Membrane & Separation Technology News articles from May 2001

Membrane & Separation Technology News archives from May 2001

ED AND FUEL CELL: Solid Acid Membranes Suitable for Fuel Cells.
May 1, 2001... Using solid acid membranes as fuel cell electrolytes could solve a host of problems plaguing polymer membranes in fuel cell assemblies, according to a Caltech researcher. Polymer membranes commonly used in fuel cell assemblies suffer from...

Mass Production May Cut Membrane Costs.
May 1, 2001... DuPont predicts that future fuel cell membranes will cost no more than $10.00/sq.-ft. when manufactured in large volumes-as low as $2.50 to $5.00/sq.-ft., according to DuPont's Diane Shomper. One of the major limiting factors of fuel cell...

ULTRAFILTRATION Casting Tailors Membranes.
May 1, 2001... Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology and the Bhabha Atomic Research center have found that polymer concentration, the nature of additive and solvent, ambient humidity and gelling medium may provide a precise means of controlling...

GAS SEPARATION: Ceramic Tubes Yield Oxygen Ionically.
May 1, 2001... Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, CSIRO, has developed ceramic membrane oxygen separation technology with solid-state electrochemical cells, based on ceramic oxygen-ion conduction, that allow selective...

MEMBRANE CHROMATOGRAPHY Modules Offer Biotech Alternative.
May 1, 2001... Pall Corp. has developed a membrane alternative to bead-filled columns for chromatography that offer high-capacity purification at rapid flow rates. Available in 10-mL, 100-mL, or 1-L sizes, the modules are prepacked with 80 layers of...

MARKETS AND APPLICATIONS: Global RO Market Competitive, Growing.
May 1, 2001... Sales of components for reverse osmosis (RO) water treatment systems to the U.S. municipal market should increase at an average of 12% per year, reaching $493 million by 2005, according to a report by Business Communications Co., Inc. The...

INDUSTRY INSIGHT Inorganic Membranes for Hydrogen Separation and Electrocatalysis.
May 1, 2001... BY: Vladimir Linkov Professor: Applied Chemistry Inorganic Porous Media Group Dept. of Chemistry University of the Western Cape P. Bag X17 Bellville, 7535 South Africa Novel inorganic proton-conducting membranes have been produced by...

Membrane Preparation.
May 1, 2001... To improve the mechanical properties of zirconium polyphosphates and enable precise control over the pore structure of composite membranes, the materials were impregnated into matrices of porous ceramic membranes. The porous structure of the...

Gas Permeability.
May 1, 2001... In pure gas permeability experiments, feed gas was introduced into the inner lumen of tubular ceramic-based membranes that were 105 mm long. Atmospheric pressure was maintained at the outer side of the membranes. Volumetric equipment was used...

Alternative Methods.
May 1, 2001... A proton conductive membrane that possesses good ion conductivity was prepared by a novel method, different from that described earlier in the paper. The proton conductive phosphate phase was formed in the pores and on the surface of a ceramic...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Celanese Plans FC Membrane Factory.
May 1, 2001... Celanese AG will open a fuel cell membrane production plant in 2002, says chief technology officer, Ernst Schadow. Looking to new business opportunities to spur growth, the company has forged alliances with Honda Motor Co. and Plug Power to...

NATCO Expands Gas Field Capacity.
May 1, 2001... The NATCO Group, Inc., owner of the Cynara gas separation membrane, will build and operate an expansion to its CO2 separation plant at the SACROC Field in Snyder, Texas, as part of a 10-yr. agreement with Kinder Morgan CO2 Co., the operator for...

Conference Touts Water Future.
May 1, 2001... Water specialists at the International Desalination Association (IDA) conference in Singapore view the world's water situation with increasing optimism as technological advances, particularly those involving membranes, make more potable water...

USF to Treat CA Power Plant Water.
May 1, 2001... USFilter has been chosen by Constellation Energy Group to supply a zero-liquid-discharge water and wastewater treatment system, featuring membrane technology, for the first major power plant built in the Southern California area in more than a...

Orange County OK's GWR System.
May 1, 2001... Orange County officials have approved the first phase of a $600- million project that will produce up to 140,000 acre-ft. of pure water via membrane filtration from highly treated sewer water. Phase One of the Groundwater Replenishment...

In The News.
May 1, 2001... Millipore's Mykrolis Sets Up Separate Shop. As of April 2, Millipore's Microelectronics business began operating as a separate company called Mykrolis (Bedford, MA). The newly created entity has its own website at www.mykrolis.com, already open...

Personnel Updates.
May 1, 2001... Hydranautics Shuffles International Management. Hydranautics (Oceanside, CA) is making some changes in its European and U.S. management team. John Williams, formerly the managing director of Europe has returned to the United States to head the...

Patents.
May 1, 2001... Acid-Base Blends Form Superior Polymers for Ion Exchange. University of Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany) scientists describe a process for preparing ion exchange membranes from acid-base polymer blends in U.S. Patent 6,194,474. The membranes are...

Selected Abstracts.
May 1, 2001... PTFE-Fibrils Improve Membrane Tear Strength. As part of Japan's NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development) program, researchers at Asahi Glass (Tokyo, Japan) have investigated the possibility of operating PEM fuel cells without...

CALENDAR.
May 1, 2001... May 17, 2001. American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) Technology Transfer Workshop, La Jolla, CA; Tel: 760/643-1750, Fax: 760/ 643-1761. June 3-6, 2001. Engineering with Membranes, Granada, Spain. Contact: Roger Ben-Aim, Conference...