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Homogenizer: Management & Treatment

The document discusses a homogenizer device that treats fuel sludge on ships. It mechanically breaks down asphaltenes in fuel oil to reduce sludge and improve combustion. The homogenizer operates through shearing and ultrasonic forces to homogenize heavy fuel oil. It can be used in fuel circulation systems, sludge treatment units, and to create water-in-fuel emulsions. Benefits include reduced sludge, improved fuel quality, and savings on fuel and maintenance costs.

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Homogenizer: Management & Treatment

The document discusses a homogenizer device that treats fuel sludge on ships. It mechanically breaks down asphaltenes in fuel oil to reduce sludge and improve combustion. The homogenizer operates through shearing and ultrasonic forces to homogenize heavy fuel oil. It can be used in fuel circulation systems, sludge treatment units, and to create water-in-fuel emulsions. Benefits include reduced sludge, improved fuel quality, and savings on fuel and maintenance costs.

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HOMOGENIZER

Management & Treatment


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HOMOGENIZER
Device for fuel sludge
treatment
The Homogenizer is a dynamic milling machine
to be used in the fuel system on board ships.
It is designed to improve your fuel quality which
will lead to a better combustion and less
maintenance. Furthermore it can reduce sludge
in case of fuel incompatibility. Increase and it
increases the amount of burnable fuel in case
of bad fuel quality. The Homogenizer has a high
saving potential and is suitable for all type of
vessels with 2 and 4-stroke main engine in dual
fuel operation (HFO/MDO/new type of fuel oil
acc. sulphur cap), e. g. tankers, LNG, container,
bulkers, cruise vessels.

Control Cabinet

Features: Benefits:

Continuous homogenizing by shearing of Reduces sludge through waist oil treatment


asphaltene clusters
Avoid fuel incompability in circulating
Pure mechanical & no chemical treatment system
Continuous generation of water in fuel Fuel treatment, conditioning and
emulsion harmonizing
Sludge treatment on board Maximizes the amount of burnable fuel
Fuel treatment in fuel circulating system Increases fuel quality for optimized
reduce sludge of fuel incompatibility combustion

Less wear and tear on engine components


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FUNCTION
The homogenizer is a dynamic milling machine and it mainly consists of a specially constructed stator /
rotor-milling gear to improve the fuel quality as well as to allow sludge treatment on board of sea-going
vessels.

Pure mechanical homogenizing


Free adjustable clearance between rotor and stator
Low maintenance

The Homogenizer operates on the principles of mechanical shearing and ultrasonic forces. It utilizes a special
conical shaped milling gear, to generate high hydrodynamic power consisting of shearing, friction and
acceleration forces with pressure waves of high frequency. The high molecular asphaltenes are reduced in
their size to below 5 μm and homogenized into the heavy fuel oil.
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PERFORMANCE
Effect
Dynamic rotor-stator milling machine
Chemical-free approach for treating residual fuels

Rotor-stator arrangement
Conical shaped layout - concentrically mounted
Slightly decreasing clearance between rotor and stator

Homogenizer

Asphaltenes are sheared back to


approx. 5 µm into a homogeneous
blend

out

in

Asphaltenes formed into cotton


like strands in residual oil
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SYSTEM OVERVIEW
Application Homogenizer in Fuel Circulation System

Preventing of fuel incompability after blending / mixing
Improved combustion
Reduces sludge and emission

Saving effects:
Prevents sludge forming and clogging filters; fuel costs saving up to 2 - 3 %
Extended life time filters and injection parts; operating and spare part costs saving up to 3 %

Homogenizer
Preheater
Mixing
Tube
CONTOIL® Ball Valve Cooler

Main Engine

Application Homogenizer in Sludge Treatment Unit (STU)



Continious HFO homogenizing on board Waste Oil Tank Sludge Tank
Pure mechanical and no chemical treatment
Reduces sludge discharging
Increases amount of utilizable fuel in waist oil system

Incinerator
Saving Effencts:
Prevents sludge forming and clogging filters;
fuel costs saving up to 2 - 3 % Homogenizer
No chemical treatments
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Application Homogenizer in Water in Fuel Emulsion Unit


(WFE)

Creates long term stable water in fuel emulsion
Lowers combustion temperature
Improves spray pattern and vaporization
Reduces emission

Saving effects:
Uniform and fine spray pattern at injection; fuel saving up to 2- 3 %

WFE
CONTOIL® Control
Cabinet

Emulsifying
Agent Tank

Homogenizer

Water
Tank
DOMINO
Water Meter

Water-in-Fuel Temperature Vaporization of water Transition of water into Smaller fuel droplets
Emulsion increase in droplets steam breaks fuel into provide an increased
combustion smaller droplets and contact surface area
chamber lowers temperature between fuel and air
peaks during
combustion

1m³ H2O water approx. 1’500m³ steam


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CERTIFICATE
All intellectual property rights are exclusively with Aquametro Oil & Marine AG, Switzerland
The english version shall prevail. Subject to change without notice.
VD 7-600 e 08.2019

Aquametro Oil & Marine AG Aquametro Oil & Marine GmbH


CH-4106 Therwil, Switzerland DE-18119 Rostock, Germany
[email protected] [email protected]
www.aquametro-oil-marine.com Phone +41 61 725 44 00 Phone +49 381 382 530 00

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