Membrane & Separation Technology News articles from March 2002

Membrane & Separation Technology News archives from March 2002

ULTRAFILTRATION: PVP-Modified Ceramic Improves Oil Rejection.
March 1, 2002... California scientists are developing polymer-modified zirconia membranes that resist irreversible fouling during filtration of oil/water emulsions and microemulsions. Oil rejection of the modified membranes increased twofold for an...

MICROFILTRATION: Manganese Oxidizes Mineral for Removal.
March 1, 2002... A collaborative team of Japanese and American scientists has developed a clean oxidation technique using manganese sand that pretreats manganese-containing drinking water feeds with 95% efficiency, while decreasing membrane fouling and...

GAS SEPARATION: Pure Hydrogen from Doped Palladium.
March 1, 2002... Scientists from the Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis have developed an efficient membrane process for the production of extra pure hydrogen as high as 99.999 or even 99.9999%. Because the method is relatively inexpensive, it can be...

HYBRID: Hybrid Filtration Grabs Fine Air Particulates.
March 1, 2002... W. L. Gore & Associates is integrating electrostatic precipitation and membrane technology in a compact, cost-effective air pollution control system that has fewer and more reliable components capable of greater than 99.99% capture of fine...

BIOMEDICAL & BIOMEMBRANE: Microcrimping Fibers Improve Clearance.
March 1, 2002... According to a Fresenius scientist, hemodialysis, the largest membrane market in terms of surface area and sales revenues, is still faced with shortcomings that include a need for improved toxin removal and the availability of low cost dialysis...

GTR Barrier Adds Antibiotic.
March 1, 2002... CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has launched the third of its products licensed under an agreement with Atrix Laboratories, Inc. Atrisorb-D, a membrane barrier product used in guided tissue regeneration (GTR) procedures, is the first GTR...

ED & FUEL CELL: Bacterial Cellulose Metallized for PEMs.
March 1, 2002... A trio of Oak Ridge scientists are developing inexpensive, thermally stable membranes fabricated from a renewable cellulose matrix secreted by bacteria. According to Hugh O'Neill, Barbara R. Evans, and Jonathan Woodward of Oak Ridge...

INDUSTRY NEWS: High Risk Project Funds.
March 1, 2002... Microcell Corp., a North Carolina fuel cell developer, is the latest awarded in the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Advanced Technology Program competition. In October, a total of 59 awards from FY 2001 entrees were announced,...

Oxnard Plans GREAT Program.
March 1, 2002... A coalition of Ventura County water agencies will spend $50 million during the next 5 yr. to build a reverse osmosis (RO) plant that will bring water from beneath Oxnard Plain and desalinate it for use as drinking water. Known as the...

Water Project May Face Delays.
March 1, 2002... Covanta Energy's financial woes could create construction delays and hike expenses for Tampa Bay's first desalination plant. According to the St. Petersburg Times, the engineering firm hired to build and operate the $110 million plant is...

California Pondering SWRO Plants.
March 1, 2002... The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, a cooperative of 26 cities and water agencies serving 17 million people in six counties, has finished accepting proposals for five seawater desalination plants that would produce a...

Amersham Acquires AG, InnovaSep.
March 1, 2002... Amersham Biosciences, the life sciences business of Amersham, plc, has acquired a pair of separation companies, AG Technology and InnovaSep Technology, both based near Boston, Massachusetts. By adding filtration to its separations business,...

Wako to Market 'Film for Life'.
March 1, 2002... Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd., a subsidiary of Japan's largest pharmaceutical company, has entered an exclusive marketing and distribution agreement with 20/20 GeneSystems, Inc. to market 20/20's separation product for multiplex analysis...

Briefly Noted:.
March 1, 2002... * Pall Corp. (East Hills, NY) has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the Filtration and Separations Group (FSG) of USFilter Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Vivendi Environnement (Paris, France), for $360 million. The transaction,...

CALENDAR.
March 1, 2002... April 15-17, 2002. INTERPHEX Exhibition & Conference, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, NY. Contact: Stacie Fuchs, Conference Manager; Tel: 203/840-5537; Email: sfuchs@reedexpo.com June 16-20, 2002. American Water Works...

INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Membranes in Life Science Applications.
March 1, 2002... By Bob Spillman, Vice President of Research and Development, Life Sciences Division, Millipore Corp., 17 Cherry Hill Dr., Danvers, MA 01923 We have encountered a new era of scientific development in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology...

Impact on Separation.
March 1, 2002... It is important to note that most advances in analytical instrumentation have done little to mitigate the need for sample preparation to achieve accurate and consistent results. In fact, the opposite has occurred since all labs are trying to...

Genomics.
March 1, 2002... Although the original Human Genome Project is nearing completion, sequencing will continue and will increasingly involve plants and animals. Additionally, there are a vast number of non-sequencing applications increasingly employed in life...

Proteomics.
March 1, 2002... Proteomics is the official Wall Street term for high-throughput protein research that may someday result in great wealth. There may be truth in this belief, since new technology has made incredible advances over the past several years. While...

Drug Discovery.
March 1, 2002... In general, the automation trends discussed earlier also apply here. There has been a large increase in the number of drug candidates, making automation and sample miniaturization key needs. Advances in analytical instrumentation and the...