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Hypersaline water freshens up with new desalination nanocoating
Membranes bearing a hexagonal boron nitride nanocoating improve the efficiency of a solar-powered desalination process.
Watch how iron powder strengthens brewery sustainability
A brewery in the Netherlands has become the first facility worldwide to use iron powder as a substitute for fossil fuels at an industrial scale.
Facing the limits of indirect heat exchange (part 1)
There are limits to both types of indirect heat exchangers, however, especially when they are used for applications involving high-temperature fluids or high-pressure steam.
Early registration for the AWWA Virtual Summit: Water Quality & Infrastructure
The American Water Works Association (AWWA) Virtual Summit: Water Quality & Infrastructure will be held online December 8 to 10, 2020.
Seals designed for the demands of food and beverage manufacturing
Shaft seals for food and beverage equipment need to be readily cleanable, dryable, sanitary, resistant to product entrapment to avoid cross contamination, and must withstand repeated cleanings, various cleaning solutions and large temperature variations.
Photocatalytic process proves effective for water disinfection
The process removed 99.99% of E.coli from water in 45 minutes as well as 99.99% of E. faecalis within 60 minutes.
Seawater air-conditioning is a cool concept
The technology offers a renewable and less cost-intensive option relative to conventional HVAC for district cooling applications.
Ticer Technologies acquires manufacturing assets from Materion
Acquisition of vacuum deposition/sputtering production equipment will strengthen the supply chain and enable uninterrupted product delivery.
Vertical packaging machine for diverse bag types features smallest footprint
The machine integrates a newly developed corner seal unit designed to reduce complexity and improve quality, flexibility and serviceability.
Harper International completes virtual acceptance at 2000° C on graphite rotary tube furnace
The furnace will process refractory metal powders in hydrogen and inert atmospheres.
Controllable gating membranes effectively capture carbon emissions
A new membrane devised at MIT offers a means of continuously removing carbon dioxide from a stream of waste gases.
What gas separation membranes and beverage bottles have in common
Efficient membranes might be based on furanic polymers developed to replace polyethylene terephthalate plastic used in beverage bottles.
CF Industries makes major investment in this refinery technology
The $41-plus million investment will create additional production capacity at the world's largest plant.
2 natural gas compressor emergencies alarm Boston suburb
Two unplanned gas releases have prompted additional opposition to the controversial facility.
Fluorescence can "see" what you can't
Fluorescence targets selected compounds in liquids. Find out the basics of fluorescence here.
Hygienic actuator for automation of rotary valves
The device is designed for food and beverage applications, including dairies, breweries and distilleries.
A guide to remedy water system stagnation in low-occupancy buildings
Stagnation within building water systems becomes a problem during periods of low or no occupancy, as is being experienced now during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Multi-stage mag-drive centrifugal pumps provide more pressure at low flows
Applications for the leak-free pumps include chemical transfer and processing, electroplating, water and waste water transfer, circuit board manufacture and pharmaceuticals.
Tough carbon-flourine bonds broken by photo-powered nanocatalyst
This power catalyst could help clean up a certain group of long-lasting environmental pollutants.
Carbon nanotube porins boost desalination efficiency
Carbon nanotube porins, with pores just 0.8 nm in diameter, can provide an efficient salt ion removal alternative to commercial desalination membranes.