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Bilge Water Evaporator

BilgeVAP-Evaporate your marine waste waters away!

SkimOIL’s BilgeVAP (Marine Waste Water Evaporator) is a potential answer to the onboard marine bilge water disposal problems. While it is largely the USCG who does the monitoring and law enforecement, there are lots of international, federal and state agencies who set limits on oil and grease (O&G) content in bilge-water discharges. The worldwide maximum oil content is 15 ppm, but lots of environmentally sensitive areas (think Galapagos) and several states in the USA have even tighter standards or even NO DISCHARGE ZONES in many coastal harbors. The lakers have even bigger disposal problems and costs.
WHAT IF YOU HAD NO BILGE-WATER?
Or disposal problems ?
The BilgeVAP simply evaporates away the water portion of oily bilge water and maybe even treated black water coming off of Marine Sanitation Devices (MSD) allowing workboats, barges, platforms, oil rigs and even shore facilities to become no discharge zones.

With this simple, rugged device, all the water or slops are automatically heated to boiling and turned into vapor which is then vented to atmosphere through a blower-assisted stack. Venting is easy. Water vapor is not considered a pollutant. Electric heating means no emissions!
NO DISCHARGE IS A GOOD DISCHARGE!!!
Factoid #1. The short version is most marine onboard waste waters—-are just that. Bilge water is over 98.32% just water, gray water is just soapy water (like at home) and treated black water coming off of a Type ll MSD is clean enough you can drink it (but I won’t).

Factoid #2. Water is water at 211 degrees F—-at 212 F it turns to vapor and can be gone.

The Bubba-proof BilgeVAP
No moving parts — Nothing overboard!

NO DISCHARGE ZONE? NO PROBLEM?

No Discharge Zones by State

MODELS:
Evaporation Rate
Tank Capacity
Tank Materials
Tank Floor
Tank Height
Electric Heat
Dimensions
Finish
Utility Requirements
Fittings
Shipping Weight
Access
Power Exhaust
Vent Stack
BV102/85EX
5 GPH
85 Gallons
12 Ga. Insulated Tank with 16 Ga. Shell
3/8" Plate
30"
11.4 KW Under Floor
41"L X 23"W X 46"H
Polyurethane
240V/3/40A (Field convertible to 240V/1/50A)
2" Stepdown Drain & 3/4" Fill Port
450 LBS
Removable Lid
Yes
6"
BV102/125EX
12 GPH
125 Gallons
12 Ga. Insulated Tank with 16 Ga. Shell
3/8" Plate
36"
27 KW Immersed
38"L X 35"W X 54"H
Polyurethane
240V/3/40A (Field convertible to 240V/1/50A)
Funnel Floor, 2" Drain & 3/4" Fill Port
600 LBS
Removable Lid
Yes
6"

Marine Water Evaporator for ZERO LIQUID DISCHARGE

Bilge Water, Gray Water, Treated Black Water

The “No Discharge Zone” BilgeVAP™ marine onboard electric evaporator runs off your generators and evaporates 4-14 gallons per hour with no moving parts (except the exhaust fan)! This simple system runs unattended for up to 20 hours and shuts down by itself. It has both low water and high temperature automatic safety shutoff controls.

With under floor or immersed heating, the “No Discharge Zone” BilgeVAP™ allows a 98-99% reduction of your bilge water. When the water portion has been evaporated, just the oil portion and solids remain—which can be easily drained off through the 2″ drain port. The flat or funneled floor is sloped to the drain and the removeable lid makes access easy. If you watch what you feed it (oily or dirty water), you can run several batches (lots) before you need bother to clean out the oil.

BilgeVAP Brochure / EPA Overview of Permit Scheme / EPA No Discharge Zones by State / Background in Marine Waste Water Evaporation
The BilgeVAP™ eliminates this gray water—as well as all the treated black water coming off of the MSD.
The “No Discharge Zone” BilgeVAP™ is engineered to quickly, automatically and safely evaporate the water.

The “No Discharge Zone” BilgeVAP™ marine onboard electric evaporator runs off your generators and evaporates 4-14 gallons per hour with no moving parts (except the exhaust fan)! This simple system runs unattended for up to 20 hours and shuts down by itself. It has both low water and high temperature automatic safety shutoff controls.

Need more? 60 GPH available in ShoreVAP and OilEaterVAP models. Natural gas, propane, and waste oil fired.

With under floor or immersed heating, the “No Discharge Zone” BilgeVAP™ allows a 98-99% reduction of your bilge water. When the water portion has been evaporated, just the oil portion and solids remain—which can be easily drained off through the 2″ drain port. It even has a built in oil skimmer and the removable lid makes access easy. If you watch what you feed it (oily or dirty water), you can run several batches (lots) before you need bother to clean out the oil. Evaporate Your Marine Water Problems Away!

Why use the “No Discharge Zone” BilgeVAP

  • ZERO LIQUID DISCHARGE
  • No moving parts — duh!
  • Simple operation — on/off controls
  • Automatic shutoff — runs unattended
  • Autofill as an option — hands off
  • Vessel General Permit (VGP) is here to stay.
  • Vessel General Permit (VGP) is now law.
  • The FEDS have arrived

For Vessel General Permit (VGP) compliance, why not simply evaporate your gray water and even the treated black waters coming off your MSD? Turn your boat into a NO DISCHARGE ZONE. One way or another, there are more and more NO DISCHARGE ZONES coming your way. How to handle it? What if you evaporated all your water away?