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University of Rhode Island
From: Erlab Inc.Description: An organic chemistry teaching lab at the University of Rhode Island is seeing direct advantages from its installation of ductless fume hoods. The environmental impact has been negligible and the ...
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Breathing new life into an aging science facility
From: Erlab Inc.Description: At 40 years old, Gallahue Hall at Butler University in Indianapolis has plenty of character and subtle nuances that left an impression of nostalgic collegiate academia. Unfortunately, the facility ...
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BSA LifeStructures designs nation's largest filtered fume hood installation
From: Erlab Inc.Description: Maintaining clean air in a laboratory can be a herculean challenge - especially when students work on projects in chemistry, organic chemistry, biology, pharmacy and other heathcare-related fields. In ...
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Butler University Chemistry Lab Renovation
From: Erlab Inc.Description: Like most universities and colleges, Butler University in Indianapolis is working to improve energy efficiency, manage costs and provide safe environments - all while operating high-energy-demand ...
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Cleanroom Maintenance: Sanitation via Filtration
Description: Contamination control is vital for maintaining cleanroom environments. Pharmaceutical and semiconductor companies require especially stringent maintenance and sanitation programs to meet demanding ...
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Grain Mills: Beyond Dust, Spill Response Takes Priority (Part 2)
Description: Food manufacturers are faced with many types of obstacles when it comes to cleaning and maintenance. While dust and general maintenance are well-known challenges for milling facilities, by-products of ...
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Grain Mills: Preventative Maintenance and Dust Control (Part 1)
Description: Every week, we see news about grain mills with dust control and maintenance issues. Simply by the nature of their processes, grain mills have difficulty keeping a clean and safe environment. This ...
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Pulp and Paper: Improve Employee Health with Dust Control (Part 1)
Description: Paper product manufacturing facilities see their fair share of dust. Over the years, mill workers have complained of respiratory symptoms like chronic cough, chest tightness and wheezing and blame ...
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Pulp and Paper: Understanding Combustible Dust Risks (Part 2)
Description: Manufacturing 9 million tons of pulp annually, U.S. pulp, paper and paperboard mills produce large amounts of dust that settle on equipment and facility structure surfaces (see OSHA's Safety & Health ...
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Filter 1 Featured Case Study - Flowtron
Description: Flowtron industrial air cleaners provide success for P&H mining. ...
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Meeting the EPA's PM2.5 Standard With The Help of Donaldson Torit Dust Collectors
Description: The EPA 2.5 Standard was created to address concerns around hazardous airborne dust particles that cause adverse reactions for workers. ...
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New Regulations for Biomass and Other Alternative Fuels
Description: EPA completed new rules that changed the way they look at "nontraditional" fuels. Using these alternative fuels to generate energy makes a facility subject to emission limits and rules regulation ...
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Alternative Fuels
Description: Industry is looking for new fuels that can replace coal, oil and natural gas. This free white paper takes a look at some of the technical and regulatory challenges involved in developing alternative ...
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Boiler MACT Emissions Limits
Description: Generically known as "Boiler MACT," the new possible industrial boiler limits directly address emissions of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) from industrial boilers and indirectly address the way that ...
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Contained Gas Rule Changes
Description: New EPA regulation classifies "oxidizers" as "incinerators" meaning if this is not changed, the emissions standards and regulatory requirements associated with operating oxidizers become much more ...
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Effective Control of Fugitive Emissions
Description: With the EPA continually pressuring the industry to reduce emissions, control of fugitives is increasingly important to your overall emissions strategy. ...
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EPA Clamping Down on Ozone Standards
Description: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing to again lower its ozone standard. This action reduces the amount of ozone that is allowed in the air we breathe and thus forces more ...
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EPA Eyes Flare Operations
Description: Per a recent EPA settlement, new controls for volatile organic compounds (VOC's) are going to be more complex than ever. Are you prepared? Download this white paper to learn more about: The Complexity ...
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EPA Increases Ammonia Emissions Control
Description: Concern about ammonia emissions in the air and the water continues to grow, both officially and unofficially. As U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moves to further reduce ammonia ...
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Control
Description: Most of the time, people think about Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions with carbon dioxide, which is the most common of the GHGs. While fairly typical, carbon dioxide isn't the only GHG U.S. ...
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Greenhouse Gas Regulations
Description: The D.C. District Court recently upheld the decision allowing EPA to regulation greenhouse gas emissions. This white paper provides background on the decision, what it means for you, and how to keep ...
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Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)
Description: Catalytic Products International provides air pollution control solutions including regenerative thermal oxidizers, thermal oxidizers, catalytic oxidizers, and incinerators for the treatment of ...
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Industrial Hygiene Report: Spray Paint Use in Ductless Hood
From: Sentry Air Systems, Inc.Description: Purpose: A typical application of the Sentry Air Systems ductless hoods is to contain operations that may generate flammable gases and/or vapors. An example of this kind of operation is spray painting ...
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The Greening of Carbon Fiber
Description: Manufacturing carbon fiber can have serious environmental ramifications and pose immediate danger to humans if careful consideration is not given to emission control at the production phase of these ...
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DUCTLESS FILTERING FUME ENCLOSURE OR DUCTED FUME HOOD?
From: Erlab Inc.Description: DUCTLESS FILTERING FUME ENCLOSURE OR DUCTED FUME HOOD? Advice and analysis for making a qualified and impartial decision ...
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Ensuring Effective Dust Collection in Challenging Environments
Description: The point is: to make proper equipment selections for challenging gas streams, the full characteristics of the gas stream must be known. So when an inquisitive dust collector salesman/engineer starts ...
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Simple Advice on Desiccant Dryer Maintenance
From: Van Air Systems, Inc.Description: Regenerative desiccant compressed air dryers require preventive maintenance. All too often, the routine maintenance on air dryers is overlooked. Many air dryers simply run until something breaks. ...
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Case History: A Cure for Environmental Emissions
From: Bionomic IndustriesDescription: Disposing of nearly 1 million pounds of medical waste a month is no easy task. The wet electrostatic precipitator, in stalled at Rochester, MN-based Mayo Clinic, seems to be just what the doctor ...
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Case Study - Single Tower Freedom Dryer for Mobile Blasting
From: Van Air Systems, Inc.Description: At the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel, under strict environmental regulations, Van Air air-cooled after-coolers, single tower deliquescent Freedom Dryers, and particulate and coalescing filters ...
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Optimizing Airflow on Dust, Mist and Fume Collection Systems
Description: TestDialog var data = {"MoreInformation":"\u003cb\u003eFor information on replacement filters and parts, call \u003cspan class=\u0027torit-big-blue\u0027\u003e1.800.365.1331\u003c/span\u003e or ...
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Adjusting Dust Collector Fan Dampers to Save Time and Money
Description: TestDialog var data = {"MoreInformation":"\u003cb\u003eFor information on replacement filters and parts, call \u003cspan class=\u0027torit-big-blue\u0027\u003e1.800.365.1331\u003c/span\u003e or ...
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Save Money on Filters by Maintaining Dust Collector Discharge Devices
Description: One item often overlooked with dust collection systems is discharge devices, with the most common types being the drums or rotary valves. Proper maintenance of an air-tight seal for these devices is ...
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Clothes Cleaning Air Shower
From: Clean Air ProductsDescription: OSHA Lead Requirements for Hygiene Facilities in Battery Manufacturing: Clothes Cleaning Air Shower used for Lead Dust Removal ...
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JPL High Bays Give a Whole New Meaning to 'Clean Your Room'
From: Clean Air ProductsDescription: Article about NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Spacecraft Assembly Facility Cleanroom and Air Shower ...
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Cost-Effective Dust Collector Placement Strategies
Description: One strategy for dust collector placement is to install a single collector outside the building and to run ductwork to the various areas of the process that are generating dust. This is known as a ...
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Innovative Ammonia Control
Description: Ammonia has increasingly become more of a regulatory concern. Ammonia emissions into the atmosphere have been linked to the formation of fine particulate matter, while ammonia emissions in wastewater ...
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Natural Gas Disciplines and Case Study
Description: It's in the news every day; the natural gas production industry is experiencing record growth. The gas reserves in the United States are thought to hold enough Natural Gas for hundreds of years and ...
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Bakery Ethanol
Description: A bread and bun bakery was faced with installing air pollution control equipment to control the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted during their baking process. The local regulatory agency ...
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Bean Roasting
Description: After purchasing a new Barth roaster for their East coast processing facility, a nationally known bean roasting company knew their emissions and odors would need to be addressed with the increase in ...
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Canmaker Achieves Cost-Effective Compliance
Description: JL Clark, headquartered in Rockford, Illinois, is no ordinary packager. The company, celebrating its 100 year anniversary in 2004, is recognized around the world for its award winning metal ...
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Converter Finds Affordable Compliance Solution
Description: It's not just about increasing production for Fredman Bag's president, Tim Fredman Jr., it's also about being a environmentally conscious neighbor. A converter's decision to expand their capacity is ...
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Cumene Plant
Description: An East Coast chemical plant that manufactures phenol, acetone and alphametyl styrene from cumene planned to install an air pollution control system to control the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) ...
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Engine Cell Exhaust: Catalytic Oxidizer
Description: Endurance testing of outboard motors for boats has typically been done in lakes and sometimes on barges. This testing was time consuming, presented logistic problems and removed the testing from the R ...
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EtO Sterilizer Abatement
Description: Product sterilization companies are generally required to utilize a pollution control device for treatment of exhaust gases from their aeration room and sterilization chambers. In the United States, ...
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Formaldehyde Production
Description: A major chemical manufacturer required a pollution control system with minimal operational cost to destroy the Hazardous Air Pollutant (HAP) by-products of a formaldehyde production process. A key ...
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MDI Production Plant
Description: A major chemical manufacturer required a pollution control system to destroy 99.9% of the halogenated volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) emitted during the MDI ...
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Meat Processing Odor Control
Description: For its first two years of production, a food manufacturer based in South Wales, England, focused its production on potatoes. Neighborhood residents voiced no complaints about odors during this time ...
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Organic Particulate Filtration
Description: A food products company that mixes various types of waxes and other components to make the base for chewing gums was faced with the issue of cleaning up a slightly odorous, visible emission being ...
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Paint Spray
Description: A major automotive component supplier needed to control the emissions from its paint spray process. The plant emissions had characteristics common to many paint spray plants: high air flow, low ...
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Pure Terephthalic Acid Plant
Description: A major chemical manufacturer required a pollution control system to destroy the halogenated volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted during the formulation of Pure Terephthalic Acid (PTA). ...
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RTO Handles High VOC Loading at Silgan Containers
Description: As the first generation of oxidizer systems in the industry nears the end of their service life, many canmaking plants face repair or replacement of their existing air pollution control systems. ...
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RTOs Leave Nothing to HAP-penstance
Description: In September 1998 the EPA promulgated a ruling in 40 CFR, imposing strict new standards to reduce emissions of toxic air pollutants from the manufacture of pharmaceutical products, including ...
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World's Largest Remediation Site
Description: Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport, the world's busiest airport in 1997, became the world's largest remediation site once it was closed. When the airport was decommissioned in 1999 in favor of the new Chek ...
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Capistrano Unified Reduces Indoor Air Contaminants By 66%
Description: After exhausting maintenance options, Capistrano Unified officials turned to technology to help improve indoor air quality. The compact Sanuvox UV Air Purification Unit was installed in the HVAC ...
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Case Studies on the Effects of Ultraviolet Air Purification on the Air Quality in Hospitals and Clinics
Description: Beginning with the most simple of problems and growing into something that requires considerable time, effort and money to solve, mould not only poses a threat to property but has been recorded to ...
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High Performance Mass Spectrometry of Persistent
From: LECO CorporationDescription: Dioxin analysis in a regulated fashion requires conformity to the specifications of EPA Method 1613b1. Adherence to the mass spectral performance criterion using the Pegasus® GC-HRT permits a ...
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Meeting the Challenges of EPA 1613b Using Gas
From: LECO CorporationDescription: Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans (Figure 1) are some of the most toxic materials known to man. These persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have been linked to cancer and adverse ...
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Controlling Airfl ow in Class II Biosafety Cabinets
From: Labconco CorporationDescription: In order to maintain proper containment, NSF stipulates that recirculating and exhausted airfl ow volumes, and therefore velocities, must be maintained within a tolerance of +/- 5 feet per minute ...
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How to Select the Right Laboratory Hood System
From: Labconco CorporationDescription: A laboratory fume hood is a ventilated enclosure where harmful or toxic fumes or vapors can be handled safely. The purpose of the hood is to capture, contain and remove contaminants, preventing their ...
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How to Optimize Cyclone Performance
From: Fisher-KlostermanDescription: When properly maintained, a well-designed cyclone will deliver the consistent performance you want ...
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Mist Collection: Fundamentals and Applications
Description: Metalworking companies use mist collectors on their machine tools to help provide clean air to reduce the adverse effects of exposure to metalworking fluids, comply with indoor air quality standards, ...
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Regulating Compressed Air Pressure - Essential to Longer Filter Life
Description: Correct compressed air pressure is critical for effective filter cleaning and filter longevity. If compressed air pressure is too low, filters will not clean properly, and the result will be reduced ...
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Real-time, High Precision Greenhouse Gas Measurements Using a Mid-Infrared Laser-Based Platform
Description: Real-time, ultra sensitive measurement is required for a wide array of applications, including pollution and GHG monitoring. ...
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Mercury Monitoring in a Cement Kiln
Description: This application note discusses the adaptability of the Mercury Freedom System to the unique conditions in a cement plant. Results of the Mercury Freedom System from a series of early installations in ...
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Monitoring Fugitive Dust
Description: The term fugitive dust refers to particulate that is lifted into the air either by man-made or natural activities in large open areas. Fugitive dust is typically the result from activities such as the ...
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Case Study - Welding/Grinding Fume Extraction
From: NedermanDescription: A Czech foundry and machining factory had many problems with iron dust and welding fumes ...
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Ever-Changing Regulations and Guidelines
Description: Operators of chemical processing facilities are always under scrutiny from environmental protection regulatory agencies. Overlapping and frequently confusing regulations that affect the industry are ...
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Maintenance Solutions for Air Pollution Control Equipment
Description: Manufacturing facilities are constantly under pressure to meet production forecasts at the lowest possible cost. These two goals; production output and cost control, can be difficult to obtain ...
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Dirt Control In Statically Charged Environments
Description: Dirt buildup is a problem in many types of production applications, especially where plastic, fiberglass or other materials that have a propensity to develop a static charge are used. ...
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Not All Vortex Tubes Are Created Equal
Description: The vortex tube is unique technology that takes compressed air divides it into two flows - one end of the tube gets hot and the other tube gets cold. It was a little known technology 20 years ago but ...
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Capturing Organic Vapors from Non-Condensable Gases Using Activated Carbon Technology
From: AMCEC, Inc.Description: There are many established uses of vapor phase carbon adsorption technology in the chemical industry. The majority are to capture organic vapors from non-condensable gas streams, such as process ...
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Pollution Control that Pays Its Way
From: AMCEC, Inc.Description: Through the installation of an activated carbon technology recovery system, the Armak plant in Marysville, Michigan, is able to consistently meet air emissions standards as well as recover a ...
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Thermo Scientific Sulfur Dioxide CEMS Development (.pdf)
Description: In this manuscript, we shall present a preliminary discussion of our efforts and related results pertaining to three important components that impact the development of the Thermo Scientific SO3 CEMS: ...
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Ask Dr. Underhill: Sensors Dosimeters
From: Sensors Safety ProductsDescription: Dr. Underhill answers questions about sensors dosimeters, including history, comparisons, and benefits. ...
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Scrubbers With a Level Head (.pdf)
From: Kimre, Inc.Description: The available methods for removing pollutants from a gas stream are numerous, to say the least. A popular method, scrubbers allow users to separate gases and solids by allowing the gas to come into ...
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Mist, Dust, and Fume Control (.pdf)
Description: This article describes the equipment that industrial manufacturers use to reduce airborne contaminants and control air quality in their plants. Oil Mist collection, dust colleciton, and various air ...
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Packed Bed Scrubbing Systems (.pdf)
Description: Perhaps the most comprehensive literature on air quality ever published by Monroe Environmental, this document explains and demonstrates several specific air scrubbing applications for nearly every ...
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Donaldson® Torit® Clears the Smoke at United Gear & Assembly (.pdf)
Description: How many gear hobbers does it take to fill a 24,000 square foot room with smoke in less than 20 minutes? Just one. United Gear & Assembly, Inc. (UGA) manufactures gears and shafts for motors, ...
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WSO Mist Collector Plus Cyclone Equal a Winning Combination at 80/20® Inc. (.pdf)
Description: Headquartered in an 140,000 square foot facility in Columbia City, Indiana, 80/20® Inc. is the one-stop resource for more than 6,500 aluminum modular framing systems and accessories. Known for ...
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Field Reports: A Breath of Fresh Air (.pdf)
From: Bionomic IndustriesDescription: When International Ingredient Corp.'s drying plant in Monroe,WI, opened in 1994, it was the first plant designed specifically for large-scale drum drying of dairy products for the feed industry. At ...
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To MACT and Beyond (.pdf)
From: Bionomic IndustriesDescription: In the 1970s, FMC Corp., a chemical manufacturer headquartered in Philadelphia, began operating a high-efficiency thermal destruction facility to dispose of hazardous liquid wastes at its Baltimore ...
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Advanced, Compact Fluidized Slurry Gas Scrubber Effectively Handles SO2 at a Carbon Products Manufacturer in Western Pennsylvania
From: Bionomic IndustriesDescription: The compact, highly efficient scrubber utilizes Bionomics' patented RotaBed(TM) technology to harness the movement of the flue gas to provide both mixing and gas cleaning - instead of using the power ...
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Bionomic Completes Successful Start-up and Test of Scrubber in SO2 Removal Application
From: Bionomic IndustriesDescription: According to mill personel, the Rotabed Scrubber achieved non-detect levels of SO2 at the scrubber outlet using magnesium hydroxide as the scrubbing medium. Rotabed's breakthrough design combines a
- Bionomic Industries Completes Successful Start-Up of Hydrochloric Acid Scrubber at Wheeling-Pittsburgh Pickling Factory
From: Bionomic IndustriesDescription: Designed to reduce emissions and improve product quality, the $1.2 million scrubber system was recently tested and achieved 99.98% efficiency in removal of the hydrochloric acid fumes that are ...- BIONOxSOLVER(TM) Scrubbing Solution Available For High Efficiency NOx Control
From: Bionomic IndustriesDescription: Bionomic Industries, Inc. a leading manufacturer of cutting-edge scrubber system technology, has announced availability of their new BIONOxSOLVER Scrubbing Solution. The only chemical reagent needed ...- HEI(TM) Wet Electrostatic Precipitator Provides Superior Submicron Particulate Collection
From: Bionomic IndustriesDescription: A major breakthrough in the advancement of state-of-the-art fine particulate control, the HEI™/WESP System incorporates a unique discharge electrode technology that can be sized to specific ...- Mayo Clinic Finds Technical Fix to Reduce Incinerator Emissions (.pdf)
From: Bionomic IndustriesDescription: While the medical waste incinerator at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., consistently met state and federal emission requirements, facility leaders wanted to find a way to go beyond these standards. ...- ProClean Type CT Self-Contained Tower Scrubber System Dramatically Reduces Field Erection Time and Costs
From: Bionomic IndustriesDescription: Available in two configurations and sizes to handle gas streams from 500 to 25,000 cfm, the ProClean Type CT System removes water soluble gaseous contaminants at efficiencies needed to meet the most ...- Rotabed(TM) Fluidized Bed Gas Cleaning Technology Used to Control Pulp Bleach Plant Emissions
From: Bionomic IndustriesDescription: Bionomic Industries, Inc., a leading manufacturer of cutting edge scrubber systems technology, has been selected by a major Southern pulp and paper company to supply their patented, advanced design ...- VentClean System Provides Highly Efficent and Affordable Control of Storage Tank Vent Emissions
From: Bionomic IndustriesDescription: VentClean's versatility allows it to handle single as well as multiple storage tanks with large variations in venting rates while a low pressure drop design prohibits dangerous over-pressurization in ...- Improving Power Plant Efficiency (.pdf)
From: SPX CorporationDescription: This paper provides a brief overview of how air intake filtration can impact power plant efficiency, and the role filter manufacturers can play in helping companies select the right filter solution ...- Emissions Legislations and Technology's Response (.pdf)
Description: A brief history of the correlation between emissions regulations and the improvements in industrial combustion technology. ...- CFD Modeling of Ground Flare (.pdf)
Description: In 2004, construction of a major ethylene plant in the Middle East faced challenges to find workable methods to reduce flare emissions, flame visibility, and noise. ...- New Generation Burners (.pdf)
Description: Ethylene is currently produced more than any other petrochemical in the world. Current ethlene production occurs mainly through the thermal cracking of various hydrocarbon steams in the presence of ...- One of Europe's Largest Steel Producers Asks... "What Carbon Footprint?" (.doc)
From: Spooner Industries Ltd.Description: In case you haven't heard, our planet is getting warmer. At what rate it is occurring or how much human activity has to do with the increasing temperatures is a heated debate, pardon the pun. One ...- Control of Methyl Ethyl Ketone Vapors: Industrial Hygiene Report (.pdf)
From: Sentry Air Systems, Inc.Description: The objective of this test was to determine the efficiency of a carbon filter with Methyl Ethyl Keton(MEK). An environment was created that exceeded the NIOSH threshold limit value by 50% (300 ppm). ...- Control of Organic Hydrocarbon Vapors: Total Hydrocarbons in a Fuel Mixture. Industrial Hygiene Report (.pdf)
From: Sentry Air Systems, Inc.Description: The objective of this test was to determine the filtering efficiency of a Sentry Air Systems carbon filter cartridge on total hydrocarbons and octane in two separate fuel mixtures. The experiment was ...- Control of Organic Solvent Vapors: Acetone. Industrial Hygiene Report (.pdf)
From: Sentry Air Systems, Inc.Description: The objective of this test was to determine the efficiency of a carbon filter with Acetone. An environment was created that exceeded the NIOSH threshold limit value. This test was conducted with air ...- Control of Toluene Vapors in a Lab Setting: Industrial Hygiene Report (.pdf)
From: Sentry Air Systems, Inc.Description: A test was setup to determine the filtering efficiency of a Sentry Air Systems activated carbon filter cartridge on toluene vapors within a Sentry Air hood. A 99% solution of toluene was used for this ...- Control of Xylene Vapors in a Lab Setting: O-Xylene Vapors (.pdf)
From: Sentry Air Systems, Inc.Description: A test was setup to determine the filtering efficiency of a Sentry Air Systems carbon filter cartridge on xylene vapors within a Sentry Air hood. A 99% solution of O-xylene was used for this specific ... - Bionomic Industries Completes Successful Start-Up of Hydrochloric Acid Scrubber at Wheeling-Pittsburgh Pickling Factory
