Membrane & Separation Technology News articles from November 2002

Membrane & Separation Technology News archives from November 2002

MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS Module Design Eases Installation.
November 1, 2002... Mitsubishi Rayon has introduced the Sterapore SUN module for wastewater treatment using submerged membrane bioreactors. According to the company, the hollow fiber polyethylene MF element is easier to install and much less expensive than...

Clean, Reusable Water at Low Cost.
November 1, 2002... Pall Corp. and Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. have joined forces to manufacture and market a membrane bioreactor (MBR) for wastewater treatment. Introduced at the Water Environment Federation's (WEFTEC) Technical Exhibition and Conference, the MBR...

MICROFILRATION/ULTRAFILTRATION TFF Tools Enhance Drug Development.
November 1, 2002... Pall Corp. introduced three tangential flow filtration (TFF) products for the drug development and manufacturing market at the Biophex Conference and Exhibition in Santa Clara, California. The membrane modules, capsules, and cassettes are...

GAS SEPARATION: 'Frictionless' Nanotubes May Speed Separation.
November 1, 2002... A team of Carnegie Mellon scientists believes that carbon nanotube membranes with walls measuring a single atom thick could purify hydrogen and filter other gases more rapidly than existing microporous systems. Because the atoms of the...

BIOMEDICAL & BIOMEMBRANE Chips Computerize Drug Delivery.
November 1, 2002... Massachusetts start-up company MicroChips, Inc. has devised a computerized implantable drug delivery device that can be preprogrammed to release a precise prescribed dosage at specific intervals or be manually controlled via a wireless tool....

FUEL CELL & ED: Composites Work Without Water.
November 1, 2002... Caltech researchers are developing composite membranes for methanol/air and hydrogen/air fuel cells comprised of a melt- processible polymer, especially PVDF, and cesium hydrogen sulfate (CsHSO4), a solid proton conductor. In contrast to...

NON-SEPARATING: eVENT Conquers Clamminess.
November 1, 2002... BHA Technologies has developed a breathable, waterproof or windproof fabric for athletic and outdoor garb that beats the moisture problem inherent in such garments. Like Gore-Tex, eVENT is an ePTFE membrane, but BHA's material can be made...

MATERIALS: Thin, Dense, Flat Films Made at LBNL.
November 1, 2002... Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) researchers have patented a process using colloidal deposition and sintering to fabricate thin, dense, flat ceramic electrolytes for ionic and mixed-conducting devices such as solid-oxide fuel cells,...

PES Rendered Permanently Hydrophilic.
November 1, 2002... Osmonics inventors have patented a microporous polyethersulfone (PES) membrane and a method of modifying the membrane's properties so that its hydrophobic surfaces are rendered permanently hydrophilic, non-extractable, and capable of being...

MARKETS: Venture Investors Backing Clean Tech.
November 1, 2002... According to the debut issue of the Cleantech Investment Monitor, investments in "clean" technology companies exceeded $500 million in the first half of 2002 and more than doubled from the first to second quarter of the year. The firms, which...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Mine Deal to Speed Mercury Phase Out.
November 1, 2002... A deal between the European Union and Spanish mercury mining company Minas de Almaden should speed the conversion of mercury cell plants to membrane plants for chlor-alkali production. Under the agreement the mining company would buy pure...

Web Tool Assists in MBR Assessment.
November 1, 2002... A WERF (Water Environment Research Foundation) project led by CH2M Hill has developed a set of Web-based tools that will help users assess membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology for wastewater treatment. Although researchers worldwide have...

Cangene Evaluating Gradiflow Platform.
November 1, 2002... Gradipore has entered an exclusive licensing agreement with Cangene Corp., a major developer of specialty hyperimmune products. Under the agreement, Cangene will evaluate Gradipore's Gradiflow platform separation technology as an enhancement to...

Amarin, CellGate Research Drug Delivery.
November 1, 2002... Amarin Corp.'s Swedish subsidiary Amarin Development AB has entered a research collaboration with CellGate, Inc. that will combine Amarin's controlled release drug delivery with CellGate's molecular transporter technology. Amarin's...

20/20 in Second Deal with Novartis.
November 1, 2002... 20/20 GeneSystems, Inc. has entered a second Technology Access Agreement with Novartis under which Novartis will provide funding and tissue samples while gaining early access to 20/20's Protein Function Identification Layered Membranes (P-FILM)...

Cuno to Appeal Pall Patent Decision.
November 1, 2002... U.S. District Court judge Johanna Seybert has ruled that CUNO, Inc.'s PolyPro XL and LifeAssure pleated filters infringe two Pall Corp. patents, U.S. 5,543,047 and 5,690,765, which cover the company's Ultipleat filter line and their method of...

Briefly Noted:.
November 1, 2002... * Sterlitech Corp. (Kent, WA) has acquired Osmonics, Inc's (Minnetonka, MN) high-pressure stirred cell product line. Marketed as the Sterlitech HP4750, the low hold-up volume (1-ml) device is manufactured with 316 stainless steel, which offers...

CALENDAR.
November 1, 2002... January 27-31, 2003. Membrane Technology Short Course, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, U.K. Contact: Short Course Office, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire MK43 0AL, U.K.; Tel: +44 (0) 1234 754176, Fax: +44 (0) 1234 751206;...

INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Current Trends and Unmet Needs in Hemodialysis.
November 1, 2002... By Norma J. Ofsthun, Ph.D., Vice President of Clinical Science, Fresenius Medical Care of North America, 95 Hayden Ave., Lexington, MA 02420 Hemodialysis continues to be the leading market for membranes, in both membrane surface area and...