Membrane & Separation Technology News articles from March 2005

Membrane & Separation Technology News archives from March 2005

REVERSE OSMOSIS: Pall Enters Lab Water Market.
March 1, 2005... Pall Corp. is turning its expertise in water purification to the laboratory market with its new series of Cascada point-of-use (POU) lab water systems. The Cascada systems are designed to provide optimum water quality to support diverse...

Water Purifier Cuts Military Costs.
March 1, 2005... TARDEC (Tank Automotive Research and Development Engineering Center), the U.S. Armys water distribution and purification research arm, and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) are collaborating to develop an Expeditionary Unit Water Purifier...

ULTRAFILTRATION: Centricon Concentrates Large Samples Faster.
March 1, 2005... Millipore Corp. has introduced the Centricon Plus-70, a large volume centrifugal membrane filter that concentrates 70 mL samples down to 350 L in just 25 minutes, with typical concentration factors between 50x to 200x and recoveries greater...

MICROFILTRATION: Filter Protects Patients From Hospital Infections.
March 1, 2005... Pall Corp. introduced the Aquasafe AQF1C water filter, a point- of-use device for hospitals and other healthcare facilities, to the European market. The new CE-marked disposable filter is designed specifically to prevent microbial...

BIOMEDICAL & BIOMEMBRANE: FAST Slides Enable Protein Phosphorylation Research.
March 1, 2005... Through collaboration with Whatman Schleicher & Schuell, BioSource International, Inc. has commercialized the Mercator PhosphoArray, the first multiplex protein microarray able to quantifiably and reproducibly measure multiple phosphorylated...

Polymersomes Image Tumors, Could Deliver Chemotherapy.
March 1, 2005... A team of chemists, bioengineers and medical researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Minnesota has embedded light-emitting porphyrins within bilayer membrane polymersomes, semipermeable cell-like vesicles, to image...

Lab-on-Chip Could Screen Drug Candidates Faster.
March 1, 2005... Researchers at Purdue University have built and demonstrated a prototype lab-on-a-chip device containing a nanoporous alumina membrane that might speed the discovery of new drugs for a variety of diseases, including cancer. The...

GAS SEPARATION: CO2 Capture Project Begins Second Phase.
March 1, 2005... The CO2 Capture Project has begun Phase II of a project designed to develop technologies for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. The projects aim is implementing new techniques to capture and geologically store the CO2 associated with the use...

Cardo-Type Polymers Improve CO2 Transport.
March 1, 2005... Scientists at Japans Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE) are developing bromated cardo-type polyimide membranes for CO2 separations. The asymmetric molecular gate hollow fibers have demonstrated excellent CO2...

NONSEPARATING: Coated Capsules Preserve Ingredient Activity.
March 1, 2005... Cavis MicroCaps, has developed a multi-layered approach for the controlled delivery of food supplements and manufacturing ingredients including yeast cells, enzymes, vitamins, minerals, probiotic microbes and fatty acids, using microcapsules...

Coating Improves Films' Oleophobicity.
March 1, 2005... BHA Technologies has patented a process for treating a microporous ePTFE membrane to provide an air permeable, moisture vapor transmissive, wind and liquid penetration resistant composite membrane that resists absorbing oils and other...

INDUSTRY NEWS.
March 1, 2005... MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY STOCK WATCH (At close, February 28) This Last Company Symbol Month Month Change Air Products & Chemicals APD 62.620 58.870 ...

AFS, AIChE to Host Joint Exposition.
March 1, 2005... The 2005 Annual Spring American Filtration & Separations Society (AFS) Conference, April 10-13 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia is co-located with the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Spring Conference, which...

Zenon, DND Battle Over Military Units.
March 1, 2005... Zenon Environmental and the Canadian military are engaged in a court battle over intellectual property rights regarding the firms portable RO water purification units (ROWPUs). The Department of National Defense (DND) is claiming that its ROWPU...

Koch Introduces Storage Solution.
March 1, 2005... Koch Membrane Systems, Inc. (KMS) has launched Kochkleen MSS a solution specifically formulated to protect membranes during off- line or long-term storage, and reduce system turnaround time following planned or unplanned system shutdowns. ...

CALENDAR.
March 1, 2005... April 5-6, Ultrapure Water 2005, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA, Contact: Tall Oaks Publishing, 60 Golden Eagle Lane; Littleton, CO 80127; Tel: 303/973-6700, Fax: 303/973-5327 June 6-8, 3rd IWA Leading-Edge Conference &...

CORRECTION.
March 1, 2005... In the January MST story, Drinking Water Treatment Costs Continue to Drop, the operating costs for seawater RO plants were reported incorrectly. The article should have read, "For a 1 mgd to 10 mgd seawater RO treatment facility, the capital...

TECHNOLOGY.
March 1, 2005... Tampa Bay Testing Fixes for Desal Plant. After spending nearly a year in relative idleness, Tampa Bay, Floridas troubled RO desalination plant will be started up briefly to search for undetected equipment problems. The plant will run into the...

RESEARCH.
March 1, 2005... Carollo to Study Brine Management, Disposal. Carollo Engineers (Fountain Valley, CA) has received a pair of awards to develop desalination concentrate (brine) management and disposal methods. Under an award from the Awwa Research Foundation...

PATENTS.
March 1, 2005... UV-Assisted Grafting Improves Fouling Resistance. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY) researchers have patented a method for UV-assisted grafting of PS and PES membranes. The modified membrane exhibits low protein fouling yet maintains...

PRODUCTS.
March 1, 2005... Ten-Inch Diameter Cartridge Delivers More Water. Koch Membrane Systems, Inc. (KMS, Wilmington, MA) has introduced a 10-inch diameter version of its TARGA UF cartridge for industrial water treatment applications. The TARGA-10, a certified NSF-61...

FUNDING.
March 1, 2005... Consortium Seeks Key to PEM Longevity. Japans Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will use public money to fund research into extending the lifespan of membranes for use in fuel cells. Most experts agree that for the technology to achieve...

PEOPLE.
March 1, 2005... Industry Mourns RO Pioneer. John Cadotte, inventor of the groundbreaking FT-30 reverse osmosis chemistry, has died at age 80. Cadottess discovery was a breakthrough in the industry and has served as the foundation for the manufacture of RO and...

INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Applications of Membranes to Process Wastes.
March 1, 2005... By Gerold Luss, Technical Director, Complete Filtration Resources, Inc., Minneapolis, MN 55406; Tel: 612/729-1206. Part II of two- part discussion. Membranes have a long history in the water treatment industry. What is often not mentioned...

Acid Recovery by MF.
March 1, 2005... The results for a nanofiltration system operating on a similar solution are comparable, and the results are almost identical when only acid recovery is considered. However, when one examines the calcium/magnesium removal then the NF permeate...