Continuous flushing of contaminants from ballast water tanks

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 250-260

  Eames, I ^a   Landeryou, M ^a   Greig, A ^a   Snellings, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ballast water; Continuous flushing; Gravity currents; Non indigenous species

Indexed keywords

BALLAST TANKS; BUOYANCY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BALLAST WATER; CONTINUOUS FLUSHING; GRAVITY CURRENTS; NON-INDIGENOUS SPECIES;

IMPURITIES;

SEA WATER;

BALLAST WATER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUSHING; FROUDE NUMBER; GRAVITY FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ARTICLE; GRAVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SHIP; TANK; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEAWATER; SHIPS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 39149125411     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.10.032     Document Type: Article

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