University of Groningen
Ballast water treatment system testing
van Slooten, Cees
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10.33612/diss.172082815
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Ballast water treatment system testing
Assessing novel treatments and validating compliance methods
Ballast water treatment system testing
Assessing novel treatments and validating compliance methods Cees van Slooten
PhD Thesis
NIOZ, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research. Department of Biological Oceanography
Energy and Sustainability Research Institute, University of Groningen
May 2021
Cover photo: NIOZ, Simon Smit Layout: Cees van Slooten
Printed by: GVO drukkers & vormgevers B.V.
The research reported in this thesis was carried out at the department of Biological Oceanography of the NIOZ, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, location Texel, The Netherlands.
This work has been co-funded by the North Sea Region Programme under the ERDF of the European Union.
© 2021 Cees van Slooten
Ballast water treatment system testing
Assessing novel treatments and validating compliance methods
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
op gezag van de
rector magnificus prof. dr. C. Wijmenga en volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties.
De openbare verdediging zal plaatsvinden op vrijdag 18 juni 2021 om 14.30 uur
door
Cornelis van Slooten
geboren op 11 november 1982 te Urk
Ballast water treatment system testing
Assessing novel treatments and validating compliance methods Cees van Slooten
PhD Thesis
NIOZ, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research. Department of Biological Oceanography
Energy and Sustainability Research Institute, University of Groningen
May 2021
Cover photo: NIOZ, Simon Smit Layout: Cees van Slooten
Printed by: GVO drukkers & vormgevers B.V.
The research reported in this thesis was carried out at the department of Biological Oceanography of the NIOZ, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, location Texel, The Netherlands.
This work has been co-funded by the North Sea Region Programme under the ERDF of the European Union.
© 2021 Cees van Slooten
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any forms or by means, without permission of the author, or where applicable, of the publisher of the scientific papers.
Ballast water treatment system testing
Assessing novel treatments and validating compliance methods
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
op gezag van de
rector magnificus prof. dr. C. Wijmenga en volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties.
De openbare verdediging zal plaatsvinden op vrijdag 18 juni 2021 om 14.30 uur
door
Cornelis van Slooten
geboren op 11 november 1982 te Urk
Promotor
Prof. dr. A.G.J. Buma
Copromotor
Dr. L. Peperzak
Beoordelingscommissie
Prof. dr. A. Huq
Prof. dr. N.A. Welschmeyer Prof. dr. K.R. Timmermans
Table of contents
Chapter 1 Introduction and thesis outline p.7
Chapter 2 Assessment of didecyldimethylammonium p.27 chloride as a ballast water treatment method
Chapter 3 Quantifying heterotrophic bacteria in ballast p.57 water treatment systems: a comparative analysis of plate counting, flow cytometry and qPCR
Chapter 4 Assessment of imaging-in-flow system p.81 (FlowCAM) for systematic ballast water
management
Chapter 5 Development and testing of a rapid, sensitive p.115 ATP assay to detect living organisms
in ballast water
Summary p.145
Samenvatting p.153
Promotor
Prof. dr. A.G.J. Buma
Copromotor
Dr. L. Peperzak
Beoordelingscommissie
Prof. dr. A. Huq
Prof. dr. N.A. Welschmeyer Prof. dr. K.R. Timmermans
Table of contents
Chapter 1 Introduction and thesis outline p.7
Chapter 2 Assessment of didecyldimethylammonium p.27 chloride as a ballast water treatment method
Chapter 3 Quantifying heterotrophic bacteria in ballast p.57 water treatment systems: a comparative analysis of plate counting, flow cytometry and qPCR
Chapter 4 Assessment of imaging-in-flow system p.81 (FlowCAM) for systematic ballast water
management
Chapter 5 Development and testing of a rapid, sensitive p.115 ATP assay to detect living organisms
in ballast water
Summary p.145
Samenvatting p.153
