Effluent should be recycled back into brewery operations with less reticence than is currently the case, according to South African wastewater specialists Talbot & Talbot. Throughout many parts of the world there are areas or entire regions where water is scarce and water quality highly suspect. In these situations beer quality is often compromised and production schedule disrupted. The use of properly treated effluent presents the brewer with a safer option and greater security of supply.
11 January 2012
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In the final article in a series looking at the smaller end-use application sectors for filtration and separation equipment, Ken Sutherland reviews the manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment and materials.
29 November 2010
IFAT has developed into one of the world's leading trade fairs for water, sewage, waste and raw materials management. Due to popular demand, IFAT is switching to a two year cycle, beginning with an exhibition on 13-17 September at the Munich Trade Fair Centre, Germany. Filtration +Separation canvassed some exhibitors to find out what will be on display.
12 August 2010
Anthony Bennett investigates the use of membrane technology in the fine chemicals industry – in the production of the chemicals themselves and also in the generation of process water and the treatment of effluent from chemical synthesis.
06 July 2010
Reverse osmosis technology has been used to recover valuable water from the cooling towers of the Datong Power Plant in Shanxi, China for use as a source of boiler make-up water.
06 April 2010
In his series of articles, Ken Sutherland covers new developments in a number of broad classes of filtration and separation.
24 February 2010
Ralf Krüger from inge watertechnologies describes the growing popularity of ultrafiltration as pre-treatment in seawater desalination and looks at its successful application at an Italian power plant that required an efficient and low-maintenance ultrafiltration solution.
18 March 2009
A relatively recent development in membrane processes, Ken Sutherland looks at the rapidly expanding field of nanofiltration, its characteristics and its applications.
18 March 2009
There is increasing inter-dependency between new filtration technologies and renewable energy. In this article, Dr Mike Coffey looks at the growing use of renewable energy in systems such as wastewater treatment and biogas combustion, and integrating sustainable power into energy intensive reverse osmosis systems.
18 March 2009
Engineers set out to design a cartridge filter that could work efficiently to provide compressed air to international quality standards. The design involved looking at critical areas, such as air flow management, filtration media selection and construction and the efficient removal of coalesced liquid.
04 March 2009