FILTRATION 2008 – an International Conference & Exposition for the filtration industry – will be held from December 9-11, 2008 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The Exposition will run from December 10-11, 2008. Calling it as the Global Filtration Marketplace, the organisers, the Association of Nonwovens Fabrics Industry (INDA) feel that the growing flitration industry has much at stake with a lot of developments taking place all over the world.

“My main focus is to look at what is new in filter media for gas and liquid filtration. This is a good place to come and talk to a lot of people at the same time and every year there is something new that companies are introducing,” says Roy Taylor, Access Business Group, Ada, MI.

Many important papers on the flitration industry have been lined up for the conference, among which the following are noteworthy:

The EUROVENT Certification Program for Air Filters Class F5-F9 by Peter Pfeuffer, Freudenberg Vliesstoffe KG

EUROVENT, the European Association of Air Handling and Refrigerating Equipment Manufacturers, has created a certification program inviting companies to have their air filter elements tested by independent laboratories in accordance with the test standard EN 779 in order to verify their announced filter class and initial pressure drop.

Energy Reduction Options for Pulse-Cleaned Dust Collectors by Lee Morgan, Farr Air Pollution Control

Industrial pulse-cleaned dust collectors evacuate dust from work spaces, while providing a system where the dirty filters do not need to be changed constantly. The dust collector is often the least maintained piece of equipment in the factory,resulting in unnecessary energy consumption.Learn what can be done to a dust collection system to reduce energy.

REACH: The Challenges of Doing Business in the EU by Neil Canter, Chemical Solutions

Steps needed to comply with REACH will be reviewed. An update will be made on the progress of pre-registration. Predictions will be made about what companies need to do to be in compliance in the future.

Synthetic Media for Fuel & Oil Filtration by Andrew J Giles, Freudenberg Nonwovens, LP

Increasing demand in the US for synthetic fuel and oil filtration media. Synthetic media can provide better chemical resistance and higher dirt loading capacity for extended drain intervals for engine oil. Synthetic nonwoven media can provide better initial filtration efficiency without the need for glass fibres.

Nonwovens Filtration of Nanoparticle Agglomerates and Dust Loading on Nanofibre Filters by Jing Wang, PhD, University of Minnesota

Micro- and nanofibre filter substrates were lab tested using nanoparticle agglomerates to reproduce “real life” filtering situations; filter results were examined and compared against those tested with spherical nanoparticles.