Agenda
- Wednesday, June 9th
- Thursday, June 10th
- Friday, June 11th
| 7:30 am - 8:00 am | Registration/Continental Breakfast |
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Membrane, Chemistry, Process Design, Pilot Testing and Commercialization |
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| 8:00 am - 9:00 am |
Understanding of Membrane Technology: Chemistry, Process Development and Conditions Sefa Koseoglu, Filtration and Membrane World |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Membrane Filtration Design and Control: Pilot Plant to Commercialization Mike Grigus, GEA Process Engineering Inc. The presentation covers important technical information and project workflow considerations for commercial membrane filtration applications - from process development through system project engineering. Specific topics covered include: project workflow, membrane technology considerations, system design, and modes of operation and control. |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Morning Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Electrodialysis: Principles of ED, BPED, EDI and System Design Jamie Vinsant, Sr. Applications Engineer, GE Water & Process Technologies |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
Applications of Electrodialysis
Jamie Vinsant, Sr. Applications Engineer, GE Water & Process Technologies This section will review several applications in process separations for the technologies presented in previous section. Industries reviewed include dairy industry, biofuels, natural gas production, corn syrup, fruit juice and other beverages, and water treatment. |
| 11:30 am - 12:00 pm |
Feed Pre-Treatment Technologies Prior to Membrane Processing
Peter S. Cartwright, Cartwright Consulting Co. The crossflow pressure-driven membrane technologies of microfiltration (MF), ultrafiltration (UF), nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) have become key treatment tools in water purification, wastewater recycle/reuse and chemical processing applications. Because they all rely on the passage of water through a semi-permeable membrane to effect separation, the membrane surface is subjected to the accumulation of suspended solids or solute – the material intended to be separated or concentrated from the feed stream. In this presentation, Peter will explain why it is imperative that pre and post treatment requirements be defined and described. |
| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Networking Luncheon Sponsored By: |
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Applications in Fruit and Vegetable Juices, Wine and Beer Industries |
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| 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm | New Membrane Products for the Beverage and Food Industry Carl R. Hoffman, Koch Membrane Systems This presentation will discuss criteria on how various filtration products have been selected and integrated into industrial food and beverage operations for a number of applications in the production of barley protein extracts, vinegar and lactic acid concentration, and wine, juice and bottled water clarification. |
| 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Membrane Filtration Applications in the Wine and Beer Industry Mike Grigus, GEA Process Engineering Inc. The presentation provides an overview of commercial filtration applications in the wine and beer industries along with specific process and design information for some applications (flow diagrams, membrane, system design criteria, and performance parameters, etc.). |
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Membranes for Difficult Applications |
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| 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Caustic/Acid/Solvent Stable Ultrafiltration and Nanofiltration Membranes Carl R. Hoffman, Koch Membrane Systems In this presentation, SelRO chemically stable ultrafiltration and nanofiltration membranes, Carl will discuss the selection of these unique filtration products for specific applications where the operating feed conditions can range for 0 to 14 pH and temperatures of 160 F while providing excellent life cycles of more than one year continuous operation. |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Afternoon Break Sponsored By:  |
| 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | New Nanofiltration Membrane for High Temperature/ High pH Performance Applications Alan Franks, Hydranautics – A Nitto Denko Company Hydranautics’ patented HYDRACoRe product line is a durable, chlorine resistant nanofiltration (NF) membrane developed to purify salts and chemicals, operate at low pressure, and reject high molecular weight organic compounds such as colorants. HYDRACoRe membranes have been used to remove color from soy sauce and from highly colored ground water and for brine regeneration in sugar refinement. The HYDRACoRe membrane consists of a sulfonated polyether sulfone polymer with a typical thickness of 0.3 μm. The surface charge of the HYDRACoRe membrane is strongly negative due to the presence of the sulfonate functional groups. The strong negative charge of the HYDRACoRe can be advantageous in that it will repel negatively charged organics present in certain waters and thus minimize membrane fouling by organic adsorption. |
| 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Fundamentals of Puron MBR Technology Carl Hoffman, Koch Membrane Systems Membrane Bio Reactor ( MBR) Technology is a comprehensive, pre-engineered, packaged effluent plant providing customers a full scope of effluent treatment from prescreening, biological treatment through the final membrane clarification step. The MBR systems offers customers a flexible, cost effective design producing high quality effluent with reduced foot print, expandability , flexibility and low energy expense. Systems are available to meet the needs of industrial and municipal customers ranging from 5,000 to over a 1 million GPD. |
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Practical Case Studies |
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| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Distribution and Selection Case Study/Problems - Working with Instructors on Practical Problems Peter S. Cartwright, Cartwright Consulting Co. Felicity Plansky, Ecolab Inc. Mike Grigus, GEA Process Engineering Inc. Sefa Koseoglu, Filtration and Membrane World Gerold Luss, Consultant In this session, the short course attendees will be divided into groups and given practical questions in process design, fouling and cleaning and calculation of basic parameters. |
| 7:30 am - 8:00 am | Registration/Continental Breakfast |
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Practical Case Studies, Continued |
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| 8:00 am - 9:00 am |
Team Reports on Case Studies / Plant Trouble Shooting Instructors on Practical Problems Peter S. Cartwright, Cartwright Consulting Co. Felicity Plansky, Ecolab Inc. Mike Grigus, GEA Process Engineering Inc. Sefa Koseoglu, Filtration and Membrane World Gerold Luss, Consultant |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | An Inorganic Tubular Membrane for Demanding Applications Scott Wittwer, Graver Technologies This presentation will describe the Scepter® crossflow inorganic membrane and module products, operating capabilities, general system design, and typical applications. |
| 9:30 am - 10:00 am | How to Perform Pilot Testing and Applications Peter S. Cartwright, Cartwright Consulting Co. Over the last 50 years, protection of the environment has been steadily moving up on the priority list of concerned citizens. Issues such as global warming, extended droughts, overflowing landfills, acid rain, destruction of the rain forests and overpopulation have fueled conservation and a sense of environmental responsibility throughout the world. Worldwide, industries are beginning to realize the potential economic benefits of responsible conservation, resource recovery, and water reuse, as well as the tangible rewards accrued by an image of responsible stewardship. In this presentation, Peter will explore the membrane separation technologies of microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration and reverse osmosis and how they possess characteristics which make them attractive as recycle and recovery processes. |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Morning Break |
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Membrane Fouling and Cleaning |
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| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | How to Develop Cleaning Program for New Membrane Applications Felicity Plansky, Ecolab Inc. This presentation discusses the factors effecting membrane cleaning in the process industry. Including membrane compatibility, soil components, effective pre-treatments,process parameters, cleaning chemistry, chemical selection, correct cleaning procedures. |
| 11:00 am - 12:00 am | How to Prevent Fouling and Fundamentals of Membrane Cleaning Dr. Gerold Luss, Consultant The presentation covers the relationship between membrane properties, the onset of fouling and the processes involved in membrane fouling. Strategies to try to minimize fouling and membrane life are discussed and illustrated with examples from process application. Pretreatment of process feed streams will also be discussed. In addition, the fundaments of cleaning, the interaction of cleaning agents with membranes and the fundamentals of CIP (clean in place) processes will be explored and examples of fouled membranes and the process events leading up to them will be presented. |
| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Networking Luncheon |
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Membrane Applications in the Milk and Dairy Industry |
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| 1:00 pm- 1:15 pm | Update on the Use of Microfiltration for Production of ESL Milk Heinrich Iversen, Tetra Pak Inc. |
| 1:15 pm- 1:30 pm | Total Protein and Casein Standardization of Cheese Milk Heinrich Iversen, Tetra Pak Inc. |
| 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Critical Parameters in Using Membrane Technology in Milk and Dairy Applications Mike Grigus, GEA Process Engineering Inc. The presentation covers membrane filtration dairy applications (fluid milk, whey, wastewater, etc.) and provides technical information and guidance on a few specific applications (design and performance criteria, operating and service parameters, upstream and downstream considerations). |
| 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Membrane Test on Separation of Casein and Whey Protein Peter Bolduan, Atech Innovations Gmbh For casein and whey protein fractionation (for cheese production), dairies utilize microfiltration membranes, made from polymers and ceramics. There are special ceramics in operation, using membrane thickness or porosity gradients to obtain a uniform transmembrane pressure. Tests have shown that those membranes perform better than standard ones from the same suppliers. However, tests have also shown that fractionation with ceramic membranes, which have been specially adapted to the a.m. application, performs similar to the gradient membranes without having any kind of gradient. These results will be discussed. |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Afternoon Break Sponsored By:  |
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Membrane Applications in Waste Water Treatment |
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| 3:00 pm - 3:30pm | Insider’s Perspective on Development of Waste Stream and Process Applications Dave Paulson, Water Science and Marketing |
| 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Solvent Stable Membranes and How to Use them: Nanofiltration with Hexane Oil and Pervaporation with Alcohol Solutions Sefa Koseoglu, Filtration and Membrane World |
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New Membrane Technologies |
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| 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | New Energy Saving and Efficient Membrane Technologies from GE John Peichel, GE Water & Process Technologies |
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Plant Tours with Practical Discussions on Pilot Testing and Plant Design |
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| 7:45 am - 8:00 am | Load Bus at Hotel |
| 8:00 am - 8:30 am |
Travel to GE Water & Process Technologies Facilities |
| 8:30 am - 9:45 am | Visit & Tour GE Water & Process Technologies Facility |
| 9:45 am - 10:45 am | Travel to GEA Facilities |
| 10:45 am - 12:00 pm | Visit & Tour GEA Facility |
| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Load Bus & Travel Back to Hotel |
