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Technology news 14 Filtration+Separation May 2008 Pleated cartridge filter elements for baghouse In the April issue of Filtration+Separation, Xtreme X650 pleated cartridge filter elements for baghouses were featured as a means of offering longer lifetime, a decrease in downtime and a reduction in operating costs at QIT, processing plants, in Canada. The pleated cartridges, made by Sefar, BDH, Canada, are exclusively marketed in Europe, South Africa and the Middle East by a UK Company, MQP Ltd, based in Knowle, West Midlands. MQP can provide expert technical consultancy on any proposed application to assess performance and potential benefits. Once an application has been positively evaluated then normally several X650 cartridges would be supplied for insertion into the existing baghouse tubeplate for an initial assessment over a period of three months. The cartridges would then be returned for a detailed assessment of wear and cleaning characteristics in the particular application environment. If performance had been satisfactory then the next stage would be to equip one complete compartment of the baghouse and monitor all characteristics including pressure drop, life, emissions and cleaning frequency. Contact John Courtenay (john. [email protected], tel: +44 1564 200443) for information. www.mqpltd.com Biotech device for decontamination Tri-Air Developments, a company co-founded by the UK’s BRE (Building Research Establishment), has invented a biotechnology device with the help of microbiologists at Promanade Ltd and technology transfer specialists Inventa Partners Ltd. Research surrounding the device has been carried out at Porton Down, a government and military science park in Wiltshire, UK. During this test the system reportedly showed its ability to kill the MRSA ‘superbug’ along with other bacteria and viruses, including H5N1 and C. difficile. Unlike air filtration systems, the UK patented unit (worldwide patents pending) is reportedly effective even without processing all of the air in a room, as the unit combines three decontamination technologies and simulates the natural purification properties of fresh air. According to Tri-Air Developments, the three decontamination technologies incorporated within the device are: non-thermal plasma; ultraviolet catalysis and OAF (Open Air Factor) and by being used togther, these technologies overcome their inherent individual shortcomings. An independent scientific report from the UK HPA Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, confirms the purification unit is 99.999% effective in killing an airborne test Staphylococcus of the same genus as MRSA in less than two minutes and significantly reduces airborne spores similar to C. difficile in one hour. The unit can be readily adapted for medical applications, for example, within large ventilation systems or for portable use in a single room. Reportedly, commercialisation advisors PricewaterhouseCoopers are in discussion with a shortlist of major manufacturers in North America, Europe and Asia to structure rights for production. www.tri-airdevelopments.com Industrial generator controls nitrogen supply The Process Filtration division of Parker Hannifin has launched the NitroSource HiFluxx, the latest addition to its range of industrial nitrogen generators. The company says the NitroSource HiFluxx enables businesses in a wide variety of industries to take control of their nitrogen supply, cut costs and improve productivity. Incorporating Parker Hannifin’s hollow fibre membrane technology, the NitroSource generator, reportedly, enables up to 99.5% purity nitrogen to be separated from a central compressed air stream, removing both the space needed to store gas in bottles or silos and also the reliance on external gas suppliers. According to the company, this enables the cost of obtaining a constant supply of nitrogen to be both reduced and regulated as production is brought in house. The NitroSource HiFluxx industrial generator is modular in design which, Parker Hannifin says, makes it simple to expand. Each unit has the capacity to produce up to 5000 Nm/³h and up to 11 main units with the potential for five sub units, with each able to be connected and controlled as one plant, or department, wide generator. The digital data management system, which the company claims makes the NitroSource simpler to use, can monitor, store and communicate parameters such as pressure, flow and residual oxygen concentration. www.parker.com NitroSource HiFluxx, Parker Hannifin’s industrial nitrogen generator.

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Technology news14Filtration+Separation May 2008

Pleated cartridge filter elements for baghouseIn the April issue of Filtration+Separation, Xtreme X650 pleated cartridge filter elements for baghouses were featured as a means of offering longer lifetime, a decrease in downtime and a reduction in operating costs at QIT, processing plants, in Canada.

The pleated cartridges, made by Sefar, BDH, Canada, are exclusively marketed in Europe, South Africa and the Middle East by a UK Company, MQP Ltd, based in Knowle, West Midlands.

MQP can provide expert technical consultancy on any proposed application to assess performance and potential benefits. Once an application has been positively evaluated then normally several X650 cartridges

would be supplied for insertion into the existing baghouse tubeplate for an initial assessment over a period of three months.

The cartridges would then be returned for a detailed assessment of wear and cleaning characteristics in the particular application environment. If performance had been satisfactory then the next stage would be to equip one complete compartment of the baghouse and monitor all characteristics including pressure drop, life, emissions and cleaning frequency. Contact John Courtenay ([email protected], tel: +44 1564 200443) for information.

www.mqpltd.com

Biotech device for decontaminationTri-Air Developments, a company co-founded by the UK’s BRE (Building Research Establishment), has invented a biotechnology device with the help of microbiologists at Promanade Ltd and technology transfer specialists Inventa Partners Ltd.

Research surrounding the device has been carried out at Porton Down, a government and military science park in Wiltshire, UK. During this test the system reportedly showed its ability to kill the MRSA ‘superbug’ along with other bacteria and viruses, including H5N1 and C. difficile.

Unlike air filtration systems, the UK patented unit (worldwide patents pending) is reportedly effective even without processing all of the air in a room, as the unit combines three decontamination technologies and simulates the natural purification properties of fresh air.

According to Tri-Air Developments, the three decontamination technologies

incorporated within the device are: non-thermal plasma; ultraviolet catalysis and OAF (Open Air Factor) and by being used togther, these technologies overcome their inherent individual shortcomings.

An independent scientific report from the UK HPA Centre for Emergency Preparednessand Response, confirms the purification unit is 99.999% effective in killing an airborne test Staphylococcus of the same genus as MRSA in less than two minutes and significantly reduces airborne spores similar to C. difficile in one hour.

The unit can be readily adapted for medical applications, for example, within large ventilation systems or for portable use in a single room. Reportedly, commercialisation advisors PricewaterhouseCoopers are in discussion with a shortlist of major manufacturers in North America, Europe and Asia to structure rights for production.

www.tri-airdevelopments.com

Industrial generator controls nitrogen supplyThe Process Filtration division of Parker Hannifin has launched the NitroSource HiFluxx, the latest addition to its range of industrial nitrogen generators. The company says the NitroSource HiFluxx enables businesses in a wide variety of industries to take control of their nitrogen supply, cut costs and improve productivity.

Incorporating Parker Hannifin’s hollow fibre membrane technology, the NitroSource generator, reportedly, enables up to 99.5% purity nitrogen to be separated from a central compressed air stream, removing both the space needed to store gas in bottles or silos and also the reliance on external gas suppliers. According to the company, this enables the cost of obtaining a constant supply of nitrogen to be both reduced and regulated as production is brought in house.

The NitroSource HiFluxx industrial generator is modular in design which, Parker Hannifin says, makes it simple to expand.Each unit has the capacity to produce up to 5000 Nm/³h and up to 11 main units with the potential

for five sub units, with each able to be connected and controlled as one plant, or department, wide generator.

The digital data management system, which the company claims makes the NitroSource simpler to use, can monitor, store and communicate parameters such as pressure, flow and residual oxygen concentration.

www.parker.com

NitroSource HiFluxx, Parker Hannifin’s industrial nitrogen generator.

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