CORDIS · 781846 · H2020

BOSOWS Blue Ocean Secondary Oily Water Separator

Coordinator: SPF BLUE OCEAN (FO)

All ships produce oily bilge water. The MARPOL Convention requires vessels to have oily water separators and prohibits the discharge of water with more than 15 ppm oil content.Present techniques to clean bilge water on board include gravitational separation, adsorbents, flocculation, filtration and biotreatment. They are expensive, cumbersome and often unreliable under real life conditions at sea. Holding tanks on board are limited, some ports have insufficient reception facilities, and port delivery of oily water is expensive. Hence,10-15% of all vessels regularly discharge illegally (OECD).…

EU contribution
€50k
Total cost
€71k
Period
2017-08-01 → 2018-01-31
Framework
Horizon 2020 (2014–2020)
Funding scheme
SME-1
Call
H2020-SMEInst-2016-2017
Status
CLOSED

About Horizon 2020 (2014–2020)

Horizon 2020 was the EU's flagship research and innovation programme for 2014–2020, with a budget of around €77 billion. It bundled FP7's strands with the EIT and the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme, introduced a stronger societal-challenge orientation, and pushed the funding logic toward closer-to-market innovation. New calls closed in 2020 but funded projects continued through 2024.

Co-funding: the European Union contributes €50k toward a total project budget of €71k — a funding rate of 70%, with the remainder covered by the consortium partners. The project runs over approximately 0.5 years from 2017-08-01 to 2018-01-31.

Full record on CORDIS — partners, deliverables, publications, news.

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Frequently asked questions

Who funds this research project?
This project is funded by the European Union through the Horizon 2020 (2014–2020) programme, under the SME-1 funding scheme.
What is the EU contribution?
The European Commission contributes €50k toward a total project budget of €71k.
Which EU programme funds it?
The project is funded under Horizon 2020 (2014–2020), call H2020-SMEInst-2016-2017.
Who coordinates the project?
The project is coordinated by SPF BLUE OCEAN (FO).
What is the project timeline?
The project runs from 2017-08-01 to 2018-01-31 — approximately 0.5 years.
Where can I find the full project record?
The complete record — partners, deliverables, publications and news — is published on CORDIS under project ID 781846.