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Paper production goes ‘green’
News and Views a l t h o u g h t h i s a p p r o a c h m a y or m a y n o t b e c o s t c o m p e t i t i v e w i t h c o n v e n t i o n a l t r e a t m e n t s . By 2004, m e m b r a n e m i c r o f l l t e r s for u s e in m u n i c i p a l / P O U a p p l i c a t i o n s will r e a c h a v a l u e of $32 million, reflecting 10.3% a v e r a g e a n n u a l g r o w t h .
Microporous and Aqueous Filtration S y s t e m s costs $1500.
For further information contact: Business Communications Company Inc, 25 Van Zant Street, Norwalk, CT 06855, USA. Tel: +1 203 853 4266; fax: +1 203 853 0348.
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r e q u i r e t h e a b s e n c e of all c o n t a m i n a n t s . The p r e s e n c e of even v e r y s m a l l p a r t i c u l a t e s , m e t a l l i c ions, inorganic chemicals, dissolved organics, and/or b a c t e r i a c a n c o n t r i b u t e to t h e f a i l u r e of a c h l p or device. Over t h e n e x t t e n y e a r s , t h e u s e of MF m e m b r a n e s in t h e s e a p p l i c a t i o n s is e x p e c t e d to g r o w a t 8.6% a n n u a l l y to r e a c h $ 1 5 8 million. Quality make-up water and sterile water primarily u s e d in t h e e t h i c a l d r u g i n d u s t r y a c c o u n t e d for a b o u t $41 m i l l i o n in MF s a l e s in 1994. The m e m b r a n e f l t e r s m o s t c o m m o n l y u s e d to p r o d u c e t h i s t y p e of q u a l i t y m a k e - u p w a t e r a r e t h o s e w l t h p o r e size r a t i n g s of a r o u n d 0.2 ~m (sterile) or 0.45 ~m (pre-filters). Over t h e n e x t t e n y e a r s , m e m b r a n e m i c r o f l l t r a t i o n s a l e s in t h i s s e c t o r will g r o w a t 7% a n n u a l l y to r e a c h $81 million. A l t h o u g h t h i s n i c h e m a r k e t h a s b e e n r e l a t i v e l y price i n s e n s i t i v e , l e s s e x p e n s i v e c a r t r i d g e s are now being considered and tested. The m u n i c i p a l / P O U m e m b r a n e m i c r o f i l t r a t i o n s e g m e n t is e x p e c t e d to e x p e r i e n c e r a p i d g r o w t h over t h e n e x t t e n y e a r s , a l t h o u g h from a r e l a t i v e l y s m a l l s a l e s b a s e of $12 million. M e m b r a n e t e c h n o l o g y for u s e w i t h d r i n k i n g w a t e r h a s b e e n evolving s t e a d i l y s i n c e t h e e a r l y 1950s. Presently, membranes can remove almost any contaminant and can be highly automated. Using membranes, municipalities can maintain a consistent w a t e r s u p p l y while p r o v i d i n g s u p e r i o r w a t e r quality,
Paper production goes 'green' PCI M e m b r a n e S y s t e m s ' S w e d i s h p a r t n e r , MoDo-Chemetics, has been awarded a £3 million c o n t r a c t to s u p p l y a n effluent t r e a t m e n t p l a n t u s i n g u l t r a f l t r a t i o n t e c h n o l o g y . The client is S t o r a P a p y r u s NymSlla, p a r t of t h e S t o r a G r o u p , o n e of E u r o p e ' s l a r g e s t p r o d u c e r s of p u l p a n d p a p e r .
Value of membrane microfiltration in aqueous flltration. Millions of Dollars 1994 Semiconductor/Electronics 69 Make-up/Sterile 41 Municipai/POU 12 TOTAL 122
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1999 108 64 19 191
2004 157 81 32 270
AAGR(%) 1994-2004 8.6 7.0 10.3 8.3
PCI Membrane S y s t e m s ' ultraflltratlon module stacks being test fltted before being installed at Stora Papyrus Nym611a's pulp and paper mill located in southern Sweden.
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News and Views I n s t a l l a t i o n of the p l a n t - - at the c o m p a n y ' s p u l p a n d p a p e r mill l o c a t e d i n Nym6lla i n s o u t h e r n S w e d e n - - will e n a b l e Stora P a p y r u s Nym~511a to c o n t i n u e w o r k i n g o n its p a p e r p r o d u c t s w i t h i n the extremely e n v i r o n m e n t a l l y s e n s i t i v e fine p a p e r m a r k e t . S u p p l i e d b y PCI M e m b r a n e S y s t e m s Ltd, the u l t r a f i l t r a t l o n u n i t h a s a total m e m b r a n e a r e a of 4 6 4 0 m 2 a n d will t r e a t 3 0 0 m 3 per h o u r of b l e a c h p l a n t effluent from a n oxygen delignffication stage. C o n c e n t r a t e c o n t a i n i n g d i s s o l v e d l i g n i n from the u l t r a f l l t r a t t o n u n i t will be recycled b a c k to the mill's e x i s t i n g recovery s y s t e m , a n d p e r m e a t e will be t a k e n to a n e x t e r n a l biological t r e a t m e n t p l a n t . In order to find the o p t i m a l m e m b r a n e , extensive pilot p l a n t trials were p e r f o r m e d at the c o m p a n y ' s Nyrn611a site. At o n e stage of the trial work a b r a n d n e w m e m b r a n e t h a t w o u l d m e e t the s i m u l t a n e o u s d e m a n d of high flux a n d low c l e a n i n g c h e m i c a l c o n s u m p t i o n w a s developed. A c c o r d i n g to PCI, the work t h a t involved t a k i n g the s y s t e m from the l a b o r a t o r y to full-scale w a s c a r r i e d o u t In record time. The p l a n t at S t o r a P a p y r u s Nym611a will be c o m m i s s i o n e d b y the e n d of M a r c h a n d is said to be one of the largest u l t r a f l l t r a t l o n p l a n t s i n the p a p e r industry. The t e c h n i c a l c o o p e r a t i o n b e t w e e n M o D o - C h e m e t l c s a n d PCI M e m b r a n e S y s t e m s d a t e s b a c k to 1988 a n d i n c l u d e s a p r o g r a m m e to identify n e w u l t r a f i l t r a t l o n a p p l i c a t i o n s for the p u l p a n d p a p e r i n d u s t r y . Arising from the high legislative d e m a n d s a n d c o n s u m e r p r e s s u r e for g r e e n ecolabelling, p a p e r - m a k e r s t o d a y have to utilize very s o p h i s t i c a t e d p o l l u t i o n c o n l r o l t e c h n i q u e s , u l t r a f l l t r a t i o n is Just one of them. For f u r t h e r lnJbrmatlon contact: PCI Membrane S y s t e m s Ltd. Laverstoke Mill, Whltchurch, Hampshire RG28 7NR, UK. Tel: 01256 8 9 6 9 6 6 ; f a x : 01256 893835.
Praxair r e c e i v e s research funding Praxair Inc h a s b e e n a w a r d e d 8 3 . 6 5 m i l l i o n in federal r e s e a r c h g r a n t s r e p o r t s B u s i n e s s First of Buffalo, New York. The g r a n t s , a w a r d e d t h r o u g h the US C o m m e r c e D e p a r t m e n t A d v a n c e d T e c h n o l o g y Program, will s p u r n e w local r e s e a r c h into c e r a m i c m a t e r i a l s , a d v a n c e d oxygen p r o d u c t i o n s y s t e m s a n d liquid-cooled catalytic reactors. A w a r d e d ~mnually, t h e g r a n t s a r e d e s i g n e d to j u m p - s t a r t r e s e a r c h t h a t m i g h t be difficult for c o m p a n i e s to f u n d o n their own. The ATP p r o g r a m m e ' s specific p u r p o s e is to b r i n g n e w p r o d u c t s to the i n d u s t r i a l m a r k e t place. Some of the f u n d i n g - - $1.6 m i l l i o n - - will be u s e d to develop n e w c e r a m i c s for u s e i n c h e m i c a l p r o d u c t i o n a s p a r t of a j o i n t - v e n t u r e . For t h i s project
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i n p a r t i c u l a r , a total a m o u n t of 85.2 m i l l i o n will b e split a m o n g BP C h e m i c a l s Inc, Seattle Specialty C e r a m i c s Inc, a n d the U n i v e r s i t y of Mlssourl-Rolla. P r a x a i r ' s role will b e to develop a n d test c e r a m i c s t h a t f u n c t i o n a s tilter m e m b r a n e s a n d :separate oxygen a n d n i t r o g e n i o n s from air. Of the r e m a i n i n g f u n d i n g , $1.2 m i l l i o n will be u s e d to s y n t h e s i z e n e w s o r b e n t s to s e p a r a t e oxygen from air, a n d $855 0 0 0 will aid d e v e l o p m e n t of n e w catalytic r e a c t o r t e c h n o l o g y t h a t c h e m i c a l p r o d u c e r s c a n u s e in their p r o c e s s e s . M a n y m a j o r c h e m i c a l s are f o r m e d b y r u n n i n g i n d u s t r i a l g a s e s t h r o u g h a solid s u b s t a n c e , s i m i l a r to a c a r ' s catalytic converter. The P r a x a i r g r a n t will look at w a y s to r e d u c e h e a t u s e d i n s u c h p r o c e s s e s a n d c o u l d r e d u c e a m a n u f a c t u r e r ' s cost b y a s m u c h a s 20%, says the report. For e a c h g r a n t P r a x a i r will s h a r e o v e r h e a d costs a n d f u n d its own m a r k e t d e v e l o p m e n t , ff it is required. Praxair, the former Linde Division of U n i o n C a r b i d e Corp, w a s s p u n off a s a n i n d e p e n d e n t c o m p a n y d u r i n g 1992. Worldwide :sales d u r i n g 1993 were $2.4 billion.
Expanding c o n t a c t s in t h e Asia Pacific region A c h e m a s i a , the i n t e r n a t i o n a l e x h i b i t i o n a n d c o n g r e s s covering, a m o n g others, a r e a s s u c h a s c h e m i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g , blotechnology, p o l l u t i o n control, petrochemicals, laboratory technology a n d p h a r m a c e u t i c a l s will be held, for the t h i r d time, o n 15-20 May 1995, i n BeiJing, People?s R e p u b l i c of China~ The n u m b e r of e x h i b i t o r s registered, the e x h i b i t i o n a r e a b o o k e d a n d the r a n g e of n a t i o n a l i t i e s a l r e a d y exceed 1992 figures s a y s the organizer D e c h e m a . In total, a b o u t 3 5 0 e x h i h l t o r s a n d over 30 000 visitors are expected. The a s s o c i a t e d c o n g r e s s will give s m a l l to m e d i u m - s i z e d c o m p a n i e s t h e o p p o r t u n i t y to i n t r o d u c e their p r o d u c t s a n d k n o w - h o w to n e w m a r k e t s . Excellent o p p o r t u n i t i e s are said to be o p e n i n g u p in the C h i n e s e m a r k e t for foreign c o m p a n i e s o p e r a t i n g i n p o l l u t i o n c o n t r o l a n d safety t e c h n o l o g y fields. C h i n e s e p a r t n e r s are i n c r e a s i n g l y i n t e r e s t e d i n w o r k i n g with W e s t e r n c o m p a n i e s , a n d the r e g u l a t o r y f r a m e w o r k for foreign i n v e s t o r s h a s i m p r o v e d significantly, r e p o r t s D e c h e m a . A n d c o m p a n i e s c a n n o w form i n d e p e n d e n t h o l d i n g s as well a s the c u s t o m a r y Joint v e n t u r e s . For f u r t h e r information contact: Dechema eV, Ausstellungstagungen, Theodor-Heuss-Alle 25, D-60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Tel: +49 69 756 4 2 3 8 : f a x : +49 69 ;756 4298.
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Microporous and Aqueous Filtration S y s t e m s costs $1500.
For further information contact: Business Communications Company Inc, 25 Van Zant Street, Norwalk, CT 06855, USA. Tel: +1 203 853 4266; fax: +1 203 853 0348.
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Mlcrofiltratlon in aqueous flltration by share, 2004.
r e q u i r e t h e a b s e n c e of all c o n t a m i n a n t s . The p r e s e n c e of even v e r y s m a l l p a r t i c u l a t e s , m e t a l l i c ions, inorganic chemicals, dissolved organics, and/or b a c t e r i a c a n c o n t r i b u t e to t h e f a i l u r e of a c h l p or device. Over t h e n e x t t e n y e a r s , t h e u s e of MF m e m b r a n e s in t h e s e a p p l i c a t i o n s is e x p e c t e d to g r o w a t 8.6% a n n u a l l y to r e a c h $ 1 5 8 million. Quality make-up water and sterile water primarily u s e d in t h e e t h i c a l d r u g i n d u s t r y a c c o u n t e d for a b o u t $41 m i l l i o n in MF s a l e s in 1994. The m e m b r a n e f l t e r s m o s t c o m m o n l y u s e d to p r o d u c e t h i s t y p e of q u a l i t y m a k e - u p w a t e r a r e t h o s e w l t h p o r e size r a t i n g s of a r o u n d 0.2 ~m (sterile) or 0.45 ~m (pre-filters). Over t h e n e x t t e n y e a r s , m e m b r a n e m i c r o f l l t r a t i o n s a l e s in t h i s s e c t o r will g r o w a t 7% a n n u a l l y to r e a c h $81 million. A l t h o u g h t h i s n i c h e m a r k e t h a s b e e n r e l a t i v e l y price i n s e n s i t i v e , l e s s e x p e n s i v e c a r t r i d g e s are now being considered and tested. The m u n i c i p a l / P O U m e m b r a n e m i c r o f i l t r a t i o n s e g m e n t is e x p e c t e d to e x p e r i e n c e r a p i d g r o w t h over t h e n e x t t e n y e a r s , a l t h o u g h from a r e l a t i v e l y s m a l l s a l e s b a s e of $12 million. M e m b r a n e t e c h n o l o g y for u s e w i t h d r i n k i n g w a t e r h a s b e e n evolving s t e a d i l y s i n c e t h e e a r l y 1950s. Presently, membranes can remove almost any contaminant and can be highly automated. Using membranes, municipalities can maintain a consistent w a t e r s u p p l y while p r o v i d i n g s u p e r i o r w a t e r quality,
Paper production goes 'green' PCI M e m b r a n e S y s t e m s ' S w e d i s h p a r t n e r , MoDo-Chemetics, has been awarded a £3 million c o n t r a c t to s u p p l y a n effluent t r e a t m e n t p l a n t u s i n g u l t r a f l t r a t i o n t e c h n o l o g y . The client is S t o r a P a p y r u s NymSlla, p a r t of t h e S t o r a G r o u p , o n e of E u r o p e ' s l a r g e s t p r o d u c e r s of p u l p a n d p a p e r .
Value of membrane microfiltration in aqueous flltration. Millions of Dollars 1994 Semiconductor/Electronics 69 Make-up/Sterile 41 Municipai/POU 12 TOTAL 122
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1999 108 64 19 191
2004 157 81 32 270
AAGR(%) 1994-2004 8.6 7.0 10.3 8.3
PCI Membrane S y s t e m s ' ultraflltratlon module stacks being test fltted before being installed at Stora Papyrus Nym611a's pulp and paper mill located in southern Sweden.
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News and Views I n s t a l l a t i o n of the p l a n t - - at the c o m p a n y ' s p u l p a n d p a p e r mill l o c a t e d i n Nym6lla i n s o u t h e r n S w e d e n - - will e n a b l e Stora P a p y r u s Nym~511a to c o n t i n u e w o r k i n g o n its p a p e r p r o d u c t s w i t h i n the extremely e n v i r o n m e n t a l l y s e n s i t i v e fine p a p e r m a r k e t . S u p p l i e d b y PCI M e m b r a n e S y s t e m s Ltd, the u l t r a f i l t r a t l o n u n i t h a s a total m e m b r a n e a r e a of 4 6 4 0 m 2 a n d will t r e a t 3 0 0 m 3 per h o u r of b l e a c h p l a n t effluent from a n oxygen delignffication stage. C o n c e n t r a t e c o n t a i n i n g d i s s o l v e d l i g n i n from the u l t r a f l l t r a t t o n u n i t will be recycled b a c k to the mill's e x i s t i n g recovery s y s t e m , a n d p e r m e a t e will be t a k e n to a n e x t e r n a l biological t r e a t m e n t p l a n t . In order to find the o p t i m a l m e m b r a n e , extensive pilot p l a n t trials were p e r f o r m e d at the c o m p a n y ' s Nyrn611a site. At o n e stage of the trial work a b r a n d n e w m e m b r a n e t h a t w o u l d m e e t the s i m u l t a n e o u s d e m a n d of high flux a n d low c l e a n i n g c h e m i c a l c o n s u m p t i o n w a s developed. A c c o r d i n g to PCI, the work t h a t involved t a k i n g the s y s t e m from the l a b o r a t o r y to full-scale w a s c a r r i e d o u t In record time. The p l a n t at S t o r a P a p y r u s Nym611a will be c o m m i s s i o n e d b y the e n d of M a r c h a n d is said to be one of the largest u l t r a f l l t r a t l o n p l a n t s i n the p a p e r industry. The t e c h n i c a l c o o p e r a t i o n b e t w e e n M o D o - C h e m e t l c s a n d PCI M e m b r a n e S y s t e m s d a t e s b a c k to 1988 a n d i n c l u d e s a p r o g r a m m e to identify n e w u l t r a f i l t r a t l o n a p p l i c a t i o n s for the p u l p a n d p a p e r i n d u s t r y . Arising from the high legislative d e m a n d s a n d c o n s u m e r p r e s s u r e for g r e e n ecolabelling, p a p e r - m a k e r s t o d a y have to utilize very s o p h i s t i c a t e d p o l l u t i o n c o n l r o l t e c h n i q u e s , u l t r a f l l t r a t i o n is Just one of them. For f u r t h e r lnJbrmatlon contact: PCI Membrane S y s t e m s Ltd. Laverstoke Mill, Whltchurch, Hampshire RG28 7NR, UK. Tel: 01256 8 9 6 9 6 6 ; f a x : 01256 893835.
Praxair r e c e i v e s research funding Praxair Inc h a s b e e n a w a r d e d 8 3 . 6 5 m i l l i o n in federal r e s e a r c h g r a n t s r e p o r t s B u s i n e s s First of Buffalo, New York. The g r a n t s , a w a r d e d t h r o u g h the US C o m m e r c e D e p a r t m e n t A d v a n c e d T e c h n o l o g y Program, will s p u r n e w local r e s e a r c h into c e r a m i c m a t e r i a l s , a d v a n c e d oxygen p r o d u c t i o n s y s t e m s a n d liquid-cooled catalytic reactors. A w a r d e d ~mnually, t h e g r a n t s a r e d e s i g n e d to j u m p - s t a r t r e s e a r c h t h a t m i g h t be difficult for c o m p a n i e s to f u n d o n their own. The ATP p r o g r a m m e ' s specific p u r p o s e is to b r i n g n e w p r o d u c t s to the i n d u s t r i a l m a r k e t place. Some of the f u n d i n g - - $1.6 m i l l i o n - - will be u s e d to develop n e w c e r a m i c s for u s e i n c h e m i c a l p r o d u c t i o n a s p a r t of a j o i n t - v e n t u r e . For t h i s project
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i n p a r t i c u l a r , a total a m o u n t of 85.2 m i l l i o n will b e split a m o n g BP C h e m i c a l s Inc, Seattle Specialty C e r a m i c s Inc, a n d the U n i v e r s i t y of Mlssourl-Rolla. P r a x a i r ' s role will b e to develop a n d test c e r a m i c s t h a t f u n c t i o n a s tilter m e m b r a n e s a n d :separate oxygen a n d n i t r o g e n i o n s from air. Of the r e m a i n i n g f u n d i n g , $1.2 m i l l i o n will be u s e d to s y n t h e s i z e n e w s o r b e n t s to s e p a r a t e oxygen from air, a n d $855 0 0 0 will aid d e v e l o p m e n t of n e w catalytic r e a c t o r t e c h n o l o g y t h a t c h e m i c a l p r o d u c e r s c a n u s e in their p r o c e s s e s . M a n y m a j o r c h e m i c a l s are f o r m e d b y r u n n i n g i n d u s t r i a l g a s e s t h r o u g h a solid s u b s t a n c e , s i m i l a r to a c a r ' s catalytic converter. The P r a x a i r g r a n t will look at w a y s to r e d u c e h e a t u s e d i n s u c h p r o c e s s e s a n d c o u l d r e d u c e a m a n u f a c t u r e r ' s cost b y a s m u c h a s 20%, says the report. For e a c h g r a n t P r a x a i r will s h a r e o v e r h e a d costs a n d f u n d its own m a r k e t d e v e l o p m e n t , ff it is required. Praxair, the former Linde Division of U n i o n C a r b i d e Corp, w a s s p u n off a s a n i n d e p e n d e n t c o m p a n y d u r i n g 1992. Worldwide :sales d u r i n g 1993 were $2.4 billion.
Expanding c o n t a c t s in t h e Asia Pacific region A c h e m a s i a , the i n t e r n a t i o n a l e x h i b i t i o n a n d c o n g r e s s covering, a m o n g others, a r e a s s u c h a s c h e m i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g , blotechnology, p o l l u t i o n control, petrochemicals, laboratory technology a n d p h a r m a c e u t i c a l s will be held, for the t h i r d time, o n 15-20 May 1995, i n BeiJing, People?s R e p u b l i c of China~ The n u m b e r of e x h i b i t o r s registered, the e x h i b i t i o n a r e a b o o k e d a n d the r a n g e of n a t i o n a l i t i e s a l r e a d y exceed 1992 figures s a y s the organizer D e c h e m a . In total, a b o u t 3 5 0 e x h i h l t o r s a n d over 30 000 visitors are expected. The a s s o c i a t e d c o n g r e s s will give s m a l l to m e d i u m - s i z e d c o m p a n i e s t h e o p p o r t u n i t y to i n t r o d u c e their p r o d u c t s a n d k n o w - h o w to n e w m a r k e t s . Excellent o p p o r t u n i t i e s are said to be o p e n i n g u p in the C h i n e s e m a r k e t for foreign c o m p a n i e s o p e r a t i n g i n p o l l u t i o n c o n t r o l a n d safety t e c h n o l o g y fields. C h i n e s e p a r t n e r s are i n c r e a s i n g l y i n t e r e s t e d i n w o r k i n g with W e s t e r n c o m p a n i e s , a n d the r e g u l a t o r y f r a m e w o r k for foreign i n v e s t o r s h a s i m p r o v e d significantly, r e p o r t s D e c h e m a . A n d c o m p a n i e s c a n n o w form i n d e p e n d e n t h o l d i n g s as well a s the c u s t o m a r y Joint v e n t u r e s . For f u r t h e r information contact: Dechema eV, Ausstellungstagungen, Theodor-Heuss-Alle 25, D-60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Tel: +49 69 756 4 2 3 8 : f a x : +49 69 ;756 4298.
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