USTRIAL NEWS

Air filters role in telephone exchange cooling

Preserving Britain's literary heritage

De la Pena Oil and Freddy Products

Philippine power bargescorrect viscosity and tempera­ture, if costly breakdowns are tobe prevented.

The design of the ALCAPsystem cleans and conditionsthe oil automatically, withoutthe need for constant attention,even if the quality of the incom­ing oil changes. The result is areliable system that enablesoutput to be maintained andkeeps the Philippine's new in­dustries happy.

In additional Alfa Laval hasprovided a total of 26 separa­tors to clean the lubrication oilfor the engines; and water mak­ing equipment to supply dailyfresh water.Alfa Laval Ltd, Power MarketingDivision, Alfa Tower, Great WestRoad, Brentford, Middlesex 1W89BT, UK. Tel: + 44 181 5601221,fax: +441818472559.

Alfa Laval Power has suppliedessential fuel conditioningequipment to vital power bargeprojects in the Phillipines. Thegrowth in the popularity ofpower barges in the region hashelped transform the economyof the country and changed thelifestyle of the local population.

The East Asia Power Cor­poration (EAPC), has commis­sioned and installed two powerbarges, moored in Manila Bay,that now supply power to theLuzon Grid. The engines thatdevelop that power are pro­tected from contamination byAlfa Laval's now famous ALCAPseparators.

The engines run on heavyfuel oil that is supplied from aseparate storage barge mooredalongside and it is vital that theengines receive clean fuel, at the

lonics receives $4.0 million in orders fromLatin American breweries

lonics Incorporated (NYSE- pected to begin operation thisION) has announced orders year.totalling $4.0 million for the lonies is a separations tech-supply of water purification nologycompanyinvolved world-systems to two major Latin wide in the manufacture andAmerican breweries. sale of membranes and related

The breweries will be sup- equipment for the purification,plied with over two million treatment and analysis of watergallons per day of purified and wastewater, in the supply ofwater with a major portion purified water, food and chemi-pro c e sse d by Ion i c ' s cal products, and in the sale ofproprietary electrodialysis re- bottled water and home waterversal systems. The treated purifiers.water will be used to manufac- Ionics Inc, PO Box 9131, Water-ture beer as well as for other town, MA, USA 02272-9131,process requirements. The USA. Tel: + 1 617 926 2500,water treatment plants are ex- fax: + 1 6179264304.

ful atmospheric pollution gaseswithin the library, chiefly Sul­phor Dioxide, Oxides of Nitro­gen, Ozone and Hydrocarbons.

Measuring the quantity ofsulphur dioxide in an environ­ment which is protected bySonoxcarb Filter requires themost sophisticated measuringtechnology and this is a facilitywhich is readily supplied by thecompany. Post filtration andspace S02 monitoring has takenplace in a number of locationswhere the Sonoxcarb Filter hasbeen installed, including theNational Gallery, Tate Galleryand British Museum. The re­corded levels in every case havebeen well below the ten micro­grams/m3 (3.5 ppb) S02 con­servation target.Emcel Filters Ltd, BlatchfordRoad, Horsham, West Sussex,RHI35RA, UK Tel: +441403253215,jax: +441403 259881.

An off-the-shelf computersoftware program was usedby BT to model the fluid dy­namics of cooling air, identify­ing the optimum coolingdesign and exchange unit lay­outs. Following this, a completemock-up exchange was builtat BT's test facility to refinethe final design and providepractical confirmation of thenew ventilation system cap­ability.Inte1filta (UK) Ltd, RossendaleRoad Trading Estate, FarringtonRoad, Burnley BBll 5SY, UKTel: +44 1282 413131,fax: +441282416875.

A new system developed byBritish Telecom for cooling itslatest telephone exchangesuses mechanical ventilationunits with Interfilta air filters,rather than full refrigerant­based air conditioning. Thehigher air flows involved meanthat effective filtration of inletair is critical in preventing dustbuild-up on the sensitive elec­tronic circuitry used in theexchanges.

As well as lower expectedenergy costs, capital costs forcooling a typical 25 000 lineexchange have been reduced byapproximately 50%.

Emcel Filters Ltd, the UK basedspecialist air-purification filtercompany, has successfully com­pleted a prestigious contract toprovide the British Libnuy with25 banks of its renowned So­noxcarb activated carbon filters.

The new British Library inEuston, due to open later thisyear, has been some years inconstruction. However, as itcontains many of the world'smost valuable books and re­cords, including the MagnaCarta and the Lindisfame Gos­pels, the Department of theEnvironment specified thatonly the Sonoxcarb Filter, orfilters of a comparable perfor­mance, would be acceptable.

Sonocarb Filters form anintegral part of the overall aircontrol and management sys­tem applied by Colt HollandHeating Ltd. The purpose of theSonoxcarb Filter is to signifi­cantly reduce the level of harm-

Kalsep and Smith & LovelessKalsep Ltd, the UK manufac­turer of Fibrotex depth andEnviro-X membrane filtrationsystems, has sold a majorityshareholding to Smith & Love­less Ltd, the affiliated companyof the US producer ofwater andwastewater treatment equip­ment, Smith & Loveless Inc.

The partnership with Smith& Loveless means that Kalsepwill be able to compete effec­tively in the water and waste­water markets at a global leveLAt the same time, it will con­tinue its tradition of developingmunicipal and industrial waterfiltration systems that help itscustomers to improve waterquality and reduce operatingcosts. It can now share a wealthof financial and sales resources,which will allow both organisa­tions to provide an even higher

standard of customer supportin all areas of waste and waste­water treatment.

Kalsep will also be licensedto sell a wide range of Smith &Loveless equipment. Thesewater and wastewater treat­ment and wastewater transferproducts will be marketed towater and industrial companiesthroughout Europe, alongsideKalsep's existing depth andmembrane filter technology.

Kalsep Ltd, Doman Road, York­town Industrial Estate, Camber­ley, Surrey GU15 3DF, UK Tel:+44 1276 675675, Fax: +441276676276.

Smith & Loveless Inc, 14040Santa Fe Trail Drive, Lenexa,KS 66215-1284, USA. Tel: + 19138885201, fax: + 1 9138882173.

De la Pena Oil Ltd has recentlycompleted a significant invest­ment in new manufacturing andlaboratory facilities at its Wor­cestershire factory.

The new facilities, whichinclude an expanded blendingplant, a new, larger laboratoryand test area and more efficientmaterials handling, havehelped the company to increaseoutput by 50% in the past year.

Commenting on the invest­ment, general manager IanWoodward says the companyhas been able to increase boththe volume and variety of it oilproducts - including the de­velopment of special productsto customers' requirements ­and provide a more responsivefield technical support servicefor its "Oil Care Management"customers.

Meanwhile Freddy ProductsLtd, manufacturers of waste

management and recyclingequipment, has reported a 96%increase in units sold in theyear to end of March 1995.

Freddy Products was sepa­rated from the de la PenaGroup's oil business last year.

The overall growth repre­sents a more than doubling ofUK sales and a healthy 60%increase in export sales, whichnow account for 30% of Freddy'soverall business.

The company also reports agrowing trend in service andmaintenance contracts for com­panies which no longer have thein-house resource and are usingFreddy's expertise in both pre­ventative maintenance and ser­vice.Freddy Products Ltd, RacecourseRoad, Pershire, WorcestershireJtRI02DD, UK Tel: +4413865523ll,jax: +441386556401.

478 June 1995 Filtration & Separation