Membrane & Separation Technology News articles from November 2003

Membrane & Separation Technology News archives from November 2003

REVERSE OSMOSIS: High Surface Area Translates into Savings.
November 1, 2003... Hydranautics' new SWC3+ and SWC4+ seawater composite polyamide elements contain 400 square feet (37 square meters) of membrane surface area per module. When operated at reduced flux rates, the seawater composites offer higher productivity...

NANOFILTRATION: Treatment Reduces Dyebath Sludge.
November 1, 2003... Scientists from India's Environmental Care Engineers and membrane manufacturer Permonics Membrane Private Ltd. have devised a nanofiltration process for the textile industry that treats highly toxic baths containing dyes, salt and sodium...

ULTRAFILTRATION: Solubility Results in Less Time.
November 1, 2003... Millipore Corp. has added to its line of ADME (absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion) products with its MultiScreen Solubility Filter Plate, an automation-compatible, 96- well system for direct quantitative solubility assays. The...

Solvinert Offers Low Binding.
November 1, 2003... Millipore's new MultiScreen Solvinert 96-well filter plates are specifically designed for broad solvent compatibility. The plates incorporate high flow, low binding membranes and inert materials to provide an ideal environment for demanding...

PERVAPORATION: Apexa Hydrates Crops as Soil Dries.
November 1, 2003... DuPont's new Apexa system uses proprietary polymeric membranes in a pervaporation process that hydrates row crops with cleaner water when plants require it most without high water costs, even when using brackish or poor quality water sources....

ELECTROCHEMICAL: IFCT Increases Reactive Surface Area.
November 1, 2003... With the aid of financing from NIST's Advanced Technology Project, Integrated Fuel Cell Technologies (IFCT) is developing a fuel cell membrane fabricated using well-established, high-volume semiconductor-manufacturing techniques. In the IFCT...

NON-SEPARATING: Separators for Lithium Batteries.
November 1, 2003... Degussa's new Separion separators for lithium ion batteries combine the flexibility of polymeric membranes with the hydrophilicity and chemical and thermal resistance of ceramic materials. Because of the proliferation of cell phones, laptop...

MATERIALS: Assisted Wetting for Uniform Pores.
November 1, 2003... Using a technique called particle-assisted wetting, scientists from BASF AG and the University of Ulm have produced self- supporting polymer membranes with highly uniform pores. In a second step, using the polymer membrane as a mold, the...

Fibers Make Solvent Resistant Support.
November 1, 2003... A team of inventors from Bend Research has patented a microporous solvent-resistant polybenzimidazole (PBI) hollow fiber membrane that possesses exceptional nitrogen permeance, high tensile strength and high elongation at break. The properties...

BIOMEDICAL & BIOMEMBRANE: Fluid Removal Benefits Heart Failure Patients.
November 1, 2003... CHF Solutions' new System 100 ultrafiltration treatment is a safe, effective method for removing large volumes of excess fluid in patients with heart failure. According to a poster presentation at the Heart Failure Society of America meeting in...

Gradiflow in Assisted Conception Trials.
November 1, 2003... Gradipore, Inc. is collaborating with University of Newcastle Professor John Aitken in a novel approach towards isolating human sperm for assisted conception. In laboratory trials, Professor Aitken and his research team have used Gradipore's...

Bandage That's A Cut Above.
November 1, 2003... Researchers at Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology have developed transparent adhesive bandages that permit physicians to see how a wound is healing and determine when the protective covering may be removed. Based on...

DressSkin Converts to Functional Tissue.
November 1, 2003... TEI Biosciences Inc. (TEI) has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. FDA to market DressSkin, a collagen biomembrane developed for the management of skin wounds. The robust collagen implant, which displays handling and biological properties...

MEMBRANE SENSORS: Probe Monitors In Real Time.
November 1, 2003... California Analytical Instruments, Inc. has launched the Aqua-Cop system for online, realtime monitoring of compounds in aqueous solutions. Fabricated from a semipermeable membrane and a collection chamber/probe, the device offers a simple and...

Biosensor Identifies Groundwater Pollutants.
November 1, 2003... Toshiba Corp. and an international consortium of academic institutions and companies are developing the Advanced Environmental Monitoring System (AEMS), a bio-mimetic membrane device for the continuous, automated monitoring of groundwater...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Oxford Award to Fund Ionomer Research.
November 1, 2003... Through its Inventions and Innovations program, the DOE has awarded Oxford Performance Materials, Inc. (OPM) a $250,000 contract to expand the firm's high temperature fuel cell membrane R&D activity. OPM conducts its fuel cell membrane...

DOE Awards Advance Fossil Energy, Efficiency.
November 1, 2003... The DOE has awarded $12.3 million to 21 broad-based, cost-shared research projects that simultaneously advance energy efficiency and fossil energy technologies. The DOE is applying the crosscutting approach to broaden energy efficient and clean...

Pall Lands Agreement with Nalge Nunc.
November 1, 2003... Pall Corp. and Nalge Nunc International, the world's leading supplier of laboratory bottle top filters, have entered a multi- year, multi-million dollar supply and co-branding agreement giving Nalge Nunc exclusive rights to Pall's new Supor...

Reactor Will Save Water.
November 1, 2003... The State of Washington's LOTT Wastewater Alliance (named for the cities it serves: Lacey, Olympia, Tumwater, and Thurston) has selected USFilter's MemJet Immersed Membrane Bioreactor System for its Hawks Prairie Reclaimed Water Satellite...

Briefly Noted:.
November 1, 2003... Zenon Environmental Inc. (Oakville, Ontario, Canada) has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against USFilter Corp. Zenon is seeking damages and an injunction to stop the sale, manufacture and use of USFilter's MemJet and CMF-S (continuous...

CALENDAR.
November 1, 2003... December 1-2, 21st Annual Membrane & Separations Technology Planning Conference, Marriott Hotel, Newton, MA. Contact: Sharon Faust, BCC, Inc., 25 Van Zant St., Norwalk, CT; Tel: 203/853-4266, Fax: 203/853-0348, email: conference@bccresearch.com...

INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Future Perspectives of Dialysis Membranes.
November 1, 2003... By Joerg Vienken, BioSciences Department, Fresenius Medical Care, Else Kronerstrasse 1, D 61342 Bad Homburg, Germany Since the early days of the first dialyzer prototypes to the current mass-produced disposable devices, there have been two...

Changing eras in dialysis therapy:.
November 1, 2003... The period of survival (1945 - 1970): Until the mid-1970s, the main preoccupation of nephrologists treating ESRD patients was primarily to prolong their period of survival and the removal of such low molecular-weight toxins as urea for this...