Membrane & Separation Technology News articles from January 2000

Membrane & Separation Technology News archives from January 2000

MICROFILTRATION: Chlorine Dioxide Gives MF a Boost.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Hollow fiber microfiltration (MF) membrane systems, when integrated with emerging technologies such as ultrapure chlorine dioxide, provide the best available technology for treating surface and ground waters to meet Safe Water Drinking Act...

Asahi's PEEK : Takes the Heat.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Osaka, Japan; Tel: 03-3507-2730, Fax: 03- 3507-2005) has developed a process for manufacturing a polyether ether ketone (PEEK) membrane that can be used for ultrafiltration or microfiltration at high...

Mott Sinters Metal Media.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Manufacturing technology developments have permitted the manufacture of highly permeable sintered metal media using 0.1 m grade sintered metal media in hiflow nickel, 316L stainless steel, and hastelloy C-22, with fine porosity and high pore...

Material Isolates Large Molecules.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... A team of chemists from Arizona State University (Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Box 871604, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604; Tel: 480/965-3461, Fax: 480/965- 2747) and the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI 48109; Tel: 734/764-1817) have...

GAS SEPARATIONS: MTR Provides VOC Recovery Alternative.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... According to scientists at Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. (1360 Willow Rd., Menlo Park, CA 94025-1516; Tel: 415/328-2228, Fax: 415/328-6580) choosing a VOC control technology depends on a number of factors, including: the nature and...

APD, Questor Join to Market PSA Systems.
January 1, 2000... Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (7201 Hamilton Blvd., Allentown, PA 18195; Tel: 610/481-4911, Fax: 610/481-6642) and Questor Industries, Inc. (6961 Russell Ave., Burnaby, B.C. V5J 4R8, Canada; Tel: 604/454-1134, ext. 17, Fax: 604/454- 1137),...

Los Alamos Teams with BP Amoco.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Non-domestic olefin producers are rapidly constructing state-of-the-art plants, says researcher D.J. Devlin of the Los Alamos National Laboratory (1 Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87544-0001; Tel: 505/667-7890). The energy- efficient...

INORGANIC: Ceramics Support Robust Separations.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Scientists at the University of California at Los Angeles Environmental Management Science Program (UCLA, 56125 B Engineering IV Bldg., Los Angeles, CA 90024; Tel: 310/206-7961) is developing and testing tougher membranes that selectively...

Bechtel R&D Improves Inorganic Prognosis.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Inorganic membrane technology has long been expected to provide economical methods for industrial and waste management processes. But according to Doug Fain of Bechtel Jacobs Co. LLC (Box No. 3043, East Tennessee Technology Park, Oak Ridge, TN...

BIOMEDICAL: NTP Confirms Plasticizer Hazard.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The National Toxicology Program (NTP, 111 Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; Tel: 919/541-3841, Fax: 919/541-0763) has confirmed Health Care Without Harm's assertion that di-ethylhexyl-phthalate (DEHP) is a hazard to human...

Approval Sought for Blood Collection Filter.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Haemonetics Corp. (400 Wood Rd., Braintree, MA 02184-9114; Tel: 781/848-7100) hopes to bring a U.S. version of its two-unit red blood cell collection technology to market by January 2001. The company has submitted a 510k to the FDA for the...

MODULE DESIGN: Spiral Module Maintains Liquid Dominance.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The spiral wound membrane module, says Peter Eriksson of Osmonics/Desal (5951 Clearwater Dr., Minnetonka, MN 55343-8995; Tel: 800/848-1750, Fax: 612/933-0141) is almost always the most cost efficient configuration of flat sheet membranes for...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Air Products Buys Korean Gas Firm.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (7201 Hamilton Blvd., Allentown, PA 18195; Tel: 610/481-4911, Fax: 610/481-6642) has acquired the remaining 51.1% shares in Korea Industrial Gases, Ltd. (KIG), the largest industrial gas company in Korea. Since...

Millipore Launches Online Store.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Millipore Corp. (80 Ashby Rd., Bedford, MA, 01730; Tel: 617/275-9200, Fax: 617/275-5550) has launched the company's e-commerce site, the Millipore online store. The site, which houses catalog information on more than 7,000 products, is...

Pall Makes Milestone Investment in VITEX.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... V. I. Technologies, Inc. (VITEX, 155 Duryea Rd., Melville, NY 11747; Tel: 516/752-7314, Fax: 516/688-5293) has closed a $3.0 million milestone investment by Pall Corp. (2200 Northern Blvd., East Hills, NY 11548; Tel: 516/484-5400, Fax:...

Baxter to Acquire Althin Medical A.B.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Baxter International, Inc. (1 Baxter Pkwy., Deerfield, IL 60015; Tel: 708/948- 2000) has agreed to acquire Althin Medical A.B. (St. Grabrodersgatan 17B, Lund, Sweden), a manufacturer of hemodialysis products, in a cash and stock transaction...

FDA Solicits Juicy Comments.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... In testimony delivered during a hearing on juice safety, held by the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for foods, National Food Processors Association (NFPA, 1401 New York Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20005-2102; Tel:...

Cuno, Inc.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Cuno, Inc. (400 Research Pkwy., Meriden, CT 06450; Tel: 203/237-5541, Fax: 203/238-8977) reports record results for the fiscal year ended October 31, 1999 including worldwide sales of $220.6 million, up 11% from $198.8 million in 1998. Net...

DuPont Co.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... DuPont Co. (1007 Market St., Wilmington, DE 19898; Tel: 302/774-1000, Fax: 302/773-5355) reports that Deborah C. Hopkins, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Boeing Co. (7755 E. Marginal Way S., Seattle, WA 98108; Tel:...

Praxair, Inc.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... As part of a major management reorganization, the board of directors of Praxair, Inc. (777 Old Saw Mill Rd., Tarrytown, NY 10591; Tel: 914/789-2748, Fax: 914/789-2026) has elected Thomas W. von Krannichfeldt to the position of executive vice...

The Minntech Corp.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The Minntech Corp. (14605 28th Ave. N., Minneapolis, MN 55447; Tel: 612/553- 3300, Fax: 612/553-3387) board of directors has extended the company's stock repurchase program, which started in August, 1998, by authorizing purchases by the...

Startech Environmental Corp.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Startech Environmental Corp. (79 Old Ridgefield Rd., Wilton, CT 06897; Tel: 203/762-2499, Fax: 203/761-0839) has recently acquired the worldwide rights to a hydrogen selective membrane system, called Starcell. The technology is a cost-...

REVERSE OSMOSIS: Osmonics Offers Largest E-Series.(Product Information)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2000... Osmonics (5951 Clearwater Dr., Minnetonka, MN 55343-8995; Tel: 612/933-2277, Fax: 612/933-0141) has unveiled the E8 system, the largest of its E-Series standard reverse osmosis (RO) machine line. The E8 features robust industrial design using...

ELECTRICALLY-DRIVEN : Bipolar Method Stops Leaks.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Elf Atochem S.A. (2000 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19103-3222; Tel: 215/419- 7620, Fax: 215/419-7930) has developed an electrodialysis method using a bipolar (BP) membrane for regenerating acids so that contamination of the acid compartment...

Opposites Repel to Form Membranes.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Researchers at the University of Delaware (Newark, DE 19716; Tel: 302/831-2000) and the Institute for Medicine and Engineering (University of Pennsylvania, 3451 Walnut, Philadelphia PA 19104; Tel: 215/898-5000) discovered that oppositely...

ULTRAFILTRATION: System Design Widens Applications.(Product Information)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Ultrafiltration filtration technology continues to expand in applications as various process separations, paints, oily waste, food and dairy, night soil, pre-treatment to RO or DI, and others, says researcher Rick Ide of Celgard (13800 South...

CALENDAR.
January 1, 2000... March 26-30, The 219th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Contact: ACS; Tel: 202/872-6059; Email: v_beatty@acs.org. March 27-29, Membrane Technology in Water and Wastewater Treatment, Lancaster University. Contact: Royal Society of...