Membrane & Separation Technology News articles from May 2005

Membrane & Separation Technology News archives from May 2005

MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS: Filtration "Outside the Box".
May 1, 2005... TriSep Corp. has plans to integrate its SpiraSep spiral wound UF modules with a biological process in a membrane bioreactor that takes the systems weakest link, the membrane, outside of the most process punishing conditions. Marketing...

REVERSE OSMOSIS: SolarFlow Operates in Remote Regions.
May 1, 2005... Construction of an off-grid, solar-powered RO water treatment plant is underway in the Maldives. The SolarFlow units, manufactured by Solar Energy Systems, use solar power to pump water from brackish sources below the surface and pass it...

ELECTROCHEMICAL: Degassing Improves Economics of ED.
May 1, 2005... An Australian chemist has discovered that degassing seawater prior to electrodialysis (ED) could improve the efficiency and economics of applying the process to desalination. Removing trace amounts of nitrogen and oxygen dramatically increases...

ULTRAFILTRATION: High Yield at Low Energy Cost.
May 1, 2005... Hydranautics has added a new UF element to its Qualsep line of spiral wound dairy products. Designed for whey protein concentration, the ultra-high flux PES membrane delivers maximum protein yields with low energy costs. The membrane has a...

SmartFlow Permits Low Cost Fractionation.
May 1, 2005... NCSRT, Inc. has received a third U.S. patent for its SmartFlow technology, a process based on the companys CONSEP flat sheet membranes that provides superior separation and purification of milk, whey and colostrum, while minimizing waste and...

Larger Modules Increase Juice Yields.
May 1, 2005... Koch Membrane Systems, Inc. (KMS) has released larger versions of some of its most popular tubular juice clarification membranes. The new SUPER-COR XL, SUPER-COR XL PLUS and the SUPER-G PLUS lines of high performance filtration modules are...

MICROFILTRATION: Rapid Etch Bath Turnover.
May 1, 2005... Pall Corp. has added a new filter, the Ultipleat ME, to its line of membrane products for the semiconductor industry. The ME contains a highly asymmetric hydrophilic polysulfone membrane that increases flow rates nearly 50% over conventional...

MEMBRANE CHROMATOGRAPHY: Nanofiber Potential for Separations.
May 1, 2005... Researchers working in the Nanofilters Cluster at the University of Singapore are developing affinity membranes based on electrospun polymeric nanofibers. The fibers are formed into a 2-D non-woven polymer sheet with desirable properties for...

Large Volume Disposable Capsule.
May 1, 2005... At the annual pharmaceutical industry meeting, Interphex 2005, Pall Corp. introduced several new products aimed at increasing drug-manufacturing efficiency through customization and disposability. The new devices and technologies, which include...

Kit Purifies Multiple Proteins Simultaneously.
May 1, 2005... Sartorius subsidiary Vivascience has introduced the Vivapure 8-to- 96 well cobalt-chelate kit, a complete system for simultaneous purification of multiple His-tagged proteins by Immobilized Metal Affinity Chromatography (IMAC). The kit includes...

BIOMEDICAL & BIOMEMBRANE Hemodialysis Brought Home.
May 1, 2005... According to Indiana University (IU) researchers, preliminary results from a yearlong test of the NxStage System One appear promising. The portable unit delivers hemodialysis, hemofiltration, or ultrafiltration to patients with kidney failure...

GAS FILTRATION: Filter Improves Drug Safety.
May 1, 2005... Pall Corp. has launched the Emflon CPFR sterilizing grade gas filter, a PTFE membrane-based device designed to improve safety during the production of biologic drugs manufactured in an oxygen- enriched environment An increasing number of...

MARKETS: Developments in The Dairy Industry.
May 1, 2005... The dairy industry, a long-time and large-volume user of membranes, is still finding innovative, money saving and profit enhancing uses for the technology. At Texas A&M Universitys 15th Practical Membrane Short Course, an annual event directed...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Sinomem Moves into Manufacturing.
May 1, 2005... China-based, Singapore Exchange-listed Sinomem Technology has purchased 50% of its German membrane supplier Microdyn-Nadir GmbH as part of a strategy to expand its upstream and downstream activities relating to membrane technology. The move...

Millions in Desalination Grants.
May 1, 2005... The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is recommending that 25 water desalination projects receive $25 million in Proposition 50 grants. Local agencies, water districts, and academic and research institutions will be able to use the...

CALENDAR.
May 1, 2005... July 14-15, Practical Membrane Technology Short Course: Fundamentals, Review of Case Studies and New Technologies, DoubleTree Club Hotel, Des Plaines, IL. Contact: Ms. Keri Wrobel, BNP Media-Events, 1710 N. Whipple, Chicago, IL 60647; Tel:...

ACQUISITIONS/PARTNERSHIPS.
May 1, 2005... Nipro Acquires DICs ECMO Technology. Japanese medical device company Nipro (Tokyo, Japan) has concluded an agreement with Dainippon Ink and Chemicals (DIC) on the transfer of DICs extracorporeal membrane oxygenation technology. Co-developed by...

BUSINESS.
May 1, 2005... Zenon to Build Worlds Largest MBR. Zenon Environmental, Inc. (Oakville, Ontario, Canada) has been selected to supply King County, WA with the worlds largest membrane bioreactor. The ZeeWeed MBR at Brightwater Wastewater Treatment Plant will...

PRODUCTS.
May 1, 2005... Lipid Bilayers Mimic In Vivo Studies. Molecular Devices Corp. (Sunnyvale, CA) has launched the Transil Membrane Affinity assay kit for ADME screening. The rapid, automatable kit provides data that correlates better to in vivo studies compared...

PATENTS.
May 1, 2005... Continuous Process Boosts Separator Yield. Inventor Wei-Ching Yu (Spartanburg, SC) has patented a continuous method of making dry- stretch microporous membrane battery separators from polypropylene (PP) or polyethylene (PE) or both, which...

FUNDING.
May 1, 2005... EPA Announces Drinking Water Funding. The EPA has announced FY 2005 congressional appropriations funding for the Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) programs. Projects eligible for funding...

PEOPLE.
May 1, 2005... Infilco Names New COO. Infilco Degremont Inc. (IDI) has selected Joe Giannone as chief operating officer. Giannone also will remain president of IDIs subsidiary Ozonia North America, as part of a strategic move by Degremont S.A. to consolidate...

COMMENTARY: Water Purification Could Drive Economic Development.
May 1, 2005... Recent studies indicate that investments in a poor nations water sector can drive economic growth, improve health and reduce poverty. The cost of making such investments is within reach of most developing regions and in some cases could be...

INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Membrane Biological Reactors for Treatment of High-Strength Pharmaceutical Wastewater.
May 1, 2005... BY A. Paul Togna, Sam Frisch, William Guarini, Envirogen, Inc., 4100 Quakerbridge Rd., Lawrenceville, NJ 08648. Paul Sutton, P.M. Sutton & Associates, 45 Bradford Lane, Enfield, NJ 03748 (Part 1 of a two-part discussion) The applications...

Technology.
May 1, 2005... MBR Process. An MBR consists of two principal components, a suspended growth biological reactor and an ultrafiltration or microfiltration membrane for biological solids retention. The membrane may either be internal or external to the reactor....

Pharmaceutical Plant.
May 1, 2005... Wastewater pretreatment standards for chemical synthesis products are specified in 40 CFR Subpart 439.36, and limit the discharge of 23 organic/organo-nitrogen compounds, ammonia and cyanide. To meet effluent limitation guidelines, a West...

Process Design.
May 1, 2005... Based on the results of the pilot study, the full-scale reactor tank was designed to be 28 feet in diameter and 34 feet in height. The operating liquid volume is approximately 147,000 gallons. The MBR systems is designed for a specific TOC...

Conclusion.
May 1, 2005... At the beginning of March 2002, the treated water began consistently meeting the effluent guidelines set by 40 CFR Subpart 439.36. The system has consistently produced a steady effluent quality independent of changing feed concentration...