Heirloom Raises $150 Million to Move the DAC Needle

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Digital Twins Go With The Flow at Filtech 2024

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Promising Fields for MOF Filters

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Heirloom raises $150 million for DAC technology.

Calcium hydroxide – commonly known as lime – is the filter medium of choice for a direct air capture (DAC) technology now being exploited at scale by San Fransisco-based Heirloom.The …

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The digital twins will determine the balance between low flow resistance, a large filtration area and sufficient mechanical robustness of the design. Photo courtesy Fraunhofer ITWM

Optimizing the efficiency of nonwoven filter media is basically about achieving the perfect balance between the material’s capacity to capture and hold dust or other particles and its pressure drop …

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Mammoth, the world’s largest direct air capture plant began operating in Iceland in May. Photo courtesy of Climeworks

Accelerating Decarbonization with Metal-Organic FrameworksFiltration and separation systems exploiting the special properties of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) will have an important role to play in accelerating industrial decarbonization, according to a …

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Some 2,600 robots are in operation at the BMW plant in Spartanburg. Photo courtesy of BMW

While primarily associated with German engineering prowess, BMW is also, perhaps surprisingly, the largest automotive exporter of vehicles from the USA. BMW Manufacturing in Spartanburg, South Carolina, which is celebrating …

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Port of Antwerp-Bruges handles around 290 million tons of international maritime cargo annually. Photo courtesy of Diemme

Membrane press filtration is at the heart of the sustainable system that has been established for the treatment and storage of sediment removed from the waterways of Port of Antwerp-Bruges …

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