Filtration and Separation Products Reference Materials

Description: In-Situ treatment has not totally replaced Pump & Treat. According to the latest Fredonia survey, over the past 5 years the activated carbon industry has lost 50% of its market share to In-Situ ...

Description: In April of 2003, an engineering consulting company called Clear Creek Systems, Inc. with an urgent 5,000 gallon per minute problem. A California city was installing a stormdrain in an area of very ...

Description: To understand the problems associated with the effects of oily waste on deionization resins, it is important to first understand the categories of oily waste materials. In general, oily wastes fall ...

Description: Manufactured gas plants (MGP) are former coal gasification plants. Coal gasification is a process for converting coal partially or completely to combustible gases (Clark). In turn, after purification, ...

Description: Organically modified clays have gained in popularity during the past few years, due to their ability to remove small amounts of oil, grease, tannins and other large organic molecules with low ...

Description: Study results based on onsite usage of organically-modified clays, also known as organoclays, have been proven efficient and cost-effective in cleaning up water devoted to pipe line cleaning and ...

Description: The capability of organoclays as components of permeable sediment barriers has been researched extensively over the past several years.. Organoclays have been used in permeable walls to block the ...

Description: Permeable barriers at creosote containing sediments near wood treating plants, require a barrier which is permeable and, at the same time, traps creosote plumes which contain such organic hydrocarbons ...

Description: The primary function of oxidative systems used in water treatment is to inactivate (kill) microorganisms. A secondary function is to break down long-chain organic molecules. ...

Description: The so-called pump and treat method has been used quite extensively for the remediation of contaminated ground water. Now it is perceived by some in the field as too expensive when compared to newer ...

Description: The use of organoclay as a pre-polisher in the remediation process can produce cost savings even if an organic contaminant such as oil is present in the water at a level as low as one part per million ...

Description: Organically modified clays (Organoclays) have been used over the past 20 years to remove oil, grease, PCB, PNA, phenols, BTEX and other compounds of low solubility, from water. They remove up to 60% ...

Description: Cationic and anionic resins are both capable of remaining in use for long periods of time (up to 20 years and four years, respectively).However, they frequently become fouled by any of several ...

Description: Emulsions in wastewater pose a vexing problem for facilities attempting to recycle water and stay in compliance with permissible discharge limits. But the challenges are no less formidable for routine ...

Description: Recently a consulting firm (NUS) conducted an annual water survey, which determined that the average price of water in the U.S.A. climbed 3.5% from July 1, 2004 to July 1, 2005. The highest price of ...

Description: Organically modified clays have long been used by industry to remove oil from water. A study was undertaken to verify results from real-world applications and develop a better understanding of the ...

Description: Organically modified clays, also called organoclays, have found acceptance as components of sediment and soil stabilization admixtures and as a components of permeable barriers. Sediment stabilization ...

Description: Because stormwater runoff from parking lots, paved streets, and asphalt-covered roofs often is contaminated with oil; benzene, toluene, ethlybenzene, and xylene (BTEX); and fuels that have leaked from ...

Description: Organoclays have been used as a pre-polisher for activated carbon or as a post-polisher for oil/water separators and dissolved air flotation units for the removal of small amounts of oil, grease, PCB, ...

Description: Organoclays have found increased acceptance as pre-treatment for activated carbon adsorption systems in both groundwater and wastewater cleanup. The reason is that activated carbon tends to become ...

Description: Facility owners and managers can evaluate their entire wastewater treatment system, including meeting discharge permits and the possible recycling of water, and the benefits of an oil/water ...

Description: Leaking landfill liners cause the groundwater to be contaminated by various organic compounds and heavy metals. Groundwater below storage tanks and yards of chemical storage sites, at military bases ...

Description: Organoclays can effectively remove pollutants from water by a partition process, wherein the pollutant dissolves, or solubilizes, in the organic phase coating the mineral surface. Organoclays work ...

Description: Suspended solids can deposit in the interstitial pore spaces between the organoclay and anthracite, which makes up OILSORB. If the suspended solids consist of calcium carbonate rich silt, cementation ...

Description: Groundwater contains calcium, magnesium, manganese and iron. The most prevalent compounds are: CaCO3 and CaSO4; Mg (OH)2 and MgCO3; MnO (OH)2 and Fe(OH) 3.When calcium and magnesium compounds exceed ...

Description: Is "pump and treat" still economical? Yes, under certain circumstances, when groundwater is remediated. The P&T technology must first of all, include Oilsorb organoclay. This will drastically reduce ...

Description: It is common industry practice to utilize various amines to remove acid gases such as H2S or C02 from hydrocarbons with low molecular weight. The amines most commonly used include Methyl Ethanol Amine ...

Description: This report presents data on the sorption of dimthyl sulfide (DMS) vapors from humidified air to EC-199 sorbent. In addition, DMS data is compared to previously collected data for two other vapors ...

Description: COD problems? Organoclay (OILSORB) to the rescue. It is a fact that many plant engineers fail to understand the significance of COD (chemical oxygen demand) measurements. As one example, the ...

Description: For the last 30-plus years, protection of the environment has been steadily moving up on the priority list of concerned citizens. Issues such as the hole in the ozone layer, the greenhouse effect, ...

Description: A major food processor recently wished to increase production on its processed cheese production line. The company needed to increase the operating pressure in the processing pipeline, which in turn ...

Description: A certified organic processor of ingredients - mainly fruits - to be added to yogurt and ice creams, similar high-quality food products, and fruits and fillings is employing a Newark Wire Cloth ...

Description: "Citrus" plus "ion exchange" adds up to a sweeter, more marketable juice and a happy customer . . . while duplex Newark Wire Cloth sanitary trap strainers keep the costly exchange resins in the system ...

Description: Given the increase in energy cost and questioning of MTBE as fuel oxygenate, ethanol production in the U.S. has grown rapidly during the past two decades, increasing from 175 million gallons in 1980 ...

Description: This application note will give designers a method to design their own Phase Lock Loop (PLL) filters for rfPIC transmitters, such as the rfPIC12C509 and the rfHCS362. First the circuit will be briefly ...

Description: Differential pressure measurement is the difference in pressure between two points in a system. For filtration applications, the upstream side [A] is positioned before the filter [B], whereas the ...

Description: Knowing how to calculate the amount of weld fumes and, in turn, how to capture those fumes and provide clean air in the working environment has become especially important in light of the Occupational ...

Description: In many chemical and pharmaceutical processes, solid-liquid separation, cake washing and drying steps directly impact the effectiveness of the production operation. Process engineers devote much of ...

Description: Solid-liquid separation and cake washing are integral steps in the production of bulk or final pharmaceutical products. Each step must be optimized, along with the downstream dryer. Complicating this ...

Description: Solid-liquid separation can be accomplished by pressure or vacuum filtration in a batch or continuous mode. Generally, following filtration, the cake must be washed and subsequently dried. The choice ...

Description: Solid-liquid separation by pressure or vacuum, cake washing and drying are integral to producing a chemical or pharmaceutical product or for fluid clarification and recovery. A number of competing ...

Description: As the pharmaceutical industry has changed and grown since the mid-1980's, there are increasing concerns about the safe handling of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). To meet lower exposure ...

Description: The MiniModule Membrane Contactors come in two sizes. These two products are basically the same thing; one is just larger and therefore handles more flow. Please refer to the data sheet located on our ...