Getting the Most Out of Underperforming Sewage Treatment Plants

Published Aug 31, 2021 11:57 AM by Wei Chen

[By Dr Wei Chen, Oliver Jost, Ed White and Mark Beavis] The IMO’s MARPOL Annex IV Convention, which aims to control...

The Magic of Sewage Treatment Plant Type Tests

Published Jun 28, 2021 2:16 PM by Wei Chen

[By Dr Wei Chen, Mark Beavis and Oliver Jost] Almost all marine sewage treatment plants (STPs) have been type tested...

Published Apr 23, 2021 2:05 PM by Wei Chen

Co-authors: Dr Wei Chen, Future Program Development Manager, Wartsila Water Systems, UK Mark Beavis IEng IMarEng FIMarEST, S...

Published Feb 12, 2021 9:47 AM by Wei Chen

Co-authored by Dr. Wei Chen, Felix von Bredow, Oliver Jost, Markus Joswig, and Mats Riska What is ‘screenings m...

Published Dec 10, 2020 1:58 PM by Wei Chen

[By Wei Chen, Gerhard Schories, Oliver Jost, Niclas Karlsson and Markus Joswig] A food waste digester, or biodigester as they a...

Published Sep 11, 2020 4:15 PM by Wei Chen

[By Wei Chen, Oliver Jost, Niclas Karlsson, Markus Joswig and Mark Beavis] This short paper reviews food waste and food waste r...

Published Apr 11, 2020 8:05 PM by Wei Chen

Waste disposal on some vessels contravenes both maritime and national biosecurity legislation by allowing food waste into gray wat...

Published Jan 12, 2020 4:05 AM by Wei Chen

Disinfecting raw sewage is ineffective and harmful. The comminuting and disinfecting systems are a disservice to the IMO's asp...

Published Oct 5, 2019 7:08 PM by Wei Chen

Seeing custom officers stopping certain food products (among other things) at the airport, one might find it hard to contemplate t...

Published Aug 20, 2019 5:20 PM by Wei Chen

Manufacturers are there to innovate, to compete, to think outside-the-box and to test boundaries. However, there is a line, drawn...