Tag Archives: Filtration

Fluid Notes: PFAS and the Water Supply

Posted on February 5, 2020 by flybrand1976

RO can create clean drinking water, but it concentrates PFAS. Carbon beds can capture PFAS, but it may be released later. Continue reading →

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5,000,000 Youtube Views for ‘Filtration’ – Tough Concepts the #1 Video Gets Right

Posted on June 24, 2019 by flybrand1976

5 million views is a lot for an industrial product – here are the concepts the top Youtube hit for ‘filtration’ got right. Continue reading →

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NanoH2O Acquisition: The Product

Posted on April 14, 2014 by flybrand1976

On Friday, March 14, Korean industrial concern LG Chem announced they were purchasing NanoH2O, an RO membrane maker that took its first external funding at the peak of the CleanTech bubble in 2005 for $200 MM.  Industrial technology has proven … Continue reading →

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Filtration in the Popular Media: Chinese Fear for Soil and Food

Posted on March 13, 2014 by flybrand1976

The New York Times recently covered the growing awareness of the pollution problems in China that have come with increased industrialization and growth.  The December 2013 article focused on growing concerns about heavy metals, primarily cadmium, spreading into the food … Continue reading →

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Google’s “Create a Filter” – Pure Torture If You Make Real Filters

Posted on October 21, 2013 by flybrand1976

Specialized software programs are unusual in the filtration industry – Excel and Minitab are used for data analysis, there are lots of .pdfs circulated with marketing materials and those are often originally crafted in PowerPoint, Word or other commonly used … Continue reading →

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Filtration in the Popular Media: Ultrafine Particles and 3D Printing

Posted on October 19, 2013 by flybrand1976

Dr. Brent Stephens and his co-authors at the Illinois Institute of Technology attracted a good deal of popular press attention (TechCrunch Article) with their recent publication of, “Ultrafine paticle emissions from desktop 3-D Printers” in the journal of Atmospheric Environment. … Continue reading →

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Challenges in Measuring Nanofiber Adoption

Posted on October 17, 2013 by flybrand1976

As part of recent INDA RISE Conference, we were asked to pull together a presentation on industrial scale manufacturing of nanofiber (“NF”) membranes.  As part of that presentation I wound up covering some observations on why it is tough to … Continue reading →

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Filtration in the Popular Media: Singapore Smoke

Posted on June 23, 2013 by flybrand1976

This June 21st article from the Economist, “Hazed and Confused; Smog over Singapore” covers the recent pollution challenges in Singapore.  The pollution is caused from fires used to clear lands in neighboring Indonesia – the smoke crosses the sea, making … Continue reading →

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