Air Quality Reference Materials

Description: Providing a clean air environment for cultures during incubation is critical to preventing contamination. Some manufacturers equip their incubators with a HEPA filter and claim to provide ISO Class 5 ...

Description: Cleanrooms are needed in several industries and laboratories for a variety of reasons. For example, medical or pharmaceutical products must be devoid of harmful pathogens that may increase the risk of ...

Description: Last year Air McClure, an air products representative based in Rocky River, Ohio faced a challenge in serving one of its longterm clients. The client, a bottling plant for a household name Fortune 500 ...

Description: Ft. George Brewing Co. in Astoria, Oregon is one of the fastest growing breweries in the United States. Established in 2007, the company produces over 40 varieties of beer. Their canned beer is ...

Description: Green Bay, Wisconsin-based Tosca Ltd. manages returnable container systems for clients in the dairy, fresh produce, beer, meat and poultry industries. Tosca provides full service to its many clients, ...

Description: A technology manufacturer located in the South opened its doors in 1986. The manufacturing facility builds rigid print circuit boards (PCBs) for high tech and high reliability applications. The ...

Description: A world-class automotive manufacturer of aluminum and steel wheels. The manufacturer has been in business for over 30 years in Paris, Kentucky. The manufacturer aspires to be a factor in sustainable ...

Description: Installation of a new drying system on a canning line at a leading carbonated soft drink bottler in Indianapolis, IN, has cut compressed air usage by 15 percent. The PowerDry System from Paxton ...

Description: The remarkable fungi known as mushrooms add a plethora of medicinal, culinary, and utilitarian value to our daily lives. Many studies are looking at the adoption of psychoactive mushrooms for ...

Description: The Journal of the American Medical Association reports that, "Pollution is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, and was associated with an estimated 9 million premature deaths globally in 2015 ...

Description: The right monitoring and maintenance routines enable you to reduce downtime, maintain your operations' peak performance and keep your revenues flowing. Read this article for 8 Tips ...

Description: Using a dust collector that is assembled from individual modules that can be combined into dozens of configurations to fit the specific environment is a safe, cost-effective way to put dust in its ...

Description: Two common types of blowers are belt-driven and direct drive. Direct Drive blowers connect the blower head directly to the motor, and the motor "directly drives" the blower. Out of necessity, the ...

Description: Controlling dust and fumes generated in manufacturing and industrial processes is essential for worker safety, product quality and regulatory compliance. This article provides tips to choosing the ...

Description: This article examines how to recognize dangerous combustible dust situations in manufacturing plants and processing facilities to help personnel quickly observe and recognize an unsafe situation in ...

Description: Dust collection systems are necessary industrial processes that generate airborne particles because they can cause health and safety issues, contaminate products, and damage equipment. Here are ...

Description: The company Green City Solutions has the goal to improve air quality in cities. Consequently, they have developed the first biotech air filter: the CityTree. Integrated within: the UGT505. ...

Description: Due to low initial cost of compressed air knives, many facilities opt for compressed air knives when just starting out, for low line speeds, or for intermittent blow off and drying. ...

Description: Learn the benefits of using a Paxton air knife over a compressed air knife. ...

Description: Paxton's Application Engineers configure drying and blow off solutions based on your line and target specifications and their extensive knowledge of which air delivery devices are best for which ...

Description: In 2016, The American Standards Testing Institute (ANSI) and The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), issued a quantitative laboratory testing method for ...

Description: How HORIBA technologies are being used to protect human health. ...

Description: Machines for air scrubbing are used for gas absorption including acid gases such as S02, HCl and others. This equipment can also... ...

Description: In a Regenerative Oxidizer, an effort is made to get the absolutely highest possible energy recovery. This type of design is... ...

Description: Removal of Oxides of Nitrogen - N0x can be achieved by injecting Ammonia into the air and then... ...

Description: Behind every cleanroom is a sophisticated environmental control unit (ECU). Cleanroom technology has become so advanced that it can serve spaces of virtually any size in any industry around the world, ...

Description: Maintaining a clean and safe work environment starts with the air. Dust created during manufacturing processes can be hazardous to both your workers and your equipment. A dust collection system should ...

Description: Nestle faced many challenges during the construction of its Prepared Foods facility in 2002. A top concern was how to safely contain airborne spices and other food ingredients that could ...

Description: Air separation plant supplying oxygen to a glass furnace at a lighting products company; Experiencing significant reliability problems and excessive maintenance costs keeping the existing supplier's ...

Description: Application: Plastic Grinding and Dust ...

Description: Direct Thermal Oxidation involves simply applying heat to the contaminated air until the temperature is raised enough for combustion to occur. ...

Description: As you'd expect, most pharmaceutical and life sciences manufacturing takes place in large cleanrooms, also known as ballrooms, where maintaining air quality and sterile conditions is a must. But the ...

Description: When testing industrial compressed air for contaminants, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) deems three types of contaminants vital for testing and removal: air, oil, and water. ...

Description: Fact Sheet regarding Air Pollution Control Technology ...

Description: Monitoring by Control Technique - Thermal Oxidizer ...

Description: Thermal Oxidation of waste gases is a common control technique to destroy VOC's and/or odors in many industrial processes. Common equipment used includes Regenerative Thermal Oxidizers, Recuperative ...

Description: The Invivo2 / Concept / Concept-M Series Workstations have been recently remodelled, and now include a standard HEPA filter. This report details the HEPA filter testing and results for the common body ...

Description: Pressure Dew Point in Compressed Air: What Is It and How to Measure It ...

Description: Nitrogen gas is one of the most abundant compounds available in the air. It makes up about 78 percent of the Earth's atmosphere. Being such an abundant compound, nitrogen is applied in a variety of ...

Description: 5 Facts About This Stinky Compound ...

Description: When the production capacity of a Midwest ethanol plant was limited to 80% by their existing air pollution control equipment, Pollution System Solutions was sought to utilize their industry knowledge ...

Description: A global animal feed researcher and producer increased their capacity at their Midwest facility, thus requiring air pollution control technology that addressed their new process. Pollution Systems was ...

Description: A solar panel-manufacturer in California was ready to commercially produce a groundbreaking product that had taken many years to develop. Pollution Systems (PSSI) was initially contacted as a ...

Description: A food-industry leader in Alabama operates several pork-sausage cookers that exhaust over 4,000 ACFM of moisture and pork grease. The operator installed Electrostatic Precipitators (ESPs) to treat the ...

Description: Improved overall operation is possible when entire plant operation is considered rather than sub-optimizing choices around pollution-control equipment ...

Description: In this blog, I would like to expand on the subject about how static can be generated. On a molecular scale, the outer electrons that are orbiting the nucleus can be "stripped" and redistributed from ...

Description: The asphalt roofing manufacturing process yields products that are indispensable to modern society - namely, the shingles that cover the roofs of our homes and businesses and shelter them from the ...

Description: When thinking about industrial combustion processes emitting toxic gases and particulate matter into the environment, it is the large plants and utilities that come to mind. Naturally, this level of ...

Description: OSHA, in February, 2007, published the revised standard for Hexavalent Chromium ...

Description: Micro Air Clean Air Systems sent a news alert on March 1 to their distributors announcing the new OSHA ruling regarding Hexavalent Chromium. The long-awaited ruling was announced on February 28 in the ...

Description: A very large fabricator of aluminum products was faced with three issues; a growing concern over the health of their employees (days lost due to sickness), potential for OSHA air quality violations ...

Description: A Midwestern Hitch Manufacturer had bought a Laser Table and an OEM Dust Collector. The Dust Collector provided by the Table Mfr clogged the filters within the first week of operation. Frantic, the ...

Description: Isaacson Steel, a large structural steel fabricator located in Berlin, New Hampshire, experienced a fire in an existing cartridge dust collector. Aquest Corp., Micro Air's distributor in the area, ...

Description: Harley-Davidson was looking for a small downdraft table/backdraft hood system for grinding operations in their Pennsylvania manufacturing facility. When they approached Spartan Air Purification, the ...

Description: We initially received a call from one of our OEM's that one of their customers required a large central system for their new building. Since a central system was not a typical system sold through our ...

Description: A large Tier 1 automotive supplier approached the local Micro Air distributor, Slade Associates, about a very large dust and fume control project at one of their stamping facilities in Ohio. The ...

Description: The Army base at Fort Dix, New Jersey was looking for fume/smoke collection equipment for their new welding school on the base and contacted Spartan Air Purification, the local Micro Air distributor. ...

Description: As a major manufacturer of hard candies, NECCO wanted to ensure their manufacturing facility met the new requirement for the OSHA National Combustible Dust Emphasis Program. During their manufacturing ...

Description: NIKE GOLF's Fort Worth TX location, better known as "The Oven" is dedicated to R & D for the development of performance golf clubs, hand-crafted to meet NIKE's individual tour golfer's specs, testing ...

Description: Reed Industrial, the exclusive Micro Air distributor in Louisiana, was asked to provide a dust collection system for a very large steel grit blasting room. The challenge was fitting the dust collector ...

Description: A major recycling operation was generating dust in the process of crushing and recycling electronic components such as computer monitors, TVs and other outdated equipment. The dust being generated had ...

Description: Henry Co. of East Kimberton, PA installs an Air Clear Coalescing Fiberbed Mist Collector System on their asphalt product process line for Odor Control. The Company manufacturers roof and driveway ...

Description: HEPA Filter = High Efficiency Particulate Air Filter. High means 99.97% or higher. The efficiency is a measure of how effectively the filter traps particles. It is calculated by dividing the number of ...

Description: NYU needed to repower its decades-old cogeneration system and cut emissions at its main campus in Lower Manhattan. The new gas turbine-based system cut the university's energy bills by $5 million a ...

Description: Has a regulatory agency announced regulations in your industry or declared your workplace unhealthy? Do your neighbors complain about odors? Do you face the dilemma of balancing company profitability ...

Description: Myths and misconceptions related to ductless fume hoods. ...

Description: Do you own or are you considering the purchase of a mist collector with either no filter or a washable filter? Consider this: sometimes the product that is purported to be "low maintenance" can ...

Description: Most thermal spray operations utilize a dust collection system to manage over-sprayed compounds (dirty, dust-laden air), but the system will only capture dust that reaches the filters. Proper airflow ...

Description: Learn about the benefits of pleated bag filters how they can be a cost effective solution for capturing problematic dust ...

Description: In this white paper from Donaldson Torit specifically for the grain, feed and seed industry, learn how pleated bag filters will save your company money by lasting longer, lowering energy costs and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Description: Flowtron industrial air cleaners provide success for P&H mining. ...

Description: The EPA 2.5 Standard was created to address concerns around hazardous airborne dust particles that cause adverse reactions for workers. ...

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 ...

Description: In the laboratory, when animals are transferred or when their cages are cleaned, it is important to use the right equipment to protect both the animal and the researcher from exposure to contaminants. ...

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. ...

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, ...

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). ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Description: A brief history of the correlation between emissions regulations and the improvements in industrial combustion technology. ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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). ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Description: This particular study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Sentry Air Systems ductless hood extractor (Model SS-340 DCH) when employed to collect the vapors emitted when parts are cleaned ...

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 ...

Description: Carbon fiber and graphite reinforced polymers are materials that have, and will continue to revolutionize the products we use everyday by making them stronger, lighter and more durable. However, the ...

Description: Global demand for fossil fuels continues to rise despite the regulatory pressures to reduce emissions generated by burning such fuels. With economically viable and commercially available alternative ...

Description: Elsta, a leading power producer in the Netherlands (partly owned by U.S.-based AES Corporation) has always been regarded as socially responsible. Locally, the company built a wall around its entire ...