A European airport chose to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions at its air handling plant. This required the installation of energy efficient technology and processes. Following a full review of the airport's air handling system, pocket filters were chosen which have cut maintenance time, emissions and costs.
12 August 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 advances in air filtration technologies for industrial applications, including automotive, dust collection, gas turbine, and HVAC systems.
10 August 2010
Test methods and standards for evaluating the filter media for air filtration applications are now being formulated by the industry. Paolo Tronville of the Politecnico di Torino and Richard Rivers of EQS Inc. describe the current status of media testing in air filtration.
14 June 2010
In his series of articles, Ken Sutherland covers new developments in a number of broad classes of filtration and separation.
24 February 2010
A novel underground solution to locating the Besos Wastewater Treatment plant in Barcelona, Spain required additional measures to deal with offensive odours.
12 February 2010
Pennaire Filtration has recently supplied an advanced filtration solution involving an automated multi-chamber reverse jet bag filter to a metal powder production plant in the United Kingdom.
08 September 2009
Effective air filtration is highly desirable in hospitals, in particular in areas with critical air quality requirements, such as childrens' wards and Cancer Research Centres. Hospitals are often located in congested urban areas which poses the problem of preventing smoke, diesel and other hydrocarbon emissions from entering the hospital environment. Mycelx undertook studies at a hospital in Georgia, USA to check the effectiveness of its air filtration systems.
08 September 2009
Is it possible to test air cleaning or disinfection devices used in air conditioning systems? We look at a potential testing system, and see if it is possible to compare different devices and determine optimum operating conditions.
24 August 2009
The next in Ken Sutherland's series of articles, covering progress in a number of broad classes of filtration and other separation equipment types, looks at recent developments in air and other gas filtration, from the smallest to the largest applications.
24 August 2009