Membrane & Separation Technology News articles from January 2002

Membrane & Separation Technology News archives from January 2002

INDUSTRY OUTLOOK: The Future of the Industry.
January 1, 2002... Despite the economic downturn of the past year, most membrane industry participants managed to post increased sales and, in some cases, profits. As industry consultant Anna Crull notes, the now totally global membrane "world" has...

REVERSE OSMOSIS: Grafting Prevents Seawater Fouling.
January 1, 2002... Scientists at Ben Gurion University have surface modified seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) membranes that minimize fouling and resultant flux decline with a room temperature grafting process. Flat sheet samples of Hydranautics' SWRO...

ULTRAFILTRATION: Disposable Filter for Small Batches.
January 1, 2002... To meet growing demand for small batch virus removal in biotech drug development and manufacturing, Pall Corp. has launched the Novasip DV20 virus removal filter capsule for pilot scale and small batch applications. Novasip helps...

HYBRID: Systems Match Ultrapure Needs.
January 1, 2002... Five different filtration systems from Millipore Corp. have been developed to meet specific user requirements for ultrapure laboratory water. Each of the Milli-Q systems is designed to specifically target contaminants detrimental to particular...

All-In-One Prep Kits.
January 1, 2002... Montage In-Gel Digest Kits, the first proteomics kits developed through the collaborative agreement between Proteome Systems, Ltd. and Millipore Corp., provide a convenient and reproducible method for simultaneously preparing multiple gel...

NON-SEPARATING: 10 Blots From Single Sample.
January 1, 2002... 20/20 Gene Systems newly launched Multi-Replica Blotting Kit employs a layered membrane stack that permits investigators to generate replicate blots from a single one-dimensional protein gel. The kit allows scientists to simultaneously make 10...

ED & FUEL CELL: Fiber-Based Fuel Cell May Be Less Costly.
January 1, 2002... In a three-year project financed by an Advanced Technology Program grant, Microcell Corp. will develop, demonstrate and test 1 kW to 5 kW fuel cells based on micro-fiber modules. The systems are expected to provide power densities of at least...

GAS SEPARATION: Closed Loop Handles Multi-Process.
January 1, 2002... Canada's Greenhouse Gas Separations Systems has devised a closed loop process that forces industrial process gases through a wash tower and hollow fiber membranes, separating component carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane while releasing...

BIOMEDICAL & BIOMEMBRANE: Strategy Improves HIV Therapy.
January 1, 2002... Aethlon Medical's Hemopurifier, a modified hollow fiber dialysis module used in treating HIV/AIDS, physically removes the infectious virus, inhibiting the re-infection of new cells. Using a method the company calls "affinity hemodialysis,"...

SOFTWARE: Upgrade Enhances TFF Workstation.
January 1, 2002... Pall Corp. has debuted a significant software upgrade for the automated Adam TFF (tangential flow filtration) system at the first annual BIOPHEX conference in Long Beach, California. The upgrade enhances functionality of the Adam TFF...

MARKETS: Permeable Polymers Aid 21st Century Warrior.
January 1, 2002... If current trends are any indication, the infantryman of the future will be heavily dependent on membranes. Selectively permeable polymers offer multiple functions to overcome problems of maintaining mission effectiveness faced with routine or...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Osmotek Extends NASA's Ames Contract.
January 1, 2002... Osmotek has signed an agreement with NASA Ames Research Center to test and further develop its Direct Osmotic Concentration (DOC) water treatment membranes for potential application aboard future manned space flights. The water...

Hydranautics Elements Selected for Fujairah.
January 1, 2002... Hydranautics has been chosen to supply reverse osmosis membranes for the Fujairah seawater desalination project in the U.A.E. The plant consists of 75 MGD of Multi-Stage Flash Distillation and 45 MGD of seawater RO capacity for the production...

Pall Website Makes Best BtoB List Again.
January 1, 2002... For the fifth consecutive year, Pall Corp.'s website, described as a "great source of information" for the filtration business, has been listed as one of the 200 best business-to-business websites by BtoB Magazine. Pall has been on BtoB's "Net...

GWR Receives Record Funding.
January 1, 2002... Orange County Water District's (OCWD) Groundwater Replenishment (GWR) System will receive an additional $2.5 million in federal funding for fiscal 2002. The appropriations bill, signed into law in November by President Bush, is part of a...

Briefly Noted:.
January 1, 2002... * Osmonics Shuts Down NY Plant. Osmonics, Inc. (Minnetonka, MN) will close their Syracuse, New York, plant by the end of second quarter 2002 in continuing efforts to rationalize product lines and to reduce excess manufacturing capacity. The...

CALENDAR.
January 1, 2002... February 4-8, Third Course in MembraneTechnology in Drinking and Industrial Water Treatment Processes-Principles, Design and Applications, Delft, The Netherlands. Contact: Maria Kennedy, International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic...

INDUSTRY INSIGHT.
January 1, 2002... NSF MAST Center as a Model for Industry/University Membrane R&D Interactions By Professor Richard D. Noble, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 The Center for Membrane Applied Science & Technology (MAST) was founded as a...

MAST Center Membership and Member Benefits.
January 1, 2002... The Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) of the MAST Center has a single-tiered membership structure with a fixed sponsor fee, currently $40,000/year, with a commitment of three years. Membership is restricted to U.S. government laboratories or...

Fundamental Research Thrusts.
January 1, 2002... Membrane Formation - Membrane formation research focuses on ceramic, metallic, and polymeric membranes, computational chemistry for polymeric membrane formation, affinity membranes, biomimetic membranes, molecular sieves, interfacially...

Applied Research Thrusts-Membrane Applications.
January 1, 2002... The MAST Center has focused on the membrane applications listed above. As an example, a recent thrust at the Colorado site involves MEMS (Micro-Electronic Mechanical Systems) applications of membranes. The MEMS area is a particularly fertile...

Research Program.
January 1, 2002... Below is a listing of selected current MAST Center-funded research projects. These projects are representative of research being carried out in each of the four research thrust areas of the Center: Membrane Formation: * Synthesis of an ECTFE...

Intellectual Property Policy.
January 1, 2002... The patent procedure is subject to the NSF Standard Patent Rights Clause including march-in rights. Potential intellectual property emanating from Center-funded research will be identified either by the faculty/research team or by the IAB. Upon...

Example of Successful Technology Transfer.
January 1, 2002... The U.S. Army sponsor submitted a potential research project whose focus was to extend the capability of the U.S. Army to provide potable water to its infantry. In submitting this project, TARDEC indicated that the U.S. would have lost the...

Educational Components of the MAST Center.
January 1, 2002... The MAST Center provides an exceptional forum for graduate students to develop their communication skills since they are the ones who make oral and poster presentations on their research. The students receive written feedback from the IAB on...

Scholarship of Colorado MAST Center.
January 1, 2002... Tangible measures of scholarship at the Colorado MAST Center are provided in Table 2. Particularly noteworthy are the awards won by MAST Center students. These include three NAMS Fellowships, the highest student awards given by the North...

Interdisciplinary Nature of MAST Center.
January 1, 2002... Membrane research is necessarily highly interdisciplinary. Table 3 summarizes the number of departments, interdisciplinary research teams, and faculty researchers at the Colorado MAST Center. Most projects in the Colorado MAST Center were both...

ERRATA.
January 1, 2002... In the September 2001 issue of Membrane & Separation Technology News, several misstatements appeared in the article "Homegrown Method Purifies Indian Sugar." The corrections are as follows: Permionics, India developed the membranes and...