As knowledge and understanding of the composition of air and the nature of airborne contaminants and their effect on people has grown, so has the desire to minimize exposure to airborne contaminants. Alongside this, it has been necessary to consider how to measure the effectiveness of the air filters designed...
Biomass gasification processes generate organic contaminants in the exit gases that are generally referred to as tar. Before use of the gases in a boiler, engine or turbine, particulate matter and the organic tar must be removed, or reduced to a level that is acceptable to end user requirements. One...
THE ENVIRONMENTAL Protection Agency EPA has issued a final rule that requires public water systems to monitor for 15 additional chemical contaminants in drinking water. The regulation, which took effect upon publication in the Federal Regis THE ENVIRONMENTAL...
From the executive summary: ‘Backflushing involves reversing the flow of materials generally liquids to flush contaminants from some type of filtering device. Water treatment plants are a good example where water is filtered through sand to remove impurities; periodically they will reverse the flow through the sand to force...
This paper describes a research program that was conducted to define natural gas contaminant levels necessary to insure that internal corrosion of compressed natural gas CNG cylinders does not constitute a hazard over the lifetimes of the cylinders. A literature search was performed and companies in the natural gas transmission...
Byline: Bruce Geiselman The United States needs to re-examine its strategy for dealing with constituents of emerging concern in water supplies, according to an engineer who spoke at last month's Weftec conference. "It's time for a...
Trace contaminants from a Union Pacific train derailment near Eunice, La., last May 27 could be left in place, according to Douglas Bradford of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. Some 300 workers took nearly a week to contain a ...
APC Technologies' UHFTM systems control submicron particulate, smoke/haze, oil mists, aerosol, sticky/corrosive/explosive contaminants, VOCS, odors, S[O.sub.x], and N[O.sub.x] from industrial exhausts and indoor work environments. System achieves [99 APC Technologies' UHFTM systems control submicron particulate, smoke/haze, oil mists, aerosol, sticky/corrosive/explosive contaminants, VOCS, odors, S[O.sub.x],...
Under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's USDA Agricultural Research Service ARS, scientists in Athens, Ga., have been granted a patent on an imaging system that detects contaminants on food surfaces. Under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's USDA...
With a simple design, new Saturn in-line filters make hot-melt adhesive filter maintenance quick and easy. The effective collection of contaminants improves the efficiency of hot melt adhesive systems and reduces unscheduled downtime. The unique assembly filter design and the ability to orient the filter allow easy filter replacement in...
Before passage of amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act in 1986, there was relatively slow progress at the national level in developing drinking water maximum contamination levels MCLs. Regulations were available for only 26 contaminants. Conse Before passage of amendments to the Safe Drinking Water...
Byline: DEBORAH MCGUFFIE-SCHYHOL Preparing for the tougher 2007 emissions environment has required extensive laboratory and field-testing programs by both engine oil formulators and oil filter makers. Kenny Cameron, product manager at FRAM He Byline: DEBORAH MCGUFFIE-SCHYHOL ...
Ceramic manufacturing processes, especially those used in processing raw materials, have the potential of generating air contaminants. Historically, the ceramic industry has concentrated much effort on the control of air contaminants, both in and out Ceramic manufacturing processes, especially those used in processing raw materials,...
Nine drinking water wells have been shut down in Orange County because of state concerns over a new contaminant, though levels detected so far are too low to present a public-health threat, according to an Orange County Register report. Nine drinking water wells have...
Glow discharge plasma GDP treatment, recently developed at the Department of Energy's DOE Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PNNL in Richland, Wash., is being touted as a water remediation process that can eliminate virtually any class of ha Glow discharge plasma GDP treatment, recently developed at the...
Responding to the mandate of the 1986 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act SDWA, the EPA has promulgated regulations for volatile organic chemicals VOCs, fluoride, surface water treatment, total coliform bacteria, synthetic organic and inorg Responding to the mandate of the 1986 amendments to the...
Three years after the agency unveiled the proposed rule in the Federal Register--and after some heated public discussions--OSHA is incorporating assigned protection factors APFs for respiratory programs into its respiratory protection standard. Three years after the agency unveiled the proposed rule in...
New software capability is available for the co.'s AXIS x-ray inspection equipment that allows the system to detect missing or broken items and incorrectly filled packages, in addition to simultaneously finding contaminants. Designed for products c New software capability is available for the co.'s...
The Food and Drug Administration FDA has announced that it does not need to issue a standard of quality regulation for bottled water in response to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) issuance of National Primary Drinking Water Regulation The Food and Drug Administration FDA has announced...
Proven on over 9,000 sites worldwide, Oxygen Release Compound ORC leads the way in cost-effective, injectable substrates used for the accelerated natural attenuation of petroleum-based contaminants in groundwater and saturated soils. Upon injection Proven on over 9,000 sites worldwide, Oxygen Release Compound ORC leads the...