My Thoughts on Filtration Separation Trends and Practices

Photo by Sonika Agarwal on Unsplash I recently had the opportunity to share my ideas on filtration separation trends and practices with World of Chemicals magazine. My favorite part may have been the headline, "Aging with perfection in filtration technology." I like to think they were…


Troubleshooting When the Filtration System is Not Working

Photo by Tormius on Unsplash These are five dreaded words that no engineer wants to hear on a Saturday night or Sunday morning: “The filtration system is not working.” Of course, we never seem to get this call at 10 in the morning on a work day! No matter the time of day, let’s not panic, take a…


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Selecting and Designing Combination Filtration for Solid-Liquid Separation

Photo by Maksym Kaharlytskyi on Unsplash Filtration experts, over the years, have discussed combination filtration and debated its definition. In the realm of cartridge filtration, simply defined, a combination filter is one that does at least one other processing job at the same…


Filtration of Liquefied Gases & Caesar’s Last Breath

Photo by Nemanja Peric on Unsplash On the heels of my blog about “The Business of Breathing,” it’s time to talk about gas. I recently finished reading the Sam Kean book “Caesar’s Last Breath.”  For those of you who have not read Kean, his specialty is writing science books in an exciting…


Innovation Grown from Oranges

Photo by Max on Unsplash I have written over the years about sustainability; you may remember Ford & Jose Cuervo. Today, I'm writing about a new idea for sustainable innovation grown from the rinds and seeds of Sicily’s most famous citrus fruit — the orange. The orange, which Sicily harvests…