Bilge Treatment Systems

Megator Corporation has entered into a cooperative agreement with MYCELX Technologies to represent its oil-free water technologies to the marine industry in Europe and the Americas.

PureShip BilgeKleen®
The World’s Only Stand-Alone Polishing Unit for Emulsified Bilge Water

We also offer:

• Replacement polishing filter cartridges infused with MYCELX to replace inferior and ineffective filter media cartridges

• OilClean® filter housings for MYCELX water treatment on work boats and recreational boats

Preconditioning options:

• Capturing slugs of bulk oil and particulate before an OWS or stand-alone polisher
• For use in front of membrane systems to prevent face plugging, fouling and damage to membranes from bulk oil and particulate that would otherwise require expensive replacement.

Myclex filters chosen for NOAA’s Fisheries Fleet.

Applying polymers to filters to enhance oil affinity has been attempted without success multiple times. The reason: all man-made sequentially assembled polymers swell with oil, quickly resulting in prohibitive dP. MYCELX is novel in that it renders oil into a cohesive viscoelastic mass upon contact. VE materials densify and contract when sheared. Oil captured by MYCELX filters contracts and adheres to the filter without resulting in dP. The viscoelastic immobilization of the oil also results in the smallest possible footprint as re-entrainment is eliminated.

EMULSIFIED OIL

• Only stand-alone polishing unit certified to meet or exceed requirements of IMO MEPC 107(49)c for emulsified bilge water, sizes 1, 2.5, 5, 10 cubic meters per hour units
• Is sensitive enough to treat emulsified oily streams (IMO and NAVAL bilge test emulsions), while robust enough to capture unemulsified oil at the same time without plugging up or failing due to high dP – absence of this capability is the most common mode of failure for shipboard UF bilge water systems
• Will discharge highly emulsified bilge water at under to 15 ppm with no visible sheen

GENERAL

• Can be engaged pre- or post-existing OWS to assure compliance to IMO and local regulations
• Can be used as stand-alone bilge treatment for smaller vessels, especially in environmentally sensitive areas
• Will protect downstream UF and other treatment from fouling
• Can be engaged as needed to assure sheen-free discharge post 60(33) and other type OWS

Lloyd’s Register Certificates available

MYCELX filters are used on the Galapagos Islands fleet, discharging sheen-free water at 5 ppm or better, which protects the islands’ unique ecosystems including that of the marine iguana.