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US Filter acquires Ceraflo
STRIALNEWS Oil separator for train maintenance
AEA Technology launches software on CD-ROM AEA Technology’s Separation Processes Service (SPS) and Effluent Processing Club (EPC) have now released their range of design, expert system and text retrieval software on a new CD-ROM. The SPS software includes unit operation design, simulation, troubleshooting and technical information on caystallization, drying, gas cleaning, liquid-liquid extraction and solid-liquid separation. The EPC helps companies
solve effluent treatment problems and has expertise in legislation, waste characterisation, process selection and costing, biological, physical and chemical processes and the treatment of trace organits, heavy metals, sludges and odour control. The CD-ROM includes on-line help and is supplied with manuals. AEA Technology, 404 Hanoell, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 ORA, UK Tel: + 44 235 435639, fu: + 44 235 432313.
Orders won by Airpel Filtration Ltd Five orders worth more than SC100 000 have recently been won from major companies by Airpel Filtration Ltd. Recent large orders include Terry’s Suchard; here, fully automated self cleaning filters with heating jackets were installed for use in the processing of chocolate. At McVities Biscuits Ltd, stainless steel single and dual filters with heating jackets and/ or magnetic inserts were supplied to be used in the processing of liquids such as chocolate, water, skimmed milk and both vegetable and animal oils. John Brown Engineering Ltd ordered multi-basket dual filters for use in a Midlands based water treatment works and multi-basket stainless steel
filters of various sizes were installed at Ingersoll Dresser to be used for pump protection. At Proctor and Gamble Ltd, stainless steel high pressure self cleaning filters with full heating jackets were supplied for use in the pre-production of dense paste for washing powder. The above orders are said to represent a small cross section of the range of Airpel Filters and accessories available. Twenty-six units are to be supplied including single, dual and self cleaning filters varying ,in size from 1.5 to 8 in and with filtration requirements from 20 to 1,000 microns. Airpel Filtration Ltd, Hill, Chulfont St Peter, Cross, Bucks SL8 9TN, + 44 753 889251, fu: 887251.
Chiltern Gerard-s UK. Tel: + 44 753
US Filter acquires Ceraflo United States Filter Corporation and Millipore Corporation have recently announced the sale of the Ceraflo ceramic filter product line by Millipore to US Filter. US Filter will assume responsibility for sales, service and engineering support for current and future Ceraflo filter customers.
It will also acquire the backlog of orders, production, equipment and certain inventory. CeratIo product line sales have been in the several million dollar range per year. US Wlter, 4669 Shepherd Trail, P.O. Box 569, Rockford, IL 61105-0569, USA. Tel: + 1 815 8773041,fu: + 18158770172.
Reverse osmosis membrane spurs expansion Demand for Fluid Systems’ TFCL high-rejection reverse osmosis (RO) membranes is fuelling expansion at the comparry’s 90,000 square feet manufacturlng and sales facility in San Diego, says the company. The new membranes are able to achieve 99.6% salt rejection for seawater desalination and 99.5% or brackish water applications. 754
To meet current demand and future inventory needs, the company just completed an investment in new production equipment, said to be in the region of approximately US$250,000. Fluid Systems Corporation, 10054 Old Grove Road, San Diego, CA 92131, USA. Tel: + 1 619 695 3840, fm: + 1 619 695 2176.
A specially adapted oil separator is enabling effluent from a train underframe washing to be discharged to a dram, waste oil to be collected and the water potentially to be recycled. Hodge Stetfield Ltd has recently built a three stage Stetpak oil separator unit for the new train maintenance facility at BR Birmingham, UK At present, effluent is discharged to a foul drain, but current trials have indicated that the water quality may be suitable for re-use via the inbuilt recycle option. The first stage in the unit has the separation plates set further apart than normal, to remove the solids content. The second stage is primary oil separation, using another plate pack but with closer spacing. The final stage is a
porous media coalescer, to remove the more freely dispersed oil. Wastewater is pumped from the collection point near the train wash to the Stetpak located 200 metres away, and after treatment is gravity discharged to drain. When the Stepak recycle facility is used, treated water will be pumped directly back to the feed tanks on the high pressure was plant. Surface oil is pumped out of the Stetpak’s separator section and decanted into an integral oil chamber, from which it is pumped into a storage tank for collection by a waste oil tanker. Hodge Stetfield Ltd, Trading Estate, Blackwater Way, Aldershot, Hampshire GU12 4DJ, UK Tel: + 44 252 314365, fu: f 44 252 344338.
Major contract for new filtration process Alan-Cobham Engineering has been awarded a multi-million pound contract by the AkerKellogg Joint Venture, as main contractor for the Troll Phase 1 processing plant outside. Bergen, Norway. A/S Norske Shell is the development operator for Troll Phase 1. The contract is for two filtration systems for the onshore gas receiving station for the Troll Gas Field. The 50 ton skid packages filter the hydrocarbon condensate and aqueous fluid from the pipelines. These contain, on a yearly basis, a significant level of solids contamination, which are beyond the capacity of conventional filtration. To prove the technology, the
complete skids will be tested in Cobham’s fuel test laboratory within their works. Rather than using liquefied natural gas which requires very high pressures and special safety precautions, aviation fuel will be used. This has similar properties at low pressure and the facility has storage for over 33 000 gallons. Both solid and liquid contaminants can be added to provide a simulation of the incoming process stream and the level of particulates and water in the outlet can be measured precisely. Alan Cobham Enginee&g Ltd, Holland Way, Blan@ord Forum, Dorset DTll 7M, UK. Tel: + 44 258 451441, fax: +44 258 451314.
Memcor to supply second microfiltration plant to Bulmer Memcor Ltd is to install a continuous microfiltration (CMF) plant at the H.P. Bulmer Ltd cider mills in Hereford; the second order worth over &SOO,OOO. HP Bulmer has an on-going development project to modemise its Hereford site through the implementation of the latest technological advances in cider making processes with the overall aim of lowering production costs. As part of this programme, the Memcor CMF plant will replace several stages of labour intensive filtration used in removing yeasts, proteins and other solids from fermented cider beDecember
fore blending and packaging. Employing membrane technology, the plant will be able to filter up to 240 m3/day of cider to an 0.2 micron specification. The Memcor CMF plant will be configured to contain two identical Microblock process units, each with a membrane surface area of 12mz. The units will be provided with faciltities for an automatic clean-in-place (CIP) system for the membrane blocks and associated pipe work. Mem~or Ltd, Derby Road, Wiksworth, Derbyshire DE4 4EP, UK. Tel: + 44 629 823811, fa: + 44 629 825169. 1994
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AEA Technology launches software on CD-ROM AEA Technology’s Separation Processes Service (SPS) and Effluent Processing Club (EPC) have now released their range of design, expert system and text retrieval software on a new CD-ROM. The SPS software includes unit operation design, simulation, troubleshooting and technical information on caystallization, drying, gas cleaning, liquid-liquid extraction and solid-liquid separation. The EPC helps companies
solve effluent treatment problems and has expertise in legislation, waste characterisation, process selection and costing, biological, physical and chemical processes and the treatment of trace organits, heavy metals, sludges and odour control. The CD-ROM includes on-line help and is supplied with manuals. AEA Technology, 404 Hanoell, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 ORA, UK Tel: + 44 235 435639, fu: + 44 235 432313.
Orders won by Airpel Filtration Ltd Five orders worth more than SC100 000 have recently been won from major companies by Airpel Filtration Ltd. Recent large orders include Terry’s Suchard; here, fully automated self cleaning filters with heating jackets were installed for use in the processing of chocolate. At McVities Biscuits Ltd, stainless steel single and dual filters with heating jackets and/ or magnetic inserts were supplied to be used in the processing of liquids such as chocolate, water, skimmed milk and both vegetable and animal oils. John Brown Engineering Ltd ordered multi-basket dual filters for use in a Midlands based water treatment works and multi-basket stainless steel
filters of various sizes were installed at Ingersoll Dresser to be used for pump protection. At Proctor and Gamble Ltd, stainless steel high pressure self cleaning filters with full heating jackets were supplied for use in the pre-production of dense paste for washing powder. The above orders are said to represent a small cross section of the range of Airpel Filters and accessories available. Twenty-six units are to be supplied including single, dual and self cleaning filters varying ,in size from 1.5 to 8 in and with filtration requirements from 20 to 1,000 microns. Airpel Filtration Ltd, Hill, Chulfont St Peter, Cross, Bucks SL8 9TN, + 44 753 889251, fu: 887251.
Chiltern Gerard-s UK. Tel: + 44 753
US Filter acquires Ceraflo United States Filter Corporation and Millipore Corporation have recently announced the sale of the Ceraflo ceramic filter product line by Millipore to US Filter. US Filter will assume responsibility for sales, service and engineering support for current and future Ceraflo filter customers.
It will also acquire the backlog of orders, production, equipment and certain inventory. CeratIo product line sales have been in the several million dollar range per year. US Wlter, 4669 Shepherd Trail, P.O. Box 569, Rockford, IL 61105-0569, USA. Tel: + 1 815 8773041,fu: + 18158770172.
Reverse osmosis membrane spurs expansion Demand for Fluid Systems’ TFCL high-rejection reverse osmosis (RO) membranes is fuelling expansion at the comparry’s 90,000 square feet manufacturlng and sales facility in San Diego, says the company. The new membranes are able to achieve 99.6% salt rejection for seawater desalination and 99.5% or brackish water applications. 754
To meet current demand and future inventory needs, the company just completed an investment in new production equipment, said to be in the region of approximately US$250,000. Fluid Systems Corporation, 10054 Old Grove Road, San Diego, CA 92131, USA. Tel: + 1 619 695 3840, fm: + 1 619 695 2176.
A specially adapted oil separator is enabling effluent from a train underframe washing to be discharged to a dram, waste oil to be collected and the water potentially to be recycled. Hodge Stetfield Ltd has recently built a three stage Stetpak oil separator unit for the new train maintenance facility at BR Birmingham, UK At present, effluent is discharged to a foul drain, but current trials have indicated that the water quality may be suitable for re-use via the inbuilt recycle option. The first stage in the unit has the separation plates set further apart than normal, to remove the solids content. The second stage is primary oil separation, using another plate pack but with closer spacing. The final stage is a
porous media coalescer, to remove the more freely dispersed oil. Wastewater is pumped from the collection point near the train wash to the Stetpak located 200 metres away, and after treatment is gravity discharged to drain. When the Stepak recycle facility is used, treated water will be pumped directly back to the feed tanks on the high pressure was plant. Surface oil is pumped out of the Stetpak’s separator section and decanted into an integral oil chamber, from which it is pumped into a storage tank for collection by a waste oil tanker. Hodge Stetfield Ltd, Trading Estate, Blackwater Way, Aldershot, Hampshire GU12 4DJ, UK Tel: + 44 252 314365, fu: f 44 252 344338.
Major contract for new filtration process Alan-Cobham Engineering has been awarded a multi-million pound contract by the AkerKellogg Joint Venture, as main contractor for the Troll Phase 1 processing plant outside. Bergen, Norway. A/S Norske Shell is the development operator for Troll Phase 1. The contract is for two filtration systems for the onshore gas receiving station for the Troll Gas Field. The 50 ton skid packages filter the hydrocarbon condensate and aqueous fluid from the pipelines. These contain, on a yearly basis, a significant level of solids contamination, which are beyond the capacity of conventional filtration. To prove the technology, the
complete skids will be tested in Cobham’s fuel test laboratory within their works. Rather than using liquefied natural gas which requires very high pressures and special safety precautions, aviation fuel will be used. This has similar properties at low pressure and the facility has storage for over 33 000 gallons. Both solid and liquid contaminants can be added to provide a simulation of the incoming process stream and the level of particulates and water in the outlet can be measured precisely. Alan Cobham Enginee&g Ltd, Holland Way, Blan@ord Forum, Dorset DTll 7M, UK. Tel: + 44 258 451441, fax: +44 258 451314.
Memcor to supply second microfiltration plant to Bulmer Memcor Ltd is to install a continuous microfiltration (CMF) plant at the H.P. Bulmer Ltd cider mills in Hereford; the second order worth over &SOO,OOO. HP Bulmer has an on-going development project to modemise its Hereford site through the implementation of the latest technological advances in cider making processes with the overall aim of lowering production costs. As part of this programme, the Memcor CMF plant will replace several stages of labour intensive filtration used in removing yeasts, proteins and other solids from fermented cider beDecember
fore blending and packaging. Employing membrane technology, the plant will be able to filter up to 240 m3/day of cider to an 0.2 micron specification. The Memcor CMF plant will be configured to contain two identical Microblock process units, each with a membrane surface area of 12mz. The units will be provided with faciltities for an automatic clean-in-place (CIP) system for the membrane blocks and associated pipe work. Mem~or Ltd, Derby Road, Wiksworth, Derbyshire DE4 4EP, UK. Tel: + 44 629 823811, fa: + 44 629 825169. 1994
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