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Oct 14, 2024 · Filtration+Separation October 2024 issue – online now! The October 2024 issue of Filtration+Separation magazine puts a spotlight on cleanrooms, digital twins and direct lithium extraction, with a special focus on sustainability and a preview of FILTECH... News. 14 Oct 2024.
Solid-liquid filtration: Understanding filter presses and belt filters
Oct 8, 2012 · Features. Filter presses and belt filters are the workhorses of the solid-liquid filtration world. Together they account for a significant portion of the slurry de-watering and washing procedures that take place in industry. Trevor Sparks outlines some of the advantages and disadvantages of these different technologies and suggests some ways in ...
Koch Separation Solutions rebrands as Kovalus Separation Solutions
Oct 27, 2023 · Kovalus continues its operations, now as a standalone business, under the existing management team led by CEO Manny Singh. The company remains headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA with over 700 employees across several global offices and four manufacturing sites.
Rapid gravity sand filters: Developments in filter floor design
Mar 23, 2009 · The current design was developed in the late 1990s and is called a low profile block (LP block). This is a single block measuring 412 mm wide by 225 mm high. The block is split into two channels. The block's lower profile allows shallower filter or greater media depth.
Biological water treatment: MBBR and IFAS technology
Oct 6, 2017 · The term MBBR is the abbreviation of moving bed biofilm reactor, while IFAS stands for integrated fixed film activated sludge system. At a first glance, this seems to be a simple concept: a reaction tank is filled with a plastic-made carrier which is mixed in water or in a water/sludge mixture, respectively. The difference between IFAS and MBBR ...
H2O Innovation acquires NextEra Distributed Water
Oct 9, 2024 · H2O Innovation Inc has acquired NextEra Distributed Water via a carveout transaction. NextEra and its portfolio of sustainable wastewater treatment and reuse projects will now operate under the H2O Innovation brand as its newly formed Water Infrastructure & Development business line. H2O Innovation has been delivering and operating WaterHub ...
Effective and proven ways to purify your water at home
Jun 10, 2022 · Teabags. You can use a tea bag to filter water easily. Place the tea bags in a large container and add enough water to cover them. Let the tea soak for 30 minutes, then strain the water and drink it. You can use a few tea bags over an extended period if you don't want to change them out often.
Granular filter media: Evaluating filter bed depth to grain size ratio
Dec 4, 2012 · Figure 1: Typical 0.5 mm filter sand categorised as a sub-angular shape. Figure 2: New 0.9 mm anthracite media, the crushed shape makes it angular and irregular with a visible external surface roughness dominated by 50 to 300 micron ‘pores’ Figures 3a and 3b: Images of the rough engineered ceramic media ‘Macrolite’ show …
Filtration in nuclear power
Mar 18, 2009 · Nuclear power plants rely on efficient filtration of air, water, and process fluids to operate reliabily. Older units are being upgraded with the latest reverse osmosis systems to improve reliability. Improvements in absolute filters for capture of radioactive particles insure greater safety. Nuclear industry trends.
Filtration Group acquires Columbus Industries
Oct 26, 2021 · Filtration Group has bought Columbus Industries, a global provider of air filtration products for indoor residential and commercial applications. Founded in 1965, Columbus Industries designs, manufactures and distributes branded and private label filters air filters. The company’s primary production facilities are in the US and Mexico.