Membrane & Separation Technology News articles from April 2002

Membrane & Separation Technology News archives from April 2002

REVERSE OSMOSIS: Polyamide Element Uses Low Energy.
April 1, 2002... Hydranautics has introduced an energy savings polyamide membrane element, rated for operation at only 75 psi (5 bar), and the only ultralow energy element available in both 4- and 8-in. diameters and 40-in. long configurations, to its line of...

Composite Offers High Salt Rejection.
April 1, 2002... Hydranautics has introduced a low fouling composite polyamide membrane line that offers the hydrophilic chemistry and high performance, but meets higher salt rejection standards, 99.6% salt rejection at 9,500 GPD. The membrane is suitable...

ULTRAFILTRATION: S-Layers Offer Sharp MWCOs.
April 1, 2002... Researchers at the Center of Ultrastructure Research in Vienna have developed an ultrafiltration membrane that takes advantage of the uniformity of pore size and morphology in crystalline bacterial surface layers (S-layers), the outermost cell...

Capsules Speed Time to Market.
April 1, 2002... Pall Corp. has developed scaleable, disposable capsule filters the company says eliminate cleaning and cleaning validation to help drug process developers get products to market faster. The latest Kleenpak capsule, with a T-style...

GAS SEPARATIONS: CO2 Affinity Economical, Flexible.
April 1, 2002... With funding through an SBIR grant, Media and Process Technology (M&P) has begun developing inorganic membranes with a strong specific affinity for carbon dioxide that maintain material stability in harsh process environments. Because the...

Palladium Alloy Is Less Expensive.
April 1, 2002... Johnson Matthey Public Limited Co. has discovered a way to make cheaper, more reliable composite hydrogen purification membranes that negate pinhole leaks of carbon monoxide and dioxide. Hydrogen is an essential industrial gas used in...

POU Modules Enhance Productivity, Safety.
April 1, 2002... Praxair, Inc. subsidiary Innovative Membrane Systems, Inc. has introduced membrane-based nitrogen generation and compressed air dryer modules the company says produce a reliable, cost-effective, point-of-use supply of gaseous nitrogen and dry...

BIOMEDICAL & BIOMEMBRANE: Implantable Monitor Painless, Accurate.
April 1, 2002... Lifecare AS engineers are developing the SensElly blood glucose monitor, an implantable membrane device that constantly checks blood sugar levels, registering any change of osmolality in body fluids caused by glucose. Changes are logged in...

Sensor Removes Human Error.
April 1, 2002... After more than a decade of research, Ambri, Ltd., the University of Sydney, Australia's CSIRO, and the CRC have developed a biosensor that uses computer technology to analyze and define a biological event. The Ambri biosensor is poised to...

NON-SEPARATING: Tent Liner Cuts Fuel Use, Deaths.
April 1, 2002... Cambridge University architects are field-testing a high-tech cold weather tent based on cheap, waterproof breathable membrane that may save the lives of Afghan refugees living in UN-sponsored camps. Joseph Ashmore, a member of the...

FUEL CELL & ED: Reinforcement Key to Long MEA Life.
April 1, 2002... In accelerated fuel cell life tests, next-generation Gore-Select membranes have exhibited lifetimes on an order of magnitude greater than non-reinforced membranes of comparable thickness. In addition, the 25-micron-thick membranes outlasted...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Bureau Accepting Water Proposals.
April 1, 2002... The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Desalination & Water Purification Research & Development Program is soliciting proposals for research studies, pilot-scale systems, and demonstration projects investigating methods to reduce the cost of...

Osmonics Debuts Specialty Line.
April 1, 2002... Osmonics, Inc. has established a specialty separations equipment product line based on the company's WasteWizard fluid recycling system. Osmonics recently signed a supply agreement with Safety-Kleen Corp. (Columbia, SC), which widens the...

Millipore Licenses Filling Technology.
April 1, 2002... Millipore Corp. has acquired the rights to technology from Filvek, LLC that enables the sterile filling of biopharmaceutical drugs in a closed, disposable system. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Millipore has licensed the technology...

Proteome to Offer Ag Diagnostics.
April 1, 2002... Proteome Systems, Ltd. and C-Qentec Diagnostics Pty, Ltd. have entered a collaborative agreement to develop of a range of rapid and quantitative diagnostic products for use in agriculture. C- Qentec, already a player in the agricultural...

Orange County Contracts for USF MF.
April 1, 2002... USFilter will provide a $25 million Memcor submerged continuous microfiltration system (CMF-S) to Orange County, California, as part of the state's advanced water reclamation project. When commissioned in 2004, the plant will generate 86.7 mgd...

Briefly Noted:.
April 1, 2002... * Ionics, Inc. (Watertown, MA) has announced year-end 2001 revenues of $466.7 million compared with revenues of $474.6 million in 2000. Net income for the year was $44.7 million, or $2.59/share, compared with a net loss of $1.9 million, or...

CALENDAR.
April 1, 2002... May 11-15, 2002. 13th Annual Meeting of the North American Membrane Society, Hyatt Regency Long Beach, Long Beach, CA. Contact: Meeting Secretary, Victoria Corrin; Tel: 310/825-8798, Fax: 310/206-4107; Email: cerr@ucla.edu June 24-26,...

INDUSTRY INSIGHT: High Temperature Hydrogen Separation Membranes.
April 1, 2002... By Charles Krueger, R&D Manager. Walter Juda Associates, Inc.. 4 Colby St., Medford, MA 02155 Palladium alloy membranes are well known for their unique ability to permeate pure hydrogen with nearly infinite selectivity. Wider application...

Market Opportunities.
April 1, 2002... One of the major objectives of this joint venture is to assess market opportunities for high-temperature hydrogen membrane technology and to determine the technology advances that will be required to enter existing and new markets. ...

PEM Fuel Cells.
April 1, 2002... One of the target applications of this program is the production of hydrogen for a PEM fuel cell capable of supplying the electricity for a residential home. This application has a large market potential. The most likely scenarios will involve...

Planar Membrane Technology.
April 1, 2002... The Pd/Cu Planar Foil Membrane. We have chosen to use the known alloy of 60% palladium and 40% copper in our all-metal membrane systems. This alloy, due to its unique properties, is a superior choice for planar membrane systems. The alloy does...

High Temperature Polymer Support.
April 1, 2002... A second tier of this project involves the development by IMS of porous polymer support membranes that are capable of operation at high temperatures. These membranes may be tailored for use in high temperature gas separation applications (above...

Conclusion.
April 1, 2002... Enhanced productivity, hydrogen permselective membranes have a large number of useful applications, with particular promise in the emerging fuel cell field or for a future where CO2 sequestration may be required. To enter these markets will...