Many priority pollutants in industrial wastewater, such as chlorinated hydrocarbons and aromatics, are characterized by low solubility and high vapor pressures.
Ever notice that mist plume emanating from your cooling tower? Do you ever wonder whether it contains harmful elements or could be a risk to anyone nearby? Depending on the location and condition of the cooling tower, there are some risks inherent in that billowing mist.
The primary use of cooling towers is to remove heat absorbed in circulating cooling water systems used in refineries, power plants, petrochemical plants and other industrial facilities.
When Tarrytown, NY’s Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. purchased a new mammalian bioreactor skid, it had the same high expectations that surround any major process improvement.
Whether over water, submerged in water or exposed to moisture-laden air because of close proximity to fresh or salt water bodies, steel is acutely susceptible to corrosion.
Population growth, industrial expansions and recurrent drought as well as increasingly stringent and expensive-to-comply-with discharge regulations have left many industries and cities short of water.
Two key historical barriers for wider implementation of seawater desalination are water production costs and environmental impact of the plant concentrate.
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Wastewater from a U.S. research pharmaceutical facility with a large contribution from sanitary wastewater of animal and human origin was treated at a conventional activated sludge plant.
Membrana’s new DuraPES® filtration membrane has higher loading capacity compared to other commercially available membranes due to a unique patent-pending pore structure and dual asymetric membrane wall that provides a protected separation layer.