Membrane & Separation Technology News articles from March 1999

Membrane & Separation Technology News archives from March 1999

INORGANICS: Hot Sugar Juice Filtration Simplified.
March 1, 1999... Unipektin AG (Bahnhofstr. 9, CH-8264 Eschenz, Switzerland; Tel: +41-52-742 31 31, Fax: +41-52-742 31 32) reports it has used ceramic membranes for centrifugation in hot sugar juice filtration to simplify the process, improve separation...

No Large Voids Found in Zeolite.
March 1, 1999... Wenyih Frank Lai, a research engineer at Exxon Research & Engineering Co. (D455, Bldg. 102, 180 Park Ave., Florham Park, NJ 07932; Tel: 973/765-2271) has discovered a low alkaline, inverted in-situ crystallized zeolite membrane essentially...

Simulating Ultrafine Particle Growth.
March 1, 1999... Penn State University (303 Osmond Lab, University Park, PA 16802-6310; Tel: 814/863-3537) engineers have developed a simpler computer simulation for ultrafine-size particle growth and distribution, a method potentially applicable to processes...

Sweep Gas Reactivity Affects Performance.
March 1, 1999... Engineers at the University of Salford (Department of Chemical Engineering, Maxwell Building, Salford M5 4WT, U.K.; Tel: +44 161 295 4104, Fax: +44 161 295 5060) have investigated the affect of sweep gas reactivity on the dehydrogenation of...

ULTRAFILTRATION: CP Phenomenon Model Developed.
March 1, 1999... Sergei Agashichev of the Mendelejev University (Department of Chemical Engineering, Miusskaja Sq. 9, Moscow A-47, Russia 125047; Tel: +7-095-2588733, Fax: +7-095-9788589) has investigated the modeling concentration polarization phenomena for...

Temperature, Pressure Affect Rinsing Efficiency.
March 1, 1999... Researchers at the University of Oviedo (Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, Avda, Julian Claveria, 8, 33006 Oviedo, Spain; Tel: +34 91 327 47 07) have developed a faster and more efficient way of rinsing ceramic...

REVERSE OSMOSIS: Pressure Exchanger Cuts Desalination Cost.
March 1, 1999... A Virginia researcher's innovation for desalination systems is touted as cutting the energy consumption of reverse osmosis desalination units by more than 60%. The construction of modern desalination plants can transform islands and...

Multi-Patient Medical Device Developed.
March 1, 1999... Isopure Corp. (11700 Commonwealth Dr., Suite 605, Louisville, KY 40299; Tel: 502/267-7873, Tel: 800/280-7873, Fax: 502/267-0959) has developed prototypes of multi-patient medical devices. The firm's MD 400 series reverse osmosis machines...

Indicator Fits Inside/Outside of Equipment.
March 1, 1999... A researcher for VWS, Inc. (Vista, CA; Tel: 760/599-0102), manufacturer of smart filters and filter mates, has invented a reverse osmosis water filter life indicator. The device may be mounted either on the inside or the outside of process...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Pall to Restructure, Take Q3 Charge.
March 1, 1999... Thinning profit margins have forced Pall Corp. (2200 Northern Blvd., East Hills, NY 11548; Tel: 516/484-5400, Fax: 516/484-5228) to take an unspecified charge in the third quarter as it begins restructuring its business to cut costs by $50...

Ionics Revenues Dipped in 1998.
March 1, 1999... The semiconductor slowdown caused Ionics, Inc.'s (65 Grove St., Watertown, MA 02172; Tel: 617/926-2500, Fax: 617/926-3404) revenues for 1998 to dip to $351.3 million from $352.5 million one year ago. Net income was $21.4 million, compared...

USF Moves Back into Black.
March 1, 1999... United States Filter Corp. (USF, 73710 Fred Waring Dr., Palm Desert, CA 92260- 2553; Tel: 619/340-0098) has rebounded from last year's water industry acquisition binge, and resultant red ink, reporting revenues up 26% for its third quarter...

Minntech Shows Strong Performance.
March 1, 1999... Minntech's (14605 28th Ave. N., Minneapolis, MN 55447; Tel: 612/553-3300, Fax: 612/553-3387) focus on leveraging the strength of its core fiber, chemical, and electronics technologies has resulted in a strong financial performance in fiscal...

Osmonics Will Restate Q2, Q3 1998 Results.
March 1, 1999... Water purification products company Osmonics Inc. (5951 Clearwater Dr., Minnetonka, MN 55343-8990; Tel: 612/933-2277, Fax: 612/933-0141) will restate its second and third-quarter results for 1998 after re-evaluating a second- quarter writedown...

Commodore Signs Merge Intent Letter.
March 1, 1999... Commodore Separation Technologies, Inc. (3240 Town Point Dr., No. 200, Kennesaw, GA 30144; Tel: 770/422-1518, Fax: 770/422-1163) has signed a nonbinding letter of intent to merge into American Technologies Group, Inc. (1017 S. Mountain Ave.,...

Cuno Anticipates Health Care Boost.
March 1, 1999... Cuno Inc. (400 Research Pkwy., Meriden, CT 06450; Tel: 203/237-5541, Fax: 203/238-8977) posted record first quarter sales driven by exceptionally strong growth in its worldwide water group, but saw its earnings drop because of the combined...

Envirogen Designs Bioreactor System.
March 1, 1999... Envirogen, Inc. (4100 Quakerbridge Rd., Lawrenceville, NJ 08648; Tel: 609/936- 9300, Fax: 606/936-9221) is designing a 400,000 gal./day wastewater treatment plant using Envirogen's membrane biological reactor (MBR) technology for the treatment...

Parker Hannifin Corp.(Brief Article)
March 1, 1999... Parker Hannifin Corp. (17325 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44112-1290; Tel: 216/531-3000, Fax: 216/486-6057) announced that Giulio Mazzalupi, CEO of Atlas Copco Group (Sweden), and Klaus-Peter Mueller, managing director of Germany's Commerzbank...

GAS SEPARATIONS: Argonne Cuts Emissions, Boosts Engine Efficiency.
March 1, 1999... Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory (9700 S. Cass Ave., Argonne, IL 60439; Tel: 708/252-4402) think internal combustion engines could be made to run more cleanly using membrane technology to slash harmful particulates and NOx emissions...

Enerfex Provides Very High Purity.
March 1, 1999... Enerfex, Inc. (30 Commerce St., Williston, VT 05495-9735; Tel: 802/658-6629) has developed a multiple stage semi-permeable membrane process and apparatus for high purity permeate nitrogen gas. Other research has resulted in a two or more...

NANOFILTRATION: Solvent, pH Stability Widen Applications.
March 1, 1999... When caustic, acid and solvent stability are combined with nanoselectivity, many applications become available for membranes in the food and pharmaceutical industries, report engineers at Membrane Products Kiryat Weizmann, Ltd. (Box 138,...

MICROFILTRATION: Yeast Cake Increases Flux.
March 1, 1999... Spanish and U.S. researchers have concluded that membranes used for protein separation from fermentation broths will foul less if a yeast cake is incorporated into the system. The affects of yeast cells on membrane fouling by a protein...

Force Balance Assists Deposition Prediction.
March 1, 1999... Researchers at Loughborough University (Department. of Chemical Engineering, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, U.K.; Tel: 44-1509-222502, Fax: 44-1509- 223923) have found a method for predicting the deposit depth and transmembrane...

ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN: The Next Generation at Ionics.
March 1, 1999... Ionics (65 Grove St., Watertown, MA 02472-9131; Tel: 617/926-2500, Fax: 617/926- 4304) has unveiled what it calls the next generation of electrodialysis equipment, the EDR 2020 System. Focusing on the need for lower cost systems with more...

Eniricherche Conducts at Low Temperatures.
March 1, 1999... Eniricherche S.P.A. (via Maritano 26, 20097 San Donato Milanese, Milano, Italy; Tel: +39-49-8232314) has teamed with Olivetti Personal Computers S.P.A. (21- Palazzo E, Plano 6, 20153 Milano, Italy; Tel: 167-346273) to develop an electrolytic...

MEMBRANE DEVELOPMENT: Smooth Surface Reduces Fouling.
March 1, 1999... Koch Membrane Systems, Inc. (850 Main St., Wilmington, MA 01887-3388; Tel: 508/657-4250, Fax: 508/657-5208) has developed a process for forming a smooth, dimensionally stable, efficient dialysis membrane using a mixture of ion exchange resin...

Viral Inactivation Data Presented.
March 1, 1999... V. I. Technologies, Inc. (VITEX, 155 Duryea Rd., Melville, NY 11747; Tel: 516/752-7314, Fax: 516/752-3854) presented preclinical data on its red blood cell viral inactivation system, demonstrating the ability of the company's red blood cell...

Skinvisible Lotion Protects Hands.
March 1, 1999... Skinvisible Inc. (6320 S. Sand Hill Rd. No. 10, Las Vegas, NV 89120; Tel: 702/433-7154, Fax: 702/433-7192) has developed a polymer membrane-based hand lotion which can dramatically reduce the incidence of Occupational Hand Disease (OHD) and...

PERVAPORATION: Distillation Hybrid Process Possible.
March 1, 1999... A recent study published in Separation Science and Technology, [34(3), 369-390, 1999] from Laboratoire de Chimie-Physique Macromoleculaire at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des industries Chimiques (BP 451-1, Rue Grandville, 54001 Nancy,...