Ken Sutherland looks at the importance of filters in the production of crude oil, both on- and offshore.
5 June 2009Ken Sutherland
Continuing his series of articles covering new developments in a number of broad classes of filtration and other separation equipment types, Ken Sutherland
22 May 2009Ken Sutherland
Tightened emission requirements on diesel engines mean the use of fuel injection equipment that is vulnerable to contaminants. Mandatory fuel sulphur reduc
7 May 2009Christine Stanfel
ACHEMA is the world forum for the process industries. The city of Frankfurt hosts ACHEMA – the largest international meeting for the process industries, en
8 April 2009Nova Dudley-Gough
Nearly a mile long and 40 metres below ground, a key section of Belfast’s deepest tunnel was completed earlier this year, boosting Northern Ireland Water’s
27 March 2009Northern Ireland Water
The challenges of changing regulations and standards can mean difficult situations for water companies. As new discharge limits and controls come into forc
27 March 2009Fran House, Severn Trent Services
In the quest for efficient and economical water use and land footprint in water production, membrane bioreactors (MBR) have been leading the way. In this a
27 March 2009Michael Lyko, Microdyn-Nadir
The subject of butterfly valve technology and its suitability for desalination plants raises a number of issues in respect of providing adequate protection
27 March 2009Nova Dudley-Gough
There is an increasing requirement for sustainable treatment options to deal with the various types of emissions to the environment, including the bad smel
27 March 2009Ian Phillips, Bord Na Mona Environmental Ltd
There is no doubt that efficient filtration is essential when dealing with industrial wastewater issues. In this article, Cat Pumps explain why the success
26 March 2009Cat Pumps
Membrane Bioreactors (MBR) with submerged membrane modules are being adopted in many areas of the globe as the next generation of biological water treatmen
26 March 2009Dirk Schlemper, Koch Membrane Systems
The town of Gillingham, England has responded to growing population and increased treatment standards by installing four of Nordic Water’s Dynasand moving
26 March 2009Nordic Water
Water pollution – especially as a result of oil production and storage – is an unfortunate fact of life. Finding a solution is not as obvious, especially i
26 March 2009BPC
As we are all aware, water is becoming a scarce and expensive commodity. The beverage and food industries, looking to increase the recycling of their proce
25 March 2009Detlef Ahrens, Alfa Laval
The need to remove pathogens from potable water supplies is long recognised. In this article the characteristics of pathogen groups are outlined alongside
23 March 2009Antony Bennett, Clarity
After millennia of evolution, water filtration technologies face many challenges, from increasing demand to new contaminants. But perhaps the biggest chall
23 March 2009Jim Lauria, Amiad Filtration Systems
The membrane bioreactor has become an important processing tool in the treatment of waste liquids. Ken Sutherland looks at its technology and applications.
23 March 2009Ken Sutherland
Ken Sutherland considers the various ways — such as reverse osmosis and nanofiltration — to filter fresh and waste waters, discusses the purposes for that
23 March 2009Ken Sutherland
Can old tyres be an effective filter medium? Yue-Feng Xie, Bryon A. Killian and Andrew S. Gaul look at using crumb rubber from waste tyres when filtering w
23 March 2009Yue-Feng Xie, Bryon A. Killian and Andrew S. Gaul
Ken Sutherland looks at the characteristics of depth filtration, at the range of equipment used to implement the filtration process, and at how it is used,
23 March 2009Ken Sutherland
There are different designs for underdrains – important when removing suspended solids from potable water. David Shepherd of Severn Trent Services Ltd take
23 March 2009David Shepherd, Severn Trent Services Ltd
The Water Corporation of Western Australia turned on the country's largest seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant back in November 2006, starting the delive
20 March 2009Bryan Orchard
Hal Alper and H. Parthasarathy from Mycelx Technologies Corporation look at the problem of ‘oily mists' – secondary aerosols found in a range of industri
18 March 2009Hal Alpera and H. Parthasarathya, Mycelx
As membranes become more common in every aspect of the filtration industry, Ken Sutherland examines the bulk chemicals and petrochemicals industrial sector
18 March 2009Ken Sutherland
Ralf Krüger from inge watertechnologies describes the growing popularity of ultrafiltration as pre-treatment in seawater desalination and looks at its succ
18 March 2009Ralf Krüger, inge watertechnologies
A relatively recent development in membrane processes, Ken Sutherland looks at the rapidly expanding field of nanofiltration, its characteristics and its a
18 March 2009Ken Sutherland
The Harnaschpolder wastewater treatment plant, based in the Netherlands and run by Veolia, is a great example of a modern filtration system with a look to
18 March 2009Liz Nickels
A team from the Belgian company Bekaert explain the development of an enhanced surface filter medium based on short metal fibres, specifically designed for
18 March 2009Inge Schildermans and Dominique Santens, Bekeart
The production processes for beverages demand that the final result is a drink that meets the expectations of customers, both visually and gastronomically.
18 March 2009Ulrich Braeutigam, Sartorius
Until recently the nuclear industry in the United States and parts of Western Europe has been dormant or in decline. At the same time, nuclear capacity has
18 March 2009McIlvaine
Lon Edelman of Kimberley-Clark believes that filter media is no longer just a commodity, and that its true value can be determined by life cycle costing. T
18 March 2009Lon Edelman, Kimberley-Clark
Dr Graham Rideal, founder and senior scientist of Whitehouse Scientific, explains the importance of a correctly calibrated filter when involved in oil prod
18 March 2009Graham Rideal, Whitehouse Scientific
Peter Rose of Alfa Laval takes a look at one of the growth areas of biopharmaceutical filtration and separation: the harvesting of mammalian cells to produ
18 March 2009Peter Rose, Alfa Laval
There is increasing inter-dependency between new filtration technologies and renewable energy. In this article, Dr Mike Coffey looks at the growing use of
18 March 2009Dr Mike Coffey, Clarity
The growing number of biogas plants makes it increasingly difficult to return the fermentation residue substrates to green spaces or arable land. We take a
18 March 2009G. Klink and C. Salewski from A3-Water Solutions
Engineers set out to design a cartridge filter that could work efficiently to provide compressed air to international quality standards. The design involve
4 March 2009Parker domnick hunter
A long with black coal, natural gas and nuclear power, one of the most important sources of energy is brown coal. But one of its by-products, gypsum, has t
4 March 2009GKD
A Mexican power plant was in need of a system that could effectively and efficiently treat its secondary wastewater stream. The plant turned to a manufactu
4 March 2009Eco-Tec
Renovated in 2005, a sewage plant in Sweden invested to make operations more efficient and reliable. A specialist offering solutions in machines and electr
4 March 2009Emotron
Lyco Manufacturing was called upon to create a screening system to deal with the troublesome organic contaminants that are released as a result of turkey p
4 March 2009Lyco Manufacturing
A major food company was experiencing screen blockage problems when filtering rapeseed oil for biodiesel production. It decided to purchase a Self-Cleaning
3 March 2009Russell Finex
Despite extreme drought conditions and a rapidly growing population, the Western Australia city of Perth is getting water to its residents due to a groundb
3 March 2009Dow Water Solutions
Ultra-violet disinfection and a rehaul of filters was key to solving the problems of a water treatment facility in Poughkeepsie, USA, that needed to upgr
3 March 2009Aquionics
Producing fuel ethanol can be expensive, but with the right technology a company can reduce costs and save energy. A designer and manufacturer of gas separ
3 March 2009Suzanne Roy, Director and Christian Roy
The elimination of total organic solids (TOC) from feedwater is vital to ensure the long term performance of a high-pressure boiler. At a power plant in Th
3 March 2009Hanovia
Crossflow filtration has been used for many years in food and beverage applications. Now French filtration specialists SIVA have improved the technology,
3 March 2009Société Industrielle de la Vallée de l’Aygues (SIVA)
The city of Atlanta is growing rapidly, which has led to increasing waste gases being emitted from wastewater plants. Following vociferous complaints fro
3 March 2009Purafil
Seawater pre-treatment is an integral part of every seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant, used to remove particulates, debris, micro-organism
9 February 2009Nicolay Voutchkov