Patent ID: 9682874
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: C02F

Claim:
1. A ballast water treatment system comprising: at least one UV-light reactor with at least one UV-lamp; an inlet line for ballast water to be treated connected to the reactor; an inlet valve in the inlet line; an outlet line for discharging treated ballast water connected to the reactor; an outlet valve in the outlet line; a circulation line having a first end connect to the inlet line between the inlet valve and the reactor and a second end connected to the outlet line between the reactor and outlet valve; a circulation circuit formed by the circulation line, the reactor, the inlet line between the inlet valve and reactor and the outlet line between the reactor and outlet valve; and a cleaning system for periodic cleaning of the reactor, said cleaning system comprising: a water inlet line connected to the circulation circuit at a first location; a clean-in-place (CIP)-liquid container with concentrated CIP-liquid; and a CIP-liquid inlet line connected to the circulation circuit at a second location, the second location being different than the first location.