Environmental & Pollution Control
Aviation is opening up again – how can filtration help re-start the industry while continuing to protect the environment?
The adoption of state-of-the-art filtration systems can work to reduce carbon emissions from aircraft, improve safety and comfort for passengers and ultimately support the aviation industry in meeting its environmental goals. The coronavirus pandemic will stay front and center in our collective mind for years to come, and so will the memories of one of …
PFAS – a better way
Jimmy Seow, Environ Pty Ltd., Haluk Alper and Patrick Laine, MYCELX Technologies & Paul Callaghan, Oleology
This is the third article in a three-part series considering the challenges PFAS (per or poly fluorinated alkyl substances) present to the environment and potential solutions. Most short-term acute generation of PFAS is from the use of AFFF (aqueous fluorinated firefighting foam) in firefighting exercises and responses. More chronic and gradual long-term generation occurs from …
When the unexpected happens, are today’s filtration systems ready for the challenge?
Over the past several months, the world has faced some unexpected/unpredictable filtration challenges, such as the bushfires in the New South Wales region of Australia, which produced air quality that the Australian Environmental Protection Authority dubbed “the worst in the world.” And now, the coronavirus (COVID-19), which has been declared a global pandemic, the scope …
PFAS – regulatory trends worldwide
Jimmy Seow, Environ Pty Ltd., Haluk Alper and Patrick Laine, MYCELX Technologies & Paul Callaghan, Oleology
This is the second article in a three-part series considering the challenges PFAS (per or poly fluorinated alkyl substances) present to the environment and potential options for overcoming such challenges. Part I of this series can be found here. The thermal stability and chemical inertness of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) has led to these man-made chemical …
PFAS – the ‘Forever Chemical’
This is the first article in a three-part series considering the challenges PFAS (per or poly fluorinated alkyl substances) present to the environment and potential options for overcoming such challenges. In centuries past, chemistry was a dangerous profession. Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786) was dubbed “hard luck Scheele” by Isaac Asimov, because others often got credit …