JTP Mech: Integrated Waste Management in the Marine Environment
Mechanical & Manufacturing Joint Technical Programme Event. Note that this event supersedes the previously programmed event of a visit to the DSTO.
Where:
Engineers House, Chapman Hall, 11 Bagot Street, North Adelaide
When:
6.15pm Tuesday 13th May 2008
Refreshments from 5:30pm
Who:
All visitors with an interest in Mechanical Engineering are welcome to attend (please RSVP).
Traditional, on-board Navy and commercial vessels waste systems are seen as separate, unrelated
entities, each having its own supplier and interface challenges. The various liquid and solid waste
streams have no commonality and are discharged/stored without thought for cross-connection to
other systems. This is manpower-intensive, has health and safety implications, is a poor use of
space, and generates increasing port reception costs.
Unification of the individual treatment technologies through an Integrated Waste Management allows:
- Optimisation of the operation of each piece of equipment
- Flexibility under varying demands;
- A largely autonomous processing capability; and
- Production of less waste to discharge or store.
With an Integrated Waste Management System (IWMS) the operation and maintenance activities are
simplified and onboard storage of waste is minimized. Crucially, the IWMS facilitates the world-wide
operation of the vessel through compliance to environmental legislation with the potential to meet
future more stringent legislation.
RSVP instructions and further information detailed in the printable brochure below.
Download flyer for full details of the JTP on the 2008 JTP page.