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East, purifies water from three springs by removing coliform bacteria and Cryptosporidium, producing a consistent supply of safe, clear drinking water. USFilter says that within days of the plant going online, the local population was commenting on the clarity of the water and reduced chlorine taste. The facility, rated at 1000 cubic metres per hour (6.34 million gallons per day), includes seven CMF units, each of which contains 90 membrane modules. Previously, the city of Salt treated the water with chlorine only, and further treatment was required to bring the system up to the standards mandated by the Water Authority of Jordan. The water-treatment system was funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and designed by USAID’s consulting engineer CDM International Inc. The general contractor was Morganti Group ofAmman, Jordan.
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Membrane Technology No. 142
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portation
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provider.
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agent
producing
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are in Clinton,
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to provide
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Building, 580 Virginia Drive, Suite 300,
engineering
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design,
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6933.
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company
200 West, Schaumburg, IL 60173, USA. Tel: +I 847 706 6947, Fax: +I 847 706
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mental
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performance
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sales of US$500
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2003.
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in Fort Washington,
engineering
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of 2002. The
quarter
project
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overall Liquid the
goal
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Fuels Program
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development
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Gradipore, 22 Rodborough Road, Frenchs Forest, NSW 2086,Australia. Tel: 61 2 8977 9000, Fax: +61 2 8977 9099.
In
Brief
Osmonics to close plant Osmonics Inc has announced plans to cIose its Syracuse, New York facility by the end of the second quarter 2002 in continuing efforts to rationalize product lines and to reduce excess manufacturing capacity. The operation’s major product line home reverse osmosis membrane elements -will be relocated to the company+ manufacturing I&z&y at Osmonics’ headquarters in Minnetonka, Minnesota.
Dialysis filters test positive for poison gas Reports in the US press reveal that kidney dialysis filters lied to the deaths of 23 people in Croatia during 2001 contained traces of a potentially poisonous gas. Filters manufactured by US company Baxter have been linked to about 50 deaths worldwide. During November 2001, Baxter announced it had identified a possible cause. A perfhtorohydrocarbon fluid called PF5070 was used to test for leaks in dialyzers in a Baxter manufacturing plant in Sweden. Traces of the fluid had remained in some filters, and could have caused fatal air bubbles to form in the patient’s hearts, says Baxter. Croatia’s national toxicological institute identified a toxic gas called perfluoroisobutylene in tests performed on dialyzers one week after the death of the last of the 23 Croatian patients. Perfluoroisobutylene can be created by heating PF5070 to extremely high temperatures, says Baxter. It is stated in the safety sheet of the fluid that when exposed to temperatures of about 2OO”C, perfluoroisobutylene could be a byproduct, but Baxter maintains that there is no possible way that this could happen in a dialyzer.
Mechanical Technology outlines micro fuel ceil plans Mechanical Technology Inc has announced that it intent&s to enter the mass market in 2004 with a micro fuel-cell power source for cell phone convergence devices, and to develop two new generations of promtyPes during 2002.
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the second is
completed
scheduled
Trent
ates annual
4500
is part
of international services
plant
operation
Foster
national
Corporation
plant
by
procurement
offers the possibility
the cost of
million
litres (2 million
gallons)
per
validation
liquid
Gradiflow
was formed
It is cooperating Department National
of Energy
Severn Trent
Services
expects
to
by the end of
Membrane Technology No. 142
scale-up
technology.
This
the
consists
US
is
and
scheme.
Intravenous
(DOE)
of a full-
IgG separation
of
IgG
increasing
internationally.
(IVIG),
which
disease-fighting
bodies extracted the
of effort
anti-
from blood plasma, in Technology
demand that will
Truck
and Fuel
may help address this increased demand for the therapeutic use of IVIG. The worldwide IVIG market is expected to grow from US$1.62 billion in 2002 to $2.5 billion in 2010, claim the companies.
ultra-clean
fuels, including other
for the transhydrogen,
oxygenates,
and
synthetic
diesel fuels. Clean
the
further
and Nuvera
production
promote
of
of
and
increase the yield of IgG from plasma
technology
The
deliver the equipment
purification
will
Lab-
Cells to develop
and
of chemicals.
with
International Company of
and
gas.
Technology
gasoline
the use
for
Energy’s
synthetic
water without
Statoil
will
that
establishment tests,
scale industrial
oxygen-transport
methanol
fresh drinking
Gradiflow
project
will also test the feasibility Alliance
technology
into
in the the
convert
day. These units use RO membrane to filter sea water
membrane-based platform
parameters,
that
in 1997 by BP, Praxair,
portation
include
clean
The OTM
oratory,
units, each of which are rated at 7.5
be used
into
products.
Engine
separations
in plants gas
of synthesis
uses four desalination
of
and accelerating
production
The project
OTM
and
of immune globulins
Gradipore’s
says that
a
with Aventis
(IgG) from plasma fractions.
provider.
United Engineering, the main contractor commissioned to oversee the project, selected Severn Trent Services’ Universal Aqua line of membrane
and
into
for the separation
Behring
an
entered
agreement
purification
technology
(RO)
has
research
as
Sasol to develop
products.
Gradipore to
act as a
and
membrane
osmosis
is
services
reducing
New
Gradipore and Aventis collaborate
and licensees,
syngas,
operational
+l 908 730 5315.
agent
producing
in Hamilton,
its
are in Clinton,
licensing
million litres (8 million gallons)
reverse
and
Wheeler front-end
per day.
filtration
Bermuda,
the alliance
dramatically
30
and
technology provide
technology
about
It is based
Inter-
activities.
Wheeler
and environmental
services.
has
to support
and design
Foster
developresearch,
Park, PO Box 4000, Clinton, NJ 08809-
to provide
Foster
also
investment
treatment
project
management,
4000, USA. Tel: +I 908 730 4000, Fax:
development the
of
construction,
Foster Wheeler Inc, Perryville Corporate
Wheeler
services
engineering,
water-
engineering,
its
range
For more information, contact:
Alliance
selected
through
broad
Jersey.
The Oxygen Transport Membrane Syngas
for this
is an international
a
headquarters
(OTM)
against
development.
offering,
and
natural
regional
$24.6 million
aspect of OTM
is
million
Foster Wheeler
Foster Wheeler joins Syngas Alliance
DOE
the
the Alliance’s
UK.
215 646 9201, Fax: +l 215 283 3487.
Technology
$15
ment
construction-services
to expand the Collier
Laboratory,
of
Through
contributing
manufacturing,
a contract
south
Energy
Fort Washington, PA 19034,USA.Tel: +1
awarded Severn Trent Services Inc
County
National
Building, 580 Virginia Drive, Suite 300,
engineering
equipment
resources.
design,
will
to supply desalination
Severn
high-
fuels from a variety
Severn Trent Services Inc, The Founders
Once
has
environ-
the
that
clean,
energy
subsidiaries,
commercialized,
Florida,
It
secure
For more information, contact:
technology
The city of Naples,
of technologies
produce
company
commercialization
Naples expands water-treatment plant
million
Trent Plc of Birmingham,
USFilter, 1501 E. Woodfield Road, Suite
6933.
gener-
company
200 West, Schaumburg, IL 60173, USA. Tel: +I 847 706 6947, Fax: +I 847 706
is
employees.
mental
deployment will
performance
which
sales of US$500
and has nearly
be
2003.
Services,
in Fort Washington,
engineering
For more information, contact:
to
by February
Severn based
of 2002. The
quarter
project
For more information, contact:
overall Liquid the
goal
of the DOE’s
Fuels Program
is to
development
and
Gradipore, 22 Rodborough Road, Frenchs Forest, NSW 2086,Australia. Tel: 61 2 8977 9000, Fax: +61 2 8977 9099.
In
Brief
Osmonics to close plant Osmonics Inc has announced plans to cIose its Syracuse, New York facility by the end of the second quarter 2002 in continuing efforts to rationalize product lines and to reduce excess manufacturing capacity. The operation’s major product line home reverse osmosis membrane elements -will be relocated to the company+ manufacturing I&z&y at Osmonics’ headquarters in Minnetonka, Minnesota.
Dialysis filters test positive for poison gas Reports in the US press reveal that kidney dialysis filters lied to the deaths of 23 people in Croatia during 2001 contained traces of a potentially poisonous gas. Filters manufactured by US company Baxter have been linked to about 50 deaths worldwide. During November 2001, Baxter announced it had identified a possible cause. A perfhtorohydrocarbon fluid called PF5070 was used to test for leaks in dialyzers in a Baxter manufacturing plant in Sweden. Traces of the fluid had remained in some filters, and could have caused fatal air bubbles to form in the patient’s hearts, says Baxter. Croatia’s national toxicological institute identified a toxic gas called perfluoroisobutylene in tests performed on dialyzers one week after the death of the last of the 23 Croatian patients. Perfluoroisobutylene can be created by heating PF5070 to extremely high temperatures, says Baxter. It is stated in the safety sheet of the fluid that when exposed to temperatures of about 2OO”C, perfluoroisobutylene could be a byproduct, but Baxter maintains that there is no possible way that this could happen in a dialyzer.
Mechanical Technology outlines micro fuel ceil plans Mechanical Technology Inc has announced that it intent&s to enter the mass market in 2004 with a micro fuel-cell power source for cell phone convergence devices, and to develop two new generations of promtyPes during 2002.
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