissolved organic carbon concentration of the raw water and the required residual oxidant concentration;
• the calculation unit is configured to calculate the absorbance of the raw water from the light transmittance of the raw water measured by the light transmittance meter, to derive the required residual oxidant concentration corresponding to the absorbance of the raw water with reference to the direct correspondence relationship and to calculate a required supply amount of the oxidant by using the derived required residual oxidant concentration as a control target value;
• the control unit is configured to control the oxidant supply device to supply, the oxidant of the required supply amount calculated by the calculation unit to the raw water to be taken in;
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• the second correspondence relationship is acquired by the following (1) to (6):
• (1) the required residual oxidant concentration is a concentration of a residual oxidant required to kill the living organisms in the raw water and to suppress the regrowth of the living organisms in the ballast water stored in the ballast tank;
• (2) supplying plural concentration of the oxidant of a plurality of kinds of concentrations to the raw water of a dissolved organic carbon concentration, and calculating, for each concentration of the oxidant, a time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration during a period from supply of the oxidant up to a predetermined time point in an intermediate reaction, which is a reaction between the oxidant and a non-dissolved organic matter and a reaction by self-decomposition of the oxidant;
• (3) from a result of calculation of the time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration of (2), a concentration of the oxidant is obtained, which makes the time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration fall within a predetermined range of the time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration to kill the living organisms in the raw water and to suppress the regrowth of the living organisms in the ballast water stored in the ballast tank;
• (4) the residual oxidant concentration at a time point after a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the supply of the oxidant at the concentration of the oxidant obtained by (3) to the raw water of a dissolved organic carbon concentration and during an initial reaction, which is a reaction between the oxidant and a dissolved organic matter, is derived as the required residual oxidant concentration corresponding to the raw water of the dissolved organic carbon concentration;
• (5) a correspondence relationship between the dissolved organic carbon concentration and the required residual oxidant concentration for the raw water of a plurality of concentrations of the dissolved organic carbon is derived through (2) to (4) for the raw water of each concentration of the dissolved organic carbon;
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• (6) a correspondence relationship between the dissolved organic carbon concentration of the raw water and the required residual oxidant concentration obtained by (5) is acquired as the second correspondence relationship.

A ballast water treatment method comprising:

• an oxidant supply step of supplying an oxidant to raw water to be taken in as ballast water into a ballast tank of a vessel to kill living organisms in the raw water, and an oxidant supply amount control step of adjusting a supply amount of the oxidant supplied to the raw water in the oxidant supplying step, wherein:
• the oxidant supply amount control step includes an absorbance measurement step of measuring absorbance of the raw water to be taken in, a dissolved organic carbon concentration derivation step, a required residual oxidant concentration derivation step, a required oxidant supply amount calculation step, and a control step;
• the dissolved organic carbon concentration derivation step derives a concentration of the dissolved organic carbon of the raw water corresponding to the absorbance of the raw water measured in the absorbance measurement step, by referring to a first correspondence relationship, which is a correspondence relationship between the absorbance of the raw water and the concentration of the dissolved organic carbon in the raw water and which has been acquired in advance;
• the required residual oxidant concentration derivation step derives a required residual oxidant concentration corresponding to the concentration of the dissolved organic carbon derived in the dissolved organic carbon concentration derivation step, by referring to a second correspondence relationship, which is a correspondence relationship between the concentration of the dissolved organic carbon in the raw water and the required residual oxidant concentration and which has been acquired in advance;
• the required oxidant supply amount calculation step calculates a required supply amount of the oxidant using the required residual oxidant concentration derived in the required residual oxidant concentration derivation step as a control target value;
• and
• the control step controls the oxidant supply step to supply the oxidant of the required supply amount calculated by the required oxidant supply amount calculation step to the raw water to be taken in;
• and
• the second correspondence relationship is acquired by the following (1) to (6):
• (1) the required residual oxidant concentration is a concentration of a residual oxidant required to kill the living organisms in the raw water and to suppress the regrowth of the living organisms in the ballast water stored in the ballast tank;
• (2) supplying plural concentrations of the oxidant to the raw water of a dissolved organic carbon concentration, and calculating, for each concentration of the oxidant, a time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration during a period from supply of the oxidant up to a predetermined time point in an intermediate reaction, which is a reaction between the oxidant and a non-dissolved organic matter and a reaction by self-decomposition of the oxidant;
• (3) from a result of calculation of the time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration of (2), a concentration of the oxidant is obtained, which makes the time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration fall within a predetermined range of the time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration to kill the living organisms in the raw water and to suppress the regrowth of the living organisms in the ballast water stored in the ballast tank;
• (4) the residual oxidant concentration at a time point after a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the supply of the oxidant at the concentration of the oxidant obtained by (3) to the raw water of a dissolved organic carbon concentration and during an initial reaction, which is a reaction between the oxidant and a dissolved organic matter, is derived as the required residual oxidant concentration corresponding to the raw water of the dissolved organic carbon concentration;
• (5) a correspondence relationship between the dissolved organic carbon concentration and the required residual oxidant concentration for the raw water of a plurality of concentrations of the dissolved organic carbon is derived through (2) to (4) for the raw water of each concentration of the dissolved organic carbon;
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• (6) a correspondence relationship between the dissolved organic carbon concentration of the raw water and the required residual oxidant concentration obtained by (5) is acquired as the second correspondence relationship.

A ballast water treatment method comprising:

• an oxidant supply step of supplying an oxidant to raw water to be taken in as ballast water into a ballast tank of a vessel to kill living organisms in the raw water, and an oxidant supply amount control step of adjusting a supply amount of the oxidant supplied to the raw water in the oxidant supplying step, wherein:
• the oxidant supply amount control step includes an absorbance measurement step of measuring absorbance of the raw water to be taken in, a required residual oxidant concentration derivation step, a required oxidant supply amount calculation step, and a control step;
• the required residual oxidant concentration derivation step derives a required residual oxidant concentration corresponding to the absorbance of the raw water measured by the absorbance measurement step, by referring to a direct correspondence relationship between the absorbance of the raw water and the required residual oxidant concentration and which has been acquired in advance from a first correspondence relationship, which is a correspondence relationship between the absorbance of the raw water and a dissolved organic carbon concentration of the raw water, and a second correspondence relationship, which is a correspondence relationship between the dissolved organic carbon concentration of the raw water and the required residual oxidant concentration;
• the required oxidant supply amount calculation step calculates a required supply amount of the oxidant using the required residual oxidant concentration derived in the required residual oxidant concentration derivation step as a control target value;
• the control step controls the oxidant supply step to supply the oxidant of the required supply amount calculated by the required oxidant supply amount calculation step to the raw water to be taken in;
• and
• the second correspondence relationship is acquired by the following (1) to (6):
• (1) the required residual oxidant concentration is a concentration of a residual oxidant required to kill the living organisms in the raw water and to suppress the regrowth of the living organisms in the ballast water stored in the ballast tank;
• (2) supplying plural concentrations of the oxidant to the raw water of a dissolved organic carbon concentration, and calculating, for each concentration of the oxidant, a time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration during a period from supply of the oxidant up to a predetermined time point in an intermediate reaction, which is a reaction between the oxidant and a non-dissolved organic matter and a reaction by self-decomposition of the oxidant;
• (3) from a result of calculation of the time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration of (2), a concentration of the oxidant is obtained, which makes the time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration fall within a predetermined range of the time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration to kill the living organisms in the raw water and to suppress the regrowth of the living organisms in the ballast water stored in the ballast tank;
• (4) the residual oxidant concentration at a time point after a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the supply of the oxidant at the concentration of the oxidant obtained by (3) to the raw water of a dissolved organic carbon concentration and during an initial reaction, which is a reaction between the oxidant and a dissolved organic matter, is derived as the required residual oxidant concentration corresponding to the raw water of the dissolved organic carbon concentration;
• (5) a correspondence relationship between the dissolved organic carbon concentration and the required residual oxidant concentration for the raw water of a plurality of concentrations of the dissolved organic carbon is derived through (2) to (4) for the raw water of each concentration of the dissolved organic carbon;
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• (6) a correspondence relationship between the dissolved organic carbon concentration of the raw water and the required residual oxidant concentration obtained by (5) is acquired as the second correspondence relationship.

A ballast water treatment method comprising:

• an oxidant supply step of supplying an oxidant to raw water to be taken in as ballast water into a ballast tank of a vessel to kill living organism's in the raw water, and an oxidant supply amount control step of adjusting a supply amount of the oxidant supplied to the raw water in the oxidant supplying step, wherein:
• the oxidant supply amount control step includes a light transmittance measurement step of measuring light transmittance of the raw water to be taken in, a dissolved organic carbon concentration derivation step, a required residual oxidant concentration derivation step, a required oxidant supply amount calculation step, and a control step;
• the dissolved organic carbon concentration derivation step calculates absorbance of the raw water from the light transmittance of the raw water measured in the light transmittance measuring step and derives a concentration of the dissolved organic carbon corresponding to the absorbance of the raw water measured in the light transmittance measurement step, by referring to a first correspondence relationship, which is a correspondence relationship between the absorbance of the raw water and the concentration of the dissolved organic carbon in the raw water and which has been acquired in advance;
• the required residual oxidant concentration derivation step derives a required residual oxidant concentration corresponding to the concentration of the dissolved organic carbon of the raw water derived in the dissolved organic carbon concentration derivation step, by referring to a second correspondence relationship, which is a correspondence relationship between the concentration of the dissolved organic carbon in the raw water and the required residual oxidant concentration and which has been acquired in advance;
• the required oxidant supply amount calculation step calculates a required supply amount of the oxidant by using the required residual oxidant concentration derived by the required residual oxidant concentration derivation step as a control target value;
• the control step controls the oxidant supply step to supply the oxidant of the required supply amount calculated by the required oxidant supply amount calculation step to the raw water taken in by the oxidant supply step;
• and
• the second correspondence relationship is acquired by the following (1) to (6):
• (1) the required residual oxidant concentration is a concentration of a residual oxidant required to kill the living organisms in the raw water and to suppress the regrowth of the living organisms in the ballast water stored in the ballast tank;
• (2) supplying plural concentration of the oxidant to the raw water of a dissolved organic carbon concentration, and calculating, for each concentration of the oxidant, a time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration during a period from supply of the oxidant up to a predetermined time point in an intermediate reaction, which is a reaction between the oxidant and a non-dissolved organic matter and a reaction by self-decomposition of the oxidant;
• (3) from a result of calculation of the time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration of (2), a concentration of the oxidant is obtained, which makes the time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration fall within a predetermined range of the time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration to kill the living organisms in the raw water and to suppress the regrowth of the living organisms in the ballast water stored in the ballast tank;
• (4) the residual oxidant concentration at a time point after a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the supply of the oxidant at the concentration of the oxidant obtained by (3) to the raw water of a dissolved organic carbon concentration and during an initial reaction, which is a reaction between the oxidant and a dissolved organic matter, is derived as the required residual oxidant concentration corresponding to the raw water of the dissolved organic carbon concentration;
• (5) a correspondence relationship between the dissolved organic carbon concentration and the required residual oxidant concentration for the raw water of a plurality of concentrations of the dissolved organic carbon is derived through (2) to (4) for the raw water of each concentration of the dissolved organic carbon;
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• (6) a correspondence relationship between the dissolved organic carbon concentration of the raw water and the required residual oxidant concentration obtained by (5) is acquired as the second correspondence relationship.

A ballast water treatment method comprising:

• an oxidant supply step of supplying an oxidant to raw water to be taken in as ballast water into a ballast tank of a vessel to kill living organisms in the raw water, and an oxidant supply amount control step of adjusting a supply amount of the oxidant supplied to the raw water in the oxidant supplying step, wherein:
• the oxidant supply amount control step includes a light transmittance measurement step of measuring light transmittance of the raw water to be taken in, a required residual oxidant concentration derivation step, a required oxidant supply amount calculation step, and a control step;
• the required residual oxidant concentration derivation step calculates absorbance of the raw water from the light transmittance of the raw water measured by the light transmittance measurement step, and derives a required residual oxidant concentration corresponding to the absorbance of the raw water, by referring to a direct correspondence relationship between the absorbance of the raw water and the required residual oxidant concentration, the direct correspondence relationship being derived from a first correspondence relationship, which is a correspondence relationship between the absorbance of the raw water and a dissolved organic carbon concentration of the raw water, and a second correspondence relationship, which is a correspondence relationship between the dissolved organic carbon concentration of the raw water and a required residual oxidant concentration;
• the required oxidant supply amount calculation step calculates a required supply amount of the oxidant by using the required residual oxidant concentration derived by the required residual oxidant concentration derivation step as a control target value;
• the control step controls the oxidant supply step to supply the oxidant of the required supply amount calculated by the required oxidant supply amount calculation step to the raw water to be taken in;
• and
• the second correspondence relationship is acquired by the following (1) to (6):
• (1) the required residual oxidant concentration is a concentration of a residual oxidant required to kill the living organisms in the raw water and to suppress the regrowth of the living organisms in the ballast water stored in the ballast tank;
• (2) supplying plural concentrations of the oxidant of a plurality of kinds of concentrations to the raw water of a dissolved organic carbon concentration, and calculating, for each concentration of the oxidant, a time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration during a period from supply of the oxidant up to a predetermined time point in an intermediate reaction, which is a reaction between the oxidant and a non-dissolved organic matter and a reaction by self-decomposition of the oxidant;
• (3) from a result of calculation of the time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration of (2), a concentration of the oxidant is obtained, which makes the time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration fall within a predetermined range of the time integration value of the residual oxidant concentration to kill the living organisms in the raw water and to suppress the regrowth of the living organisms in the ballast water stored in the ballast tank;
• (4) the residual oxidant concentration at a time point after a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the supply of the oxidant at the concentration of the oxidant obtained by (3) to the raw water of the dissolved organic carbon concentration and during an initial reaction, which is a reaction between the oxidant and a dissolved organic matter, is derived as the required residual oxidant concentration corresponding to the raw water of the dissolved organic carbon concentration;
• (5) a correspondence relationship between the dissolved organic carbon concentration and the required residual oxidant concentration for the raw water of a plurality of concentrations of the dissolved organic carbon is derived through (2) to (4) for the raw water of each concentration of the dissolved organic carbon;
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• (6) a correspondence relationship between the dissolved organic carbon concentration of the raw water and the required residual oxidant concentration obtained by (5) is acquired as the second correspondence relationship.