Marine Growth Prevention System
The attachment of marine organisms to the bottom of the ship will increase the resistance of the ship's navigation, and at the same time, it will also corrode the ship's hull, and the metabolism products of certain organisms will form an electrolyte environment, which will accelerate the electrochemical corrosion of the metal hull and shorten the service life of the ship. In the seawater cooling system and desalination equipment, the attachment of marine organisms (such as oysters and tubeworms) will block the pipelines, affecting the normal operation of the system and even causing equipment failure. The weight and growth pressure of attached organisms may cause additional loads on structures such as marine platforms and submarine cables, reducing their stability and safety.
Marine growth prevention system usually refer to the technologies or measures that prevent marine organisms (such as shellfish, algae, microorganisms, etc.) from adhering and multiplying on the surfaces of ships, marine engineering facilities, seawater pipelines, etc. Marine growth prevention system is a pollution prevention and corrosion prevention system that uses electrolysis to protect marine engineering and ships from being eroded, adhered to and damaged by marine organisms.
Currently widely used anti-marine biological system MGPS is through the electrolysis of metal copper, aluminum and iron or direct electrolysis of seawater, or the use of several composite methods to produce toxic substances to kill marine organisms, so as to remove or link marine organisms attachment and bio-corrosion.
The working principle of Marine growth prevention system device is not to kill sea life by generating an electric current through electrodes, but to inhibit the growth of sea life on the ship's hull and in the seawater piping system by the trace copper ions produced through electrolysis by copper anodes, or to kill the larvae of sea life by generating a small amount of aluminum hydroxide flocculent substances through electrolysis in seawater by aluminum anodes. At the same time, the aluminum hydroxide flocculent substances adhering to the inner wall of the seawater piping system form a very thin protective layer, which can prevent the seawater from corroding the piping system.
Components of Marine growth prevention system:
- MGPS control power supply
- Copper anode
- Aluminum anode
