Aquarius UVX ballast water system.

Aquarius UVX ballast water treatment unit for marine vessel water management and IMO compliance.

ATEX-certified UV ballast water treatment for hazardous areas

The Aquarius UVX system is a fully automatic ballast water treatment system, designed and tested for installation and operation in a Zone 1 IIC T4 environment. It holds an ATEX Type approval and the design has been verified by DEKRA Test and Certification (Notified Body 0158).


Typically used on tankers and other vessels that require their ballast water treatment system to be installed in a Zone 1 or Zone 2 area, the Aquarius UVX uses a combination of hazardous area solutions. The system is independently approved to both ATEX and IECEx standards and can be installed in Zone 1 hazardous areas on both US and non-US flagged vessels.


From an operator point of view, it performs in exactly the same way as our standard UV BWMS—with added safety features.

Why choose Aquarius UVX:

Supplied with plug & play intrinsically safe barrier box that enables all required signals from the hazardous area to be connected on installation (on the safe area bulkhead).
Installer only needs to consider the cable runs, as all IS circuits are supplied with suitable barrier protection.
Local junction boxes provided for installation in hazardous area, fully rated & certified.
System uses pneumatic actuators and a purge & over-pressure protection system for the UV chamber (using ship's air)
Thanks to modular design, only the filter and UV reactor need to be installed in the hazardous area. Power & control panels are installed in a safe area on the vessel. (connected via electrical & control related cabling)

Aquarius UV system range:

System
AQ-125-UV
AQ-300-UV
AQ-500-UV
AQ-750-UV
AQ-1000-UV
Capacity (m3/h)
12.5 / 125
30 - 300
50 - 500
75 - 750
100 - 1000
Total installed power (kW)
19.0
47.7
62.6
92.2
100.0
The treatment capacity, process capability and performance of the Aquarius® UVX systems are exactly the same as those on the standard area Aquarius® UV systems.

Approved where it matters:

DEKRA ATEX Certificate
View Type Approval
IMO Revised G8
View Type Approval
Lloyd's Register
View Type Approval
IMO Greek Flag Revised G8
View Type Approval
Korean Register
View Type Approval

What’s included as standard:

Filtersafe® filter fitted with EX d/e motors & instrumentation where required.
Pneumatic actuators instead of electric ones.
Ex e/i instrumentation on the UV chamber kit, including the flow meter.
UV reactor with Ex p (purged and overpressure) system on the UV chamber.
Sample point.
Power distribution cabinet.
Control cabinet

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