Membrane & Separation Technology News articles from December 2001

Membrane & Separation Technology News archives from December 2001

MICROFILTRATION: Microbial Protection Wastes Less Water.
December 1, 2001... Aqua Care Systems Inc. has launched the "Water Saver" drinking water system, a home microfiltration unit designed to conserve water, improve water quality and enhance water safety by removing bacterial contaminants greater than 0.15 microns....

REVERSE OSMOSIS: HERO Treats Cooling Tower Blowdown.
December 1, 2001... A zero liquid discharge wastewater treatment system based on high pH High Efficiency Reverse Osmosis (HERO) technology, has successfully completed performance testing on cooling tower blow down, reducing hardness and resultant mineral scaling...

ULTRAFILTRATION: HYDRAcap Meets U.K. Crypto Standards.
December 1, 2001... For the past seven months, Hydranautic's HYDRAcap capillary membranes have effectively been meeting the U.K.'s strict new Cryptosporidium standards without a single fiber break. In 1999, the U.K.'s Drinking Water Inspectorate introduced...

Collaboration to Detect Prions.
December 1, 2001... In collaboration with the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS), Gradipore will apply its Gradiflow membrane technology to the early stage detection of prion disease such as variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease and bovine spongiform...

Pall Launches Metal Alloys.
December 1, 2001... British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) has concluded a major purchase of AccuSep metal alloy membranes developed by Pall Corp. based on Department of Energy (DOE) technology for use at its Enhanced Actinide Removal Plant (EARP). The sale marks Pall's...

NANOFILTRATION: HYDRACoRe Offers Chlorine Tolerance.
December 1, 2001... Hydranautics has introduced a spiral wound nanofiltration membrane for color removal that operates at high specific flux with improved chlorine tolerance. Called HYDRACoRe, the sulfonated polyethersulfone membrane offers high removal...

Millstream Planning Metals Recovery.
December 1, 2001... Encouraged by test results, Millstream Mines Ltd. is preparing a pre-feasibility and design study for a prototype processing plant that would combine electrochemical leaching with membrane technology in recovering commercial levels of metals...

ED & FUEL CELL: H2fuel Reduces Cost of Hydrogen.
December 1, 2001... Working under a contract awarded by Avista Labs affiliate H2fuel, LLC, University of Kentucky researchers are developing a cost- effective membrane-based technology for producing fuel cell hydrogen from readily available fuels such as natural...

Nanoparticles Form Thinner Electrolytes.
December 1, 2001... Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. has formed electrolyte films well under 25 microns thick using nanosized yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ). Incorporating thinner films into solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) increases oxyanion transfer efficiency....

BIOMEDICAL & BIOMEMBRANE Biocapsule Delivers Continuous Insulin.
December 1, 2001... A biomedical engineer from the University of Illinois at Chicago has devised an implantable micro-scale device wrapped in a silicon membrane that acts as a tiny bioreactor, delivering a steady stream of insulin to diabetes patients. The...

AngioGuard Keeps Arteries Clear.
December 1, 2001... A tiny experimental filter that traps bloodstream debris such as cell clumps, tissue particles, or calcified material may help reduce the risk of heart attack following angioplasty, researchers report. Called AngioGuard, the device is...

INDUSTRY NEWS: eVionyx Offers Metal-Air Electrolyte.
December 1, 2001... eVionyx, Inc. is making its Membrion membrane material, one of the components of the company's metal-air fuel cell, commercially available. Membrion is a polymer-based membrane with exceptionally high ionic conductivity, which makes it...

BB&V Wins AwwaRF Project.
December 1, 2001... For the first time, Binnie Black & Veatch's (BB&V) expertise in membrane technologies has been rewarded with a research project by AwwaRF, sponsored by some 1,000 U.S. and international water utilities. BB&V has assembled a team of...

Gambro Increases Production Capacity.
December 1, 2001... Gambro AB has opened a new production plant for Polyflux membrane dialyzers at the company's Hechingen, Germany, location. The plant is expected to increase existing production capacity by 5 million units annually. The Hechingen site is home to...

Norit Sells First Capillary NF Unit.
December 1, 2001... Norit Membrane Technology has received the first order for a membrane unit containing the company's capillary nanofiltration technology. Norit will use the system, purchased by a French water utility, as a pilot unit to investigate the...

World's Largest UF Plant Comes Online.
December 1, 2001... According to Norit Membrane Technology, the world's largest ultrafiltration plant at Clay Lane, London, has officially opened and is producing water. The plant was built for Three Valleys Water, one of the largest water only suppliers in...

Aqua-Expo to Include U.S. Pavilion.
December 1, 2001... For the first time in the event's history, Aqua-Expo 2002 (Paris, France) will feature a U.S. pavilion for American water equipment manufacturers to showcase their treatment processes, technology, and services. The U.S. Commercial Service...

Test Fluid Suspect in Dialysis Deaths.
December 1, 2001... Following the deaths of kidney patients treated with Baxter dialyzers in the U.S. and overseas, the company says that a processing solution used to test for leaks in the filters may be to blame. The deaths of 53 patients are associated with...

Briefly Noted:.
December 1, 2001... * Kvaerner Secures Gas Processing Contract. Kvaerner Process Systems (Crick, Northamptonshire, U.K.) has been awarded a contract for a $2.5 million CO2 Membrane Gas Removal unit to be installed in Venezuela by the State Petroleum organization,...

CALENDAR.
December 1, 2001... February 4-8, 2002, Membrane Technology in Drinking and Industrial Water Treatment, International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, Delft, The Netherlands. Contact: IHE; Tel: 31-(0) 15-2151774, Fax: 31-(0)...

INDUSTRY INSIGHT: New Developments in Pervaporation Membranes.
December 1, 2001... Hartmut E. A. Brschke, Sulzer Chemtech GmbH, Membrane Technology, Friedrichsthaler Str. 19, D-66540 Neunkirchen, Germany Although the separation of fluid mixtures by means of dense membranes has been known for quite a while, only during the...