Westfalia Separator Expands the
Range of SeaProtect Solutions with
the BilgeMaster-D series
New BilgeMaster series
Since 2006 Westfalia Separator
Mineraloil Systems has offered a new
BilgeMaster series which is specifically
tailored to the requirements of
shipping, offering a favourable
price/performance ratio. Instead of
the sizes 1500, 3000 and 6000 l/h,
the BilgeMaster-D series has now
been subdivided into nine interme-
diate sizes ranging from 1000 l/h to
7000 l/h. For this purpose, the three
basic models WSD 8, WSD 18 and
WSD 35 were combined with five
differently sized adsorption filters
to produce a total of nine, different
customized variants. The three basic
self-cleaning separator models were
additionally completely converted
from gearwheel driven drive to
belt drive. By this means, Westfalia
Separator achieves a significantly
higher speed and hence a higher
centrifugal force and more efficient
separation results.
Manufacturer’s declaration
for SludgeMaster
The SludgeMaster treatment system
from Westfalia Separator Mineraloil
Systems performs so well that
many Environment Protection Offices
find it almost too good to be true.
Westfalia Separator therefore verifies
the capabilities of the SludgeMaster
with a manufacturer’s declaration.
This makes it much easier for
the operators to prove sludge
treatment during on-board checks.
With the SludgeMaster, Westfalia
Separator Mineraloil Systems are
offering a system that reduces the
initial sludge volume by at least
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90 percent. Westfalia Separator can
guarantee this. Valuable fuel oil is
also recovered.
CombiMaster
Westfalia Separator Mineraloil Systems
has combined both processes of
bilgewater and sludge treatment,
the BilgeMaster and SludgeMaster,
in a single step: the CombiMaster
system to optimise protection of the
oceans and the profitability of the
operator. Just as with the Bilge-
Master and SludgeMaster, Westfalia
Separator has stepped up a gear with
the CombiMaster too. By using a
self-cleaning, belt-driven WSD 35
separator from the D-Type series,
the separating efficiency has been
significantly increased.
The systems are approved by the latest IMO
regulations and U.S. Coast Guard.
Self-Cleaning
Centrifugal System
BilgeMaster systems

Clean water
Waste oil tank
overboard

Separated oil Bilgewater Utilities

treatment plant
with centrifugal
Dirty bilgewater separator
Sludge
return

Bilgewater
Pump system Waste oil tank
system

this is still too high. Moreover, practice has

The treatment of bilgewater on board
shown that this value is not attained in many
ships is strictly controlled by national and
conventional plants under practical operation
international laws.
conditions anyway. The further we can
reduce this value, the greater the benefit for
Bilgewater may only be discharged into
our oceans.
the sea after prior de-oiling with specially
approved treatment systems. The maximum
Bilgewater is a mixture of the following
oil content must not exceed 15 ppm. The limit Steam
constituents:
has even been reduced to 5 ppm in special
areas.
Sea and cooling water leakages
Fuel and lube oil leakages
Drainages from settling and sludge tanks Condensate
15 ppm is too much
Effluent from various cleaning processes
Soot and dirt particles
Oily water from ship operation may only
be discharged into the sea if the residual oil
content in the effluent is below 15 ppm.
15 parts of oil to one million parts of water
seems small but Westfalia Separator believes

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 So That Our Water Stays
As Nature Made It – Clean
The product (i.e. oily watery) is
sucked up from the oily water tank or
engine room bilge and fed by the feed
pump through the automatic filter
and pre-heater via the feed valve to
the separator. The automatic filter
prevents coarse particles from
reaching the bowl and blocking the
rising channel within the disk stack.
During the start-up or ejection
program it is led back into the oily
water tank. The product flows from
above into the centre of the separator
bowl. The heavy water phase is
separated from the finest oil particles
and then conveyed under pressure by
a centripetal pump to the discharge.
The separated impurities accumulated
in the sludge space are discharged
into the sludge tank periodically.
The clean water is discharged via an
adsorption filter and supervised by an
oil monitor before being discharged
into the environment. The residual oil
content is adjustable to >5 ppm and
>15 ppm. If the oil content exceeds
the adjusted limit the water is
recirculated into the oily water tank.
An intelligent process control adapts
the capacity of the system to the
changes of the product. A chemical
dosing system is not necessary
anymore.

Dirty Separated oil Dirty bilgewater Clean water discharge

bilgewater discharge return overboard
feed

Automatic
filter

Adsorption
filter

Heater

Oil
Operating monitor
water

Dirty bilgewater Self-cleaning

return separator

Dirty water discharge Solids discharge

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The Flexible Compact Unit Design is
Suitable Both for New Equipment or
Retrofit
Separation results
oily water treatment

With normal feed conditions, i.e.

solids content: < 0.1 %
chloride content:< 30,000 ppm
pH: 6–9
and no excessive oil emulsions in the water
phase, the residual oil content in the clean
water discharge is 10 – 12 ppm. By varying
the pump output, it is possible to even further
reduce the oil content. In the case of high oil
and solids contents, it is prudent to separate
the bilgewater in tank cleaning mode before
discharging overboard. Westfalia Separator expands the BilgeMaster system from
three to nine sizes. The bilgewater treatment system is
hence now even more precisely tailored to actual needs.
The figure shows BilgeMaster-D 3000.

Technical data BilgerMaster-D 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000
Separator Type WSD 8 WSD 18 WSD 35*
Adsorption Type AF 220 AF 300 AF 410 AF 300 AF 410 AF 500 AF 410 AF 500 AF 610
filter
Capacity Effective throughput for l/h 500 – 500 – 750 – 1000 – 1000 – 1500 – 2000 – 2000 – 2500 –
oily water treatment 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000
Weight Module complete kg 1385 1400 1425 1475 1500 1525 2375 2400 2500
Dimensions Length mm 2630 2630 2630 2780 2780 2780 3380 3380 3380
Width mm 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1500 1500 1500
Height mm 1550 1550 1550 1550 1550 1550 1564 1564 1564
* Also avaible as CombiMaster with a sludge capacity of 500 – 1000 l/h.

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