Membrane & Separation Technology News articles from July 2002

Membrane & Separation Technology News archives from July 2002

REVERSE OSMOSIS: Element Offers Economies of Scale.
July 1, 2002... Koch Membrane Systems (KMS) has introduced the world's largest reverse osmosis (RO) element designed for seawater desalination and brackish water applications, the Fluid Systems MegaMagnum. The affordable module is designed to meet end-user...

Bottle Filter Removes High Contaminant.
July 1, 2002... Sawyer Products is introducing a personal water bottle featuring Innova hollow fiber filters, which remove common contaminants found in tap water, rivers, and streams at a "drinkable" water flow rate. Innova filters exceed EPA guidelines for...

ULTRAFILTRATION: Beet Juice Process Eliminates Steps.
July 1, 2002... Tate & Lyle, Inc. has devised a method of extracting and purifying sugar beet juice using ultrafiltration that eliminates the diffusion, liming, and carbonation steps common to conventional processing, saving time and money. Further...

MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS: Biofilm Reactor Banishes Perchlorate.
July 1, 2002... A Northwestern University environmental engineer has patented a hollow-fiber membrane biofilm reactor that converts perchlorate, a component of rocket fuel, from a thyroid-damaging toxin to an innocuous end product. The reactor is also...

BIOMEDICAL & BIOMEMBRANE: Delivery Method for Low Solubility Drugs.
July 1, 2002... Amarin Development AB will apply its MicroPor Diffusion Controlled Vesicle (DCV) delivery technology to the controlled release of sub-micron-sized drug particles with the goal of improving extended-release of therapeutic agents difficult to...

Device Eliminates Aortal Clamping.
July 1, 2002... Novare Surgical Systems, Inc. has received FDA clearance to market Enclose, a cardiac anastomosis assist device for beating-heart bypass surgery. The device, a handheld catheter that deploys a tiny, blood-tight membrane, eliminates partial...

NON-SEPARATING: Antibody Arrays Speed Screening.
July 1, 2002... Hypromatrix has introduced four AntibodyArray products for the study of protein-protein interactions, post-transitional protein modifications, and protein expression that offer increased speed and convenience compared to traditional screening...

Polymers Improve Lithium Batteries.
July 1, 2002... A team at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has developed single-ion cross-linked comb-branched polymer electrolytes that can be used as membranes for lithium batteries. The high- conductivity solid-polymer separators are superior to common...

GAS SEPARATION: Stable Composite Captures CO2.
July 1, 2002... Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory are developing an economical and efficient method for separating and capturing carbon dioxide from industrial processes using high-temperature polymer/metallic membranes. Conducted under the...

ED & FUEL CELL: CerOx Cell Destroys Hazardous Waste.
July 1, 2002... CerOx Corp. has developed an in situ method that combines Nafion membranes, platinum-plated titanium electrodes, and a cerium catalyst in an electrochemical cell system that effectively treats most organic waste materials at low temperatures...

LANL Seeks to Leapfrog PEM.
July 1, 2002... Membrane-based, precious-metal-free alkaline fuel cells may "leap- frog" proton exchange membrane fuel cell technology, transcending first-generation design hurdles and achieving significant operational cost reductions. Los Alamos National...

MARKET: Filters Hold Promise for Prions.
July 1, 2002... Commercial membranes already used in purifying biological materials during drug manufacture could prove valuable in reducing adventitious, infectious prions from human blood products and biopharmaceuticals. Because available size exclusion...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Ionics Will Supply, Service Sulaibiya Plant.
July 1, 2002... Ionics, Inc. has signed equipment supply and multi-year service contracts valued at $320 million for a 100 million gal/day wastewater treatment plant at Sulaibiya, Kuwait, near Kuwait City. The treatment plant will be the largest membrane-based...

Trinidad's RO Plant Begins Production.
July 1, 2002... The largest seawater RO desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere, a joint venture between Ionics and local partner Hafeez Karamath Engineering Services, Ltd., has successfully started up in on the Caribbean island of Trinidad. The 29...

WERF Funding MBR Research.
July 1, 2002... The Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) has $4.4 million available in research initiatives for environmental professionals interested in advancing science and engineering in water quality. Requests for proposals (RFPs) for 13 projects...

Asahi Buys Terumo's Dialyzer Business.
July 1, 2002... Asahi Medical Co., Ltd. and Terumo Corp. have concluded an agreement for the transfer of the sales and marketing functions of the hemodialyzer operations of Terumo to Asahi Medical. Under the terms of the agreement, sales and marketing...

Array Maker Moves to Business Incubator.
July 1, 2002... Hypromatrix, Inc. has moved into offices and labs at Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives' (MBI) latest business incubator at the former St. Vincent Hospital. MBI, a nonprofit agency focusing on economic development through the life sciences...

Briefly Noted:.
July 1, 2002... * Hydranautics (Oceanside, CA) has increased prices for all reverse osmosis and nanofiltration products by 3%. The company says the increase will help off-set ongoing increased operating cost and the significant investment they are making in...

CALENDAR.
July 1, 2002... August 6-9, 2002. Biennial Conference and Exposition, "Water Quality Enhancement through Membrane Technology" and Pre- Conference Workshop on Concentrate Treatment and Disposal, Westin Innisbrook Resort, Tampa, FL. Contact: American Membrane...

INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Membranes for Wastewater Treatment-Polymer and Device Configuration Choices.
July 1, 2002... By Peter S. Cartwright, PE, Cartwright Consulting Co., 8324 16th Ave. S., Bloomington, MN 55425; Tel: 952/854-4911, Fax: 952/854- 6964. The pressure-driven membrane separation technologies of Microfiltration (MF), Ultrafiltration (UF),...

Membrane Polymers.
July 1, 2002... The primary goal in selecting the appropriate polymer is obviously to find the one that effectively removes the contaminants of interest. Second, it is desirable to identify that which will produce the highest flux (permeate rate per nit area...

Membrane Device Configurations.
July 1, 2002... To effectively use membrane polymers, they must be configured into a membrane device, otherwise known as an "element" or "module." These configurations can be classified as follows: * Plate and frame * Capillary fiber * Tubular * Spiral...

Conclusions.
July 1, 2002... Some experts have predicted that the total market potential for membrane technologies applied to industrial wastewater treatment and chemical processing is significantly larger that all water purification applications, this may very well be...