Membrane & Separation Technology News articles from June 2001

Membrane & Separation Technology News archives from June 2001

MEMBRANE REACTORS: Wastewater Alternative Offers Advantages.
June 1, 2001... In the recently published book Membrane Bioreactors for Wastewater Treatment, a group of Cranfield University scientists conclude that falling membrane prices coupled with striking system advantages might establish membrane bioreactors as an...

MBRs OK for Water Reclamation.
June 1, 2001... The city of San Diego has found that the membrane bioreactor (MBR) may be a viable tool for supplementing water supplies in arid regions. The emerging technology, which couples low-pressure membranes with activated sludge treatment, produces...

FMBR Creates High- Purity Hydrogen.
June 1, 2001... Membrane Reactor Technologies, developers of a fluidized bed membrane reactor (FMBR) for hydrogen reforming, are positioning themselves to take advantage of the significant market opportunities in hydrogen production. Based on technology...

BIOMEDICAL & BIOMEMBRANES Apheresis Filters Tumor-Causing Agents.
June 1, 2001... A Tennessee oncologist is using membrane separation to filter tumor-causing agents from the blood of colon cancer, breast cancer, and melanoma patients. In studies on 14 women with breast cancer, the physician found that if TNFR (tumor necrosis...

IV Oxygenator Begins Trials.
June 1, 2001... For only the second time in history, an implantable artificial lung will be tested in a human being. Known as the Hattler Respiratory Catheter, after the University of Pittsburgh physician who developed it, the hollow fiber membrane device...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Osmonics Sells Silver Membrane Business.
June 1, 2001... Startup Sterlitech Corp. has purchased Osmonics' silver membrane business and its membrane manufacturing plant in Kent, Washington. Sterlitech and company president, Mark Spatz, are making preparations to commence plant operations, which have...

Pall Enters Canada's Municipal Market.
June 1, 2001... Pall Canada, Ltd., a subsidiary of Pall Corp., has chosen DWG Process Supply, Ltd. to represent Pall's advanced membrane filtration systems for the western Canadian municipal water market, an area that encompasses Alberta, Manitoba,...

System Heads for Man-made Island.
June 1, 2001... In November 2001, Triqua BV will deliver a membrane bioreactor to treat wastewater generated by 120 individuals living on a man-made island in the shallow waters of the Caspian Sea oil fields. The island, consisting of a land-drilling rig,...

USF, Dow to Treat Lake Mead Water.
June 1, 2001... By 2002, four water treatment plants at Nevada's popular Lake Mead will be supplying 9 million visitors and 5,000 area residents with 916,000 gallons of fresh water per day. Using a combination of USFilter's Memcor continuous microfiltration...

Florida Water Wins Excellence Award.
June 1, 2001... Florida Water Services Corp.'s Lehigh Acres wastewater plant has won top honors from the state's Water Environment Association (FWEA) following a record-keeping review and an on-site inspection. Florida's best-known honor in the wastewater...

Kuwaiti Wastewater Plant Plans Finalized.
June 1, 2001... After years of negotiations, the country of Kuwait has signed an agreement with an international consortium to build the Sulaibiya Wastewater Treatment and Reclamation Plant, the first build- operate-transfer (BOT) project in the nation and the...

Minntech, Cantel Reach Merger Agreement.
June 1, 2001... Cantel Medical Corp. will acquire Minntech for stocks and cash equivalent to $70 million, subject to customary closing conditions. The boards of directors of both companies have approved the transaction, expected to close during the third...

INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Membrane Engineering for Process Intensification.
June 1, 2001... By E. Drioli1, A. Criscuoli1,and E. Curcio1, University of Calabria Process intensification is a strategy of developing systems of production with a lower equipment-size/production-capacity ratio, lower energy consumption, lower waste...

News Briefs.
June 1, 2001... Double Digit Growth for Two Out of Three Osmonics Groups. Osmonics, Inc. (Minnetonka, MN) has reported record sales of $53.3 million for the first quarter, an increase of 4.3% compared with sales of $51.1 million for the first quarter 2000. Net...

Personnel Updates.
June 1, 2001... Lunger Replaces Zadel as Millipore President. Millipore Corp.'s (Bedford, MA) board of directors has elected Francis J. Lunger to the office of president. Lunger assumes the role from C. William Zadel, who remains the chairman of the board and...

Recent Patents.
June 1, 2001... Dixole Coating Cuts Graywater Fouling. In U.S. Patent 6,221,247, inventors from CMS Technology Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE) describe a coated membrane module for ultrafiltration or microfiltration of aqueous suspensions. The membrane's...

Selected Abstracts.
June 1, 2001... Hybrid Treatment Forgoes Chemicals, Improves MF Flux. Researchers from the Universit_ Montpellier (Montpellier, France) describe a hybrid water treatment method that enhances microfiltration with electroperoxidation. Cross-flow microfiltration...

CALENDAR.
June 1, 2001... June 4-8, 2001. Membrane Training Camp 2001, Farmington, NM. David H. Paul, Inc.; Tel: 505/326-3431, Fax: 505/327-2934; Email: info@dhptraining.com June 17-21, 2001. American Water Works Association Annual Conference and Exhibition,...