Industrial Filtration

The IMO 2020 global sulphur cap, limiting sulphur content in marine fuel to 0.5 percent globally and 0.1 percent in Emission Control Areas, fundamentally changed the fuel economics of ocean shipping. Vessel operators faced a choice between switching to more expensive low-sulphur fuel oil, converting to LNG propulsion, or installing exhaust gas cleaning systems, commonly […]

The purchase price of an automatic backflushing filter is higher than the purchase price of an equivalent manual cartridge or basket filter. This single data point, visible at the moment of procurement and easily compared between options, tends to dominate the selection decision in facilities where the purchasing decision and the operational consequence are separated

A marine vessel’s fuel oil system is one of the most engineered fluid circuits on board, moving fuel from storage through a sequence of treatment, conditioning, and delivery steps before it reaches the injection equipment that feeds the main engine. Each step in this sequence serves a purpose in ensuring that the fuel entering the

The lubricating oil circulating through a marine engine does more than reduce friction between moving parts. It carries heat away from bearings and other high-temperature surfaces, suspends and transports wear particles away from critical clearances, and provides the hydrodynamic film that prevents metal-to-metal contact between the precision-machined surfaces of crankshaft journals, connecting rod bearings, camshaft

Philippine vessel operators are operating in a tightening regulatory environment for ballast water management. The Philippine Coast Guard’s Administrative Order No. 2023-01 mandates compliance with the IMO Ballast Water Management Convention for all vessels operating in Philippine waters, requiring the installation of approved ballast water treatment systems, operational compliance, certification, and periodic inspection. For vessel

Engine wear that cannot be attributed to operating hours, maintenance intervals, or observable mechanical causes frequently traces back to a contamination problem in the fuel supply that was never adequately controlled. In vessels burning heavy fuel oil, the most common and most destructive form of this contamination is catalytic fines, known in the marine industry

The Bollfilter Automatic Type 6.18 is the product most commonly specified for industrial water and process water filtration applications that require continuous self-cleaning operation, including geothermal brine service. Understanding what makes the Type 6.18 technically suited to geothermal applications, what its key specification parameters are, and what installation and operating considerations apply in Philippine geothermal

The heat exchanger and the production pump are two of the most operationally critical and physically demanding pieces of equipment in a geothermal power facility, and they share a common vulnerability: both depend on the cleanliness of the fluid passing through them to deliver the performance and service life their specification assumes. When the fluid