Day: 1 March 1999

Membrane filtration in the paper industry

Membrane filtration can be used in the pulp and paper industry to recover material as well as prevent waste by-products from entering the water course. In addition, depending on the application, membrane systems can be used to remove impurities or to concentrate and purify, either as an aid to recovering valuable raw material or to improve product yields.

Remote maintenance engineer saves time

A new telemetry system, System 2000, developed by Brodersen is claimed to overcome the high cost and technical complexities traditionally associated with this technology, making it a viable option for much smaller industrial applications.

Getting underneath the problem

There are a number of techniques for rehabilitating contaminated land but many are not only highly expensive but are only applicable to sites that have been cleared of the processing or storage plants that have caused the pollution reports Chris Francis.

Hako Sweeps in with “Total Solution” for municipal vehicles solution.

Hako Machines, best known for its range of industrial and street sweepers, is expanding into new market sectors, adding a larger range of sweepers and the multi-purpose multicar to its stable. LAWE Editor Alexander Catto reports on the company’s evolving strategy.

Hako Sweeps in with “Total Solution” for municipal vehicles solution.

Hako Machines, best known for its range of industrial and street sweepers, is expanding into new market sectors, adding a larger range of sweepers and the multi-purpose multicar to its stable. LAWE Editor Alexander Catto reports on the company’s evolving strategy.

Ferguson Aims to strengthen global role of waste management profession.

Leading the way forward into the next Millennium as President of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) is Britain's John Ferguson, who can draw upon a distinguished career within the waste management profession, including the presidency of IWM and ten years as Director and Chief Executive of the former LWRA, to develop a global strategy for the profession and the association. LAWE Editor Alexander Catto explores the new ISWA President's aims for his two year term.

Hako Sweeps in with “Total Solution” for municipal vehicles solution.

Hako Machines, best known for its range of industrial and street sweepers, is expanding into new market sectors, adding a larger range of sweepers and the multi-purpose multicar to its stable. LAWE Editor Alexander Catto reports on the company’s evolving strategy.

Stenter fume abatement technology

The highly visible sub-micron oil droplets evolved during finishing operations on Stenter machines create dense smoke and associated odour emissions which have long been unacceptable to affected local residents and more recently to the UK Environment Agencies.

Regulatory enforcement to fuel growth in air pollution monitoring equipment markets

The implementation across Europe of the IPPC Directive is expected to cover a wide number of processes, and to be broader in application compared to existing national regulations which it has already begun to displace. This is expected to be one of the main drivers in the APM (air pollution monitoring) equipment market across Europe, according to a new study by Frost & Sullivan, the international marketing consulting company.

Electricity – charging ahead

When the operational frame-work for 1998 trading in electricity was originally set out, the intention was for there to be a minimum of change. In the event, the industry faces upheaval in the coming months, virtually amounting to a total reinvention of the way in which the market operates. These changes will have a significant impact on large businesses and major energy users in the UK, writes Mark Ellwood of UKDCS.

Measures for practical, qualitative energy efficiency

Eutech consultants Stelios Bikos and Neil Perry offer up a basket of qualitative and quantitative tools which can be used to cut energy costs by up to 30%.

From a spark to a flame

Combined heat and power (CHP) is a century-old, well understood technology which offers substantially increased efficiency in energy usage - in excess of 85%, with primary savings of around one third. The latest Government figures put the electricity generated by CHP schemes at 19,081GWh, just six per cent of the UK total requirement and 15% of that used by industry. But all that is set to change. Matt MacAllan charts the fall and rise of cogeneration.

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