Patent ID: 8297213

Claim:
A sea water system, comprising: an inlet conduit assembly, a ballast tank and an overflow arrangement arranged in fluid communication with the inlet conduit assembly, the inlet conduit assembly providing fluid communication between ambient environment and the ballast tank; a first pump assembly disposed in the inlet conduit assembly for pumping sea water through at least a first conduit portion of the inlet conduit assembly towards the ballast tank; a second pump assembly in fluid communication with the ballast tank for pumping sea water from the ballast tank through an outlet conduit assembly arranged after the second pump assembly, characterized in that said overflow arrangement has an extension to a vertical level to thereby determine a maximum sea water pressure in said ballast tank, the second pump assembly and the outlet conduit assembly being separate from the inlet conduit assembly, wherein the inlet conduit assembly comprises, in sequence, the first conduit portion, an intermediate branch portion and a second conduit portion, wherein at least a second conduit assembly of the sea water system branches off from the intermediate branch portion, and wherein the intermediate branch portion is an intermediate tank adapted to hold sea water for further distribution.