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AHR Expo returns to Chicago for 2018
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Filtration+Separation May/June 2017
AHR Expo returns to Chicago for 2018 The world’s largest HVACR marketplace, the AHR Expo, will re-visit Chicago in 2018. Recognized as the largest trade show of its kind, the International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo) will take place at McCormick Place, Chicago, from 22 to 24 January 2018. The Show welcomes HVACR professionals serving commercial, industrial, residential and institutional markets. Each year, thousands of companies of all sizes exhibit their air-conditioning, heating, ventilation and refrigeration systems, equipment and components. Contractors, engineers, OEMs, distributors and other industry professionals attend the show in search of new products and services.
The 2018 AHR EXPO will have more than 100 free and paid educational sessions, including: ASHRAE Learning Institute courses; certification exams; product & technology previews; PM Live seminars and Association meetings held in conjunction with Show. The event is co-sponsored by ASHRAE and AHRI, and is held concurrently with ASHRAE’s Winter Conference. ahrexpo.com
Delegates at the 2017 AHR Expo.
Second Diamond Supplier award International manufacturer of filtration systems and parts, the Donaldson Company, Inc., has been named Diamond Supplier for the second year in a row by Navistar International Corporation. Navistar, a leading manufacturer of commercial trucks, buses, defense vehicles and engines, reserves the
Pictured From left to right: Troy Clark, CEO and President; Walter Borst, EVP & CFO; Tom Scalf, SVP of Engine; Todd Lewis, Director of OEM On-Road Sales; Persio Lisboa, President Operations; Bill Kozek, President, Truck & Parts; Denny Mooney, Senior VP, Global Product Development
distinction for only the top 2% of the company's supply partners. The Donaldson Company's design of customized air filtration systems helped earn it the Navistar Diamond Supplier award for the second consecutive year. Navistar, which has strict requirements for all of its suppliers, has additional qualifications for its upperechelon Diamond Suppliers. To be considered, suppliers must have demonstrated the ability to improve Navistar customer uptime and exceed the company's performance expectations for quality, delivery, technology and cost. When awarding Donaldson this year's Diamond Supplier distinction, Navistar specifically highlighted Donaldson's design of customized air filtration systems for its new LT truck platform and other upcoming products. www.donaldson.com
Extensive regional grit gradation data published for first time Important reference data on the regional characteristics of wastewater grit across North America have been published for the first time. The Grit Gradation Data Sets will help engineers, owners and operators design and optimize grit removal systems for wastewater treatment plants. The regional data sets have been compiled from over 120 tests conducted across the United States and Canada and published on the Advanced Grit website, an industry resource for scientific research and knowledge of wastewater grit. The Grit Gradation Data Sets will help designers and operators to estimate the characteristics, physical size and settling velocity of grit in their region, providing improved data on which to base
the design of an effective grit system. The data sets are based on real data from plants and provided for regions, states and provinces across the USA and Canada. The settling velocity is based on a Sand Equivalent Size (SES) calculation to reflect real-world variations in shape and specific gravity. www.hydro-int.com www.advancedgritmanagement. com.
Map showing grit gradation across the USA and Canada.
Research project aids greater understanding of RO systems Specialty chemicals company, Lanxess, recently launched a research project to gain a better understanding of the behaviour of highly cross-linked Lewabrane membranes for the treatment of brackish water. The behaviour of RO membranes is determined under realistic service. The composition of the feed is of major importance. In practice, not only the common salt normally used in tests is dissolved in the feed, but other salts too. The rejection for these different salts or ions varies enormously. The pH and the temperature of the salt solution have, for each salt or ion, an individual influence on the success of separation. In order to gain a better understanding of all these relationships, experts from LANXESS launched a research project. They were particularly interested in the separation
properties of the membranes for different dissolved salts. Use was therefore made of a test mixture containing not only sodium chloride (2,000 mg/l), but also nitrate (200 mg/l), ammonium (35 mg/l), boron (6 mg/l) and silicate (75 mg/l). Such mixtures are found, for example, in industrial and household effluent, with some components also being found in agriculture, groundwater and seawater. www.lanxess.com
Lanxess, recently launched a research project to aid understanding of the behaviour of highly cross-linked Lewabrane membranes.
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Filtration+Separation May/June 2017
AHR Expo returns to Chicago for 2018 The world’s largest HVACR marketplace, the AHR Expo, will re-visit Chicago in 2018. Recognized as the largest trade show of its kind, the International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo) will take place at McCormick Place, Chicago, from 22 to 24 January 2018. The Show welcomes HVACR professionals serving commercial, industrial, residential and institutional markets. Each year, thousands of companies of all sizes exhibit their air-conditioning, heating, ventilation and refrigeration systems, equipment and components. Contractors, engineers, OEMs, distributors and other industry professionals attend the show in search of new products and services.
The 2018 AHR EXPO will have more than 100 free and paid educational sessions, including: ASHRAE Learning Institute courses; certification exams; product & technology previews; PM Live seminars and Association meetings held in conjunction with Show. The event is co-sponsored by ASHRAE and AHRI, and is held concurrently with ASHRAE’s Winter Conference. ahrexpo.com
Delegates at the 2017 AHR Expo.
Second Diamond Supplier award International manufacturer of filtration systems and parts, the Donaldson Company, Inc., has been named Diamond Supplier for the second year in a row by Navistar International Corporation. Navistar, a leading manufacturer of commercial trucks, buses, defense vehicles and engines, reserves the
Pictured From left to right: Troy Clark, CEO and President; Walter Borst, EVP & CFO; Tom Scalf, SVP of Engine; Todd Lewis, Director of OEM On-Road Sales; Persio Lisboa, President Operations; Bill Kozek, President, Truck & Parts; Denny Mooney, Senior VP, Global Product Development
distinction for only the top 2% of the company's supply partners. The Donaldson Company's design of customized air filtration systems helped earn it the Navistar Diamond Supplier award for the second consecutive year. Navistar, which has strict requirements for all of its suppliers, has additional qualifications for its upperechelon Diamond Suppliers. To be considered, suppliers must have demonstrated the ability to improve Navistar customer uptime and exceed the company's performance expectations for quality, delivery, technology and cost. When awarding Donaldson this year's Diamond Supplier distinction, Navistar specifically highlighted Donaldson's design of customized air filtration systems for its new LT truck platform and other upcoming products. www.donaldson.com
Extensive regional grit gradation data published for first time Important reference data on the regional characteristics of wastewater grit across North America have been published for the first time. The Grit Gradation Data Sets will help engineers, owners and operators design and optimize grit removal systems for wastewater treatment plants. The regional data sets have been compiled from over 120 tests conducted across the United States and Canada and published on the Advanced Grit website, an industry resource for scientific research and knowledge of wastewater grit. The Grit Gradation Data Sets will help designers and operators to estimate the characteristics, physical size and settling velocity of grit in their region, providing improved data on which to base
the design of an effective grit system. The data sets are based on real data from plants and provided for regions, states and provinces across the USA and Canada. The settling velocity is based on a Sand Equivalent Size (SES) calculation to reflect real-world variations in shape and specific gravity. www.hydro-int.com www.advancedgritmanagement. com.
Map showing grit gradation across the USA and Canada.
Research project aids greater understanding of RO systems Specialty chemicals company, Lanxess, recently launched a research project to gain a better understanding of the behaviour of highly cross-linked Lewabrane membranes for the treatment of brackish water. The behaviour of RO membranes is determined under realistic service. The composition of the feed is of major importance. In practice, not only the common salt normally used in tests is dissolved in the feed, but other salts too. The rejection for these different salts or ions varies enormously. The pH and the temperature of the salt solution have, for each salt or ion, an individual influence on the success of separation. In order to gain a better understanding of all these relationships, experts from LANXESS launched a research project. They were particularly interested in the separation
properties of the membranes for different dissolved salts. Use was therefore made of a test mixture containing not only sodium chloride (2,000 mg/l), but also nitrate (200 mg/l), ammonium (35 mg/l), boron (6 mg/l) and silicate (75 mg/l). Such mixtures are found, for example, in industrial and household effluent, with some components also being found in agriculture, groundwater and seawater. www.lanxess.com
Lanxess, recently launched a research project to aid understanding of the behaviour of highly cross-linked Lewabrane membranes.
www.filtsep.com
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