ASHRAE’s Epidemic Task Force takes on the complicated case of HVAC filtration in a COVID-19 world
The American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) formed an Epidemic Task Force (ETF) in March 2020. The aim of the group is to provide building designers and …
Nanofiber filtration challenges and opportunities
Earlier this year during a conversation with our sister publication, International Fiber Journal, R Vijayakumar, Ph.D., president of AERFIL, chair of the IFN peer-review program and one of our editorial …
‘Protecting places and spaces’ – Lydall drives on innovation as filtration rises into the mainstream consciousness
Lydall, Inc., headquartered in Manchester, Conn., has global manufacturing operations producing specialty engineered products for the thermal/acoustical and filtration/separation markets. The company’s Performance Materials business segment includes filtration media solutions …
ANDRITZ launches new dilution system for thickeners
ANDRITZ has developed the EvoLute NT dilution system, a new solution for diluting thickener feed that uses the overflow liquid from the thickener to dilute incoming slurries or suspensions to …
Testing the limits of facemask filtration
As the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread worldwide in the early part of this year, one of the first things to become clear was the supply of personal protective equipment …