IFAT 2014 Show Preview
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he world’s largest environmental technology trade show, IFAT (www.ifat.de), takes place in Munich May 5–9. A record of nearly 3,000 companies from 50 countries are presenting innovations and services in water, sewage, waste and raw materials management, covering some 230,000 m2 of exhibition space. What follows is a small sample of new products being exhibited at the show. This modular analyzer measures water parameters As the population continues to grow, the need for clean drinking water is rising. Today, water-treatment plants utilize a wide variety of different analysis tools to measure various water parameters. This company has made its mission to simplify industrial water treatment, and is introducing its new online analysis system, the Type 8905 (photo), which is said to combine, for the first time, the largest number of measurement functions in potable-water treatment into a single, modular device. Hall A5, Stand 423 — Bürkert Werke GmbH & Co. KG, Ingelfingen, Germany www.buerkert.de The launch of a new membrane for MBRs Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) are a well-established and indispensable technology in wastewater treatment. This company offers its BioCel membrane (photo) module with an integrated mechanical cleaning process (MCP). The patented MCP helps reduce operating costs by reducing the formation of a fouling layer by supporting the crossflow aeration through the use of inert, organic material. The MCP granulate is added directly into the activated sludge. The airflow induced by the module-integrated membrane aera-
MicrodynNadir Group
Pump Solutions Group
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tion system draws the MCP granulate up between the membrane sheets. As the MCP granulate rises, the membrane area is continuously cleaned through the direct contact of the granulate with the sludge on the membrane surface. The Bio-Cel MCP system enables much higher specific flowrates. This lowers investment costs (smaller membrane area needed) and reduces energy consumption (crossflow) for the entire system by 30–50%. At IFAT, the company will be introducing the next generation of Bio-Cel. Hall A2, Stand 516 — Microdyn-Nadir Group, Wiesbaden, Germany www.microdyn-nadir.de
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Positive displacement pumps for all your needs On display at the stand of this major manufacturer of positive-displacement pumps is the Almatec E-Series (photo) of air-operated double diaphragm (AODD) pumps, which feature a plastic, solid-body design for use in general chemical transfer, and the AH-Series AODD pumps in highpressure configurations for charging filter presses with chemical wastes and sludge. Also exhibited is the Neptune 700 Series Mechanical, 500/600 Series Hydraulic and PZ Series Electronic diaphragm metering pumps, which are suitable for chemical-feed and chemical injection applications. The Wilden Original (clamped) and Advanced (bolted) Series AODD pumps with innovative Pro-Flo Shift air distribution systems will be presented at the exhibition. Hall A6, Stand 214 — Pump Solutions Group, Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. www.psgdover.com Clamp-on flowmeters localize leaks in water pipelines The Fluxus ADM 7407 ultrasonic clamp-on flowmeter is said to be a superior solution for monitoring wa-
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