Ceramic Membrane Technology Articles on Environmental XPRT

Evaluation of an emerging water treatment technology: ceramic membranes

Historically, low-pressure membranes (microfiltration (MF) and ultrafiltration (UF)) used in potable water treatment are made of polymers (polysulfone (PS), polypropylene (PP), polyethersulfone (PES), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) etc). Recently, membranes made of ceramic materials (aluminium oxide) have been developed by MetaWater (Japan), Kubota (Japan) and others and is being marketed in the ...

Dec. 1, 2010

By IWA Publishing

Ceramic Membranes in Sludge Thickening Applications

The Aerobic Digestion group has recently been conducting pilot testing of silicon carbide ceramic membranes manufactured by the Danish company Cembrane A/S. This promising technology shows a great ability to filter water even in the challenging high solids environment of sludge thickening. The results of the pilot testing have led the aerobic digestion group to utilize ...

Dec. 6, 2016

By Ovivo (Formerly Eimco Water Technologies)

Use of a ceramic membrane bioreactor (CMBR) to treat wastewater at Guilin University of Technology

A ceramic membrane bio-reactor (CMBR) process was first used to treat wastewater collected from a campus of Guilin University of Technology (GUT). A CMBR with a submerged flat-sheet ceramic membrane module was designed for a Qmax of 300 m3/d. With a stable flux at about 33 L/m2 h, the transmembrane pressure was maintained at −10 kPa until the end of the experiment. The results ...

Jan. 1, 2017

By IWA Publishing

New treatment plant to feature ceramic membranes

The Parker Water and Sanitation District (PWSD) in Colorado has contracted for a membrane treatment system for its Rueter-Hess water treatment plant project. The new plant will treat water from the Rueter-Hess Reservoir (RHR), which is being built three miles southwest of downtown Parker on Newlin Gulch, which is a tributary drainage of Cherry Creek. The reservoir and associated treatment plan ...

Jun. 15, 2009

By PennWell Corporation

Liquid-phase non-thermal plasma-prepared N-doped TiO2 for azo dye degradation with the catalyst separation system by ceramic membranes

This study strived to improve the photocatalytic activity by using liquid-phase non-thermal plasma (LPNTP) technology for preparing N-doping TiO2 as well as to separate/recover the N-dope TiO2 particles by using ceramic ultrafiltration membrane process. The yellow color N-doped TiO2 photocatalysts, obtained through the LPNTP process, were characterized with UV–Vis spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction ...

Sep. 1, 2010

By IWA Publishing

Comparison of optional process configurations and operating conditions for ceramic membrane MF coupled with coagulation/flocculation pre-treatment for the removal of NOM in drinking water production

The increase of Natural Organic Matter (NOM) in natural water sources, partly caused by progressing climate change issues, is a growing concern for drinking water production. In recent years, membrane technology like Reverse Osmosis (RO) or Nanofiltration (NF) has been successfully applied as a robust solution for NOM removal to produce potable water. However, coagulation/flocculation ...

Mar. 1, 2010

By IWA Publishing

QUA Interviewed by Industrial Waterworld at AMTA Membrane Technology Conference 2016

QUA’s Director of Sales and Marketing, Fred Wiesler, was recently interviewed by Industrial Waterworld at the American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA)’s Membrane Technology Conference 2016 in San Antonio. Qua's Fred Wiesler describes the company's many offerings, including UF, MBR, and ceramic membranes. Highlighted: fractional electrodeionization (FEDI) technology, which ...

May 16, 2016

By QUA Group LLC

Picking Their Membranes - Part I -

Membrane use by water suppliers may not be new, but suppliers are considering membranes in new ways -- by number and variety of applications. Membranes can work on a wider range of resource waters, more efficiently and for less cost than before. Among membranes' attractions as substitutes for conventional water-treatment technologies, such as filtration, distillation and ion-exchange are: ...

Jan. 1, 2001

Energetics for gas separation in microporous membranes

Gas separation by inorganic membranes has proven to be effective at laboratory scales, but is now facing challenges in developing for industrial scales. A particular type of inorganic membrane is the class of porous molecular sieves formed by sol-gel method deposited on ceramic substrates. These molecular sieve silica (MSS) membranes are ideally suited to high temperature He, H2, CO2 and CH4 ...

Aug. 7, 2007

By Inderscience Publishers

Water reclamation with hybrid coagulation–ceramic microfiltration: first part of a long-term pilot study in Portugal

Sustainable water management must nowadays consider alternative water sources and the use of reclaimed water is a good candidate. Low-pressure ceramic membrane filtration is an emerging option for safe water reclamation given its high mechanical and chemical robustness with safety and operational advantages. One-year pilot studies of hybrid coagulation–ceramic filtration were developed in ...

Mar. 20, 2015

By IWA Publishing

Oxygen-separation membranes could aid in CO2 reduction

Ceramic membranes may reduce carbon dioxide emissions from gas and coal-fired powerplants. Written by Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office.You can read the original new in MIT NewsIt may seem counterintuitive, but one way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere may be ...

May 21, 2012

By MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

What Are the Best Companies for Microfiltration and Ultrafiltration Membrane Systems?

Whether you are looking for a microfiltration or ultrafiltration (MF/UF) membrane system that will help your facility manufacture safe food and/or beverages, boiler feed water for industrial process, or treat contaminated waste to acceptable effluent standards, it can be overwhelming to search for the MF/UF membrane system that is ideal for your specific application. MF/UF membrane systems solve ...

Feb. 24, 2017

By SAMCO Technologies, Inc.

Membranes in the Fast Lane – QUA CeraQ Featured in Water and Wastes Digest (W&WD)

Membranes in the Fast Lane – Ceramic membranes provide solution for auto parts manufacturing process Our CeraQ™ Ceramic Membrane was recently featured in Water and Wastes Digest (W&WD)’s September 2016 Issue. In this ...

Oct. 11, 2016

By QUA Group LLC

Common Treatment Technologies for Nonhalogenated VOCs

Soil vapor extraction (SVE), thermal desorption, and incineration are the presumptive remedies for Superfund sites with nonhalogenated VOC-contaminated soil. Because a presumptive remedy is a technology that EPA believes, based upon its past experience, generally will be the most appropriate remedy for a specified type of site, the presumptive remedy approach will accelerate site-specific ...

Jan. 1, 1999

By Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable

BioLargo`s AOS Filter Wins `Technology Star Award` - New Technology Magazine -The First Word on Oil Patch Innovation

Advanced disinfectant technology developer sets sights on oil and gas applications A small publicly-listed Santa Ana, Calif.–based company that is developing water purification and advanced disinfectant technologies, all using some form of iodine, sees one of its Edmonton-developed technologies as a way to clean up and even eliminate oilsands mining tailings ...

Nov. 9, 2014

By Biolargo, Inc.

Comparing environmental impacts of tertiary wastewater treatment technologies for advanced phosphorus removal and disinfection with life cycle assessment

Different technologies for tertiary wastewater treatment are compared in their environmental impacts with life cycle assessment (LCA). Targeting very low phosphorus concentration (50–120 μg/L) and seasonal disinfection of wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) secondary effluent, this LCA compares high-rate sedimentation, microsieve, dual media filtration (all with UV disinfection), and ...

Apr. 24, 2014

By IWA Publishing

Case History - Air Pollution Control in the Textile Industry: a Technology for the 21st Century

The textile industry is plagued by air pollution problems which must be resolved. In particular, smoke and odor arising in the process require abatement. Air pollution control technology is available today which will serve the textile industry well into the 21st century. The nature of the problem The major air pollution problem in the textile industry occurs during the finishing stages, ...

Jan. 1, 2002

Why Current Water Treatment Technology Can`t Solve The Global Water Crisis

Summary GE, Veolia, Dow and American Water Works are selling billions in water treatment technology. All their water treatment technologies work or they wouldn't be selling. In spite of effective water treatment technologies, the global water crisis persists. The problem is the high cost of current ...

Aug. 14, 2014

By Biolargo, Inc.

Textile Industry: Air Pollution Control Through Wet Scrubbers, High Energy Venturi Scrubbers, Packed Bed Scrubbers and Other Technologies

Wet Scrubbers, High Energy Venturi Scrubbers, Packed Bed Scrubbers are an excellent solution for air pollution in the textile industry. The textile industry is plagued by air pollution problems which must be resolved. In particular, smoke and odor arising in the process require abatement. Air pollution control technology is available today which will serve the textile industry well ...

Feb. 16, 2016

By CR Clean Air Group, LLC

Basic Principles of Microfiltration

Microfiltration can be defined as the separation of particles of one size from particles of another size in the range of approximately 0.01 µm through 20 µm. The fluid may be either a liquid or a gas. Microfiltration media are available in a wide variety of materials and methods of manufacture. They can be rated either 'absolute' or 'nominal' depending upon the percentage of capture of particles ...

Jan. 1, 2000

By GE Water & Process Technologies

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