Promoting a novel separation technology in the oil industry

industrial news Promoting a novel separation technology in the oil industry Enviro Voraxial® Technology Inc has formalized its relationship with SRM International of Houston, Texas, USA, to assist in introducing the Voraxial® technology into the oil industry. The agreement provides for SRM to engineer and assemble systems using one or more Voraxial separators to improve the separation of oil, gas, and water as the flow mixtures are pumped from oil wells and offshore platforms. Furthermore, SMR will assist EVTN’s sales and marketing programme of the Voraxial separator in the exploration & production and refinery industries. Randy Miller, CEO of SRM, has extensive experience in designing turnkey systems for an extensive list of customers in the oil industry. Mr. Miller has performed numerous projects for both the major and independent oil companies, including process modification, offshore operations, offshore platforms and pipeline installations and capital plant acquisition. “In my 25 years in the oil industry, I have successfully introduced new technology into the oil industry and look forward to working with EVTN and the Voraxial technology,” said Randy Miller. "I have seen a great reaction from not only from my engineers, but also from the potential customers that have seen the technology, including those at the Permian Basin Int’l Oil Show, and am convinced that the Voraxial Separator will be successful in the oil industry. The Voraxial Separator is an exciting new technology that will significantly benefit the oil industry by increasing the efficiency and decreasing the cost to conduct separation. It will have a profound result on the customer’s bottom line.”

Filter technology selected for new lithography system Extraction Systems has announced that the Albany NanoTech Research Centre at the University at AlbanySUNY has ordered the company’s E3000 filter system. The centre will use the E3000’s proprietary hybrid filter technology to control molecular contamination in one of the world’s first 193 nm immersion lithography tools “Albany NanoTech is a focal point of micro- and nanotechnology development today,” said Devon Kinkead, president of Extraction. “By supporting its immersion lithography programme, we hope to gain additional insights into the mechanics of molecular contamination in immersion lithography processes and ultimately help bring this promising technology into full production.” The E3000 filter system will protect Albany NanoTech’s 193 nm immersion exposure tool optics and resists from a broad range of molecular acids, bases and condensable organics. The system combines proven contamination control methods with Extraction’s next generation filtration technology for optics, helping preserve illumination uniformity, intensity and lens life. This is the second time the Albany NanoTech center has selected Extraction’s molecular contamination control technology. Last year, the center installed Extraction’s TMB 150 real-time molecular contamination monitor to support its 157 nm lithography systems. 6 November 2004

Filtech 2005 Call for papers Filtech 2005 is Europe’s specialist event for filtration and separation technology and services. The event, which runs fron 11 October to 15 October next year will aim to bring together engineers, managers and researchers from both academia and industry from around the aim. The three-day event promises to provide an in-depth look at the latest advances and best techniques in gas, air and liquid filtration and separation technologies. The conference is expected to feature over 150 technical papers covering a wide range of topics, including: air 7& gas cleaning; best available techniques (BAT); cake filtration; centrifugation, clarification & classification; coagulation & flocculation; combine dprocesses; cyclones; depth filtration; electrostatic precipitation (ESP); filter media; flotation; gravity separation; hihg temperature cleaning; membranes processes, such as microfiltration (MF), ultrafiltration (UF), nanofiltration (NF) & reverse osmosis (RO); particle measurement; physido-chemical aspects; pre- & post-treatment; pressure filtration; scrubbing; sedimentation; simulation (CFD & CPD); solidliquid separation; testing, validation & monitoring; and waste, water & wastewater treatment. The abstract submission deadline is 31 December 2004, and all abstracts should be written in English (the language of the conference). For the submission guidelines, please visit www.filtech.de. All abstracts will be referred. The corresponding author will then be informed by the end of February 2005 if the paper has been accepted, and what kind of presentation has been selected and how to prepare the full paper for preprints. The deadline for submitting full papers is 6 July 2005.

Clarcor supplies filters to Caterpillar dealers Clarcor Inc’s Baldwin Filters division has signed an agreement to supply Caterpillar Machinery and Caterpillar Power Systems dealers with a new filter programme, to be named the Nexus filter programme. According to Clarcor, the Nexus programme will give Caterpillar dealers throughout the world the ability to offer their customers a “one-stop shop” for 100% of their filter needs, using Caterpillar branded filters for Caterpillar equipment and Baldwin branded filters for all other equipment serviced by Caterpillar dealers. Baldwin Filters is a leading manufacturer of engine /mobile filtration products. Baldwin manufactures more than 5000 different filter products and has manufacturing and distribution locations in Nebraska and South Dakota in the USA, and also in China, Mexico, Belgium, Australia, South Africa and the UK. Clarcor is a diversified marketer and manufacturer of mobile, industrial and environmental filtration products and consumer and industrial packaging products. www.filtsep.com