Buyer’s M Guide Air Protection Air filtration for HVAC. Camfil Farr introduces its line of consolidated air filtration products and capabilities for the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) market. Products range from ASHRAE filters of many efficiencies and configurations to cleanroom and specialty products. (Call 800-479-6801, or e-mail camfilfarr@ camfillfarr.com.) Dust stabilization. DustMASTER Enviro Systems offers its DustMASTER systems, which are used to stabilize waste powders and fine materials and convert them to a nondusty product. These include fly ash, calcium oxide, baghouse powder, incinerated wastes, and nuclear materials. Applications include nuclear and coal-fired power plants, steel mills, foundries, cement plants, and wastewater treatment plants. (Call Roger Gladen at 262-6913100, or e-mail info@dustmaster. com.) Haze elimination. AMISTCO Separations Products, Inc., offers turnkey skid-mounted separator packages that effectively eliminate plasticizer and solvent fumes from the curing oven exhaust in vinyl flooring and wallpaper manufacturing processes. Exhaust is blown through a prefilter to remove larger particles; candle-type mist eliminators collect and eliminate the submicrometer blue haze. After fluids are drained, clean air exits through a stack. (Call Lee Boyd at 281-331-5956, or visit amistco.com.) Mist removal. Camfil Farr introduces the Quad Mist Eliminator (QMX) that removes oil and water mist and related particulate matter from air with high efficiency. The unit protects workers and equipment and keeps facilities cleaner. The QMX comprises four stages of filtration to provide progressively higher levels of mist removal efficiency. It is used mainly in metal
working operations, including cutting, grinding, and milling. Collected oil can be recovered and recycled. (Call 800479-6801, or e-mail filterman@ camfillfarr.com.)
Analysis Biological package plants. Pollution Control Systems, Inc., now offers a complete line of pre-engineered, prefabricated package biological wastewater treatment systems for treating domestic and industrial wastewater that provide a cost-effective pollution control alternative. The entire treatment is done in a single compartmentalized vessel, and its effluent meets limits set by prevailing regulatory authorities. (Call 513-831-1165, or e-mail
[email protected].)
tispecies determinations with freedom from interference associated with wet chemical techniques. The instrument also may be configured for anion analysis and is controlled via PeakNet-IA Windows-based software. (Call 408-737-0700, or visit www.dionex.com.) Nonpoint source control. Stormwater Management, Inc., introduces the StormGate Separator, an off-line sedimentation chamber that allows settling of solids and separation of free oils and greases commonly found in stormwater runoff. The stormwater is directed over a long path to maximize system effectiveness. A weir prevents overloading and resuspension of solids, oils, and greases. (Visit www.stormwaterinc. com.)
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Disinfection byproduct removal. PCI Membrane Systems, Inc., announces its Fyne Process water treatment system, which removes disinfection byproduct precursors via membrane filtration, such as trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids, from drinking water, and whose system performance is verified through EPA’s Environmental Technology Verification Program. (Call David Pearson at 513-5753500, ext. 305, or e-mail PCIMSINC@ compuserve.com.) Inorganic ions and cations. Dionex Corp. introduces the DX-80 Ion Analyzer, which does fast, sensitive, mul-
Waste testing. Bioscience, Inc., introduces the new BI-2000 Aerobic/ Anaerobic Respirometer for testing biodegradation in water, soils, sludges, and compost. The instrument uses Windows-based operating software and is easy to set up and configure. It also is ideal for longterm and short-term laboratorybased biodegradation and biodegradability testing for aerobic and anaerobic analysis. The BI-2000 combines precise oxygen supply with individual reactor control; no valves are needed. (Call 800-627-3069, or e-mail to
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Information Tools Tank storage management. BEM Systems, Inc., announces STOICS (Storage Tank Operation, Inventory & Compliance System), the first tank management and compliance software package developed specifically for managers of above- and belowground tank systems, at single or multiple facilities. The software is Windows-based and can be used in a LAN. Integrated GIS/mapping capabilities, using the ESRI Shape File format, are included. (Call 908-6982600, or visit bemsys.com.)
Laboratory High-performance fume hood. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) announces a new laboratory fume hood that saves large amounts of energy, enhances worker safety, offers lower costs for new labs, and has a simpler design than do state-of-the-art hoods. These new hoods are available for licensing and technology transfer under patents issued to and pending from LBNL. (Call Seth B. Rosen at 510486-6467, or e-mail
[email protected].)
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CO2 monitor. Thermo Gas Tech introduces the Model IAQ carbon dioxide monitor that can measure CO2 concentrations from 0 to 5000 ppm. The monitor uses a nondispersive in260 A
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frared sensing system for quick, reliable response. A 0.4-in. high LCD display provides a real-time readout of CO2 concentrations. An alarm is given when the CO2 concentration rises above a user-adjustable point. Longer intervals between recalibration are possible. (Call Stephanie Kubina at 510-745-8700, or e-mail
[email protected].) Combustible gas detection. Control Instruments’ 670 Series process analyzers are available for Lower Flammable Limit monitoring. They are approved by Factory Mutual Research for combustible gas and vapor detection. The analyzers can sample atmospheres containing little or no oxygen and are robust enough for use in harsh environments, even beyond 1500 °F. Applications include situations in which high-flash point solvents, resins, and plasticizers are present. (Call Patty Gardner at 973575-9114, or visit controlinstruments. com.) Flammable vapors. Control Instruments Corp. announces its 670 Series line of process analyzers for lower flammable limit and lower explosive limit monitoring. The analyzers may be mounted directly on process ductwork, which speeds up response time substantially. They can sample streams as hot as 1500 °F. (Call 973-575-9114, or visit www.controlinstruments.com.) Infrared gas analyzers. CEA Instruments announces its RI-555 series of single-gas, dual-range nondispersive infrared gas analyzers, which can continuously measure CO2, CO, CH4, ethane, propane, or isobutane in percentage levels up to 99% full scale. The gas sample is drawn into the unit by an internal pump, and concentrations are displayed on a large LED digital readout. Recorder output and a user-adjustable gas alarm are standard features. (Call Steven R. Adelman at 201-967-5660, or e-mail
[email protected].)
Prevention Compostable packaging. Cortec Corp. announces the development of Eco-Film and Eco-Corr Film, non-
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toxic, biodegradable, compostable packaging that prevents pollution and the accumulation of solid and hazardous waste yet offers resistance to water, oils, and oxygen, together with superior tensile strength. Eco-Corr also has the attribute of VCI corrosion-inhibiting control for metal parts and machinery. The products were developed in cooperation with the University of Minnesota. (Call Erica Wilaby at 651-429-1100, or e-mail erica_
[email protected].)
Treatment All-organic oil absorbent. Sorbent Products Co. announces Cansorb, an all-organic oil-only absorbent made from high-quality sphagnum peat moss. The product simultaneously absorbs oil and repels water, thanks to a bitumen wax in the peat moss that confers the product’s hydrophobic quality. Cansorb can absorb up to eight times its own weight in hydrocarbons. (Call Jill Kelly at 800-333-7672, or e-mail
[email protected].) Oil and fuel removal. Centek Industries now offers its Mycelx line of filtration and spill-absorption products that remove fuel, oil, gasoline sheen, and other hydrocarbons in a single pass. The principle is patented molecular technology that allows the products to bond with and capture hydrocarbons instantly. Applications include boats’ bilge systems. (Call 800-950-7653, or e-mail info@centekindustries. com.) Safer water chlorination. Hammonds introduces a new generation of tablet water chlorination systems that are considered safer and more efficient and dependable than any other chlorination system on the market. These systems offer a plug-and-play design that requires no custom engineering. A magnetic stir bar and motor create a vortex in a small water chamber into which calcium hypochlorite tablets are injected into the water supply at controlled rates. (Call 800-582-4224, or visit waterchlorination.com.)
