ALMOST THERE-AN EFFICIENT POLLUTION MONITOR

This article describes an oil pollution monitoring device which has been developed as a result of the 1973 IMCO convention on the prevention of pollution from ships. The limitations which the convention proposed are given, and the way in which this instrument achieves the measurements required is also discussed. The operating principle is described, as is the actual design of the unit. Experience and performance of the unit, which were achieved during laboratory testing, is also described and discussed in the article.

• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Business Press Limited

  33-39 Bowling Green Lane
  London EC19 1AH,   England 
• Publication Date: 1975-7-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 29
• Serial:
  • Marine Week
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue Number: 27
  • Publisher: IPC Business Press Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bilges; Monitoring; Oil spills; Pollution; Ship ballast
• Old TRIS Terms: Bilge water treatment; Oil content monitors
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00125984
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Maritime Research Center, Kings Point
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 18 1975 12:00AM