This course provides an in depth study of the Ultrafiltration membranes typically used in the Pharmaceutical, Microelectronic, Food and Beverage, Water and Waste Water, Coatings, Chemical, Oil and Gas, Laboratory, and Medical Markets. The attendee will learn about membrane:
Definitions
Microfiltration, Ultrafiltration, Nanofiltration, and Reverse Osmosis
Terminology
Flux, Permeate, Cross Flow Velocity, Trans Membrane Pressure, Concentration Polarization
Types
Philicity, Morphology, Structure, Formats, Materials, and Supports
Membrane Formation
Liquid, Vapor, and Thermal Phase Inversion
Pore Structure
Isotropic, Anisotropic, Asymmetric
Pore Size
History, Measurement, Efficiency, Reality, Integrity Testing, Distribution
Retention Efficiency
Nominal Molecular Weight Cut Off, Absolute, Real World
Surface Modification
Philicity, Adsorption, Binding
Retention Mechanisms
Sieve, Adsorption, Velocity, Size Exclusion
Pressure/Flow Characteristics
Thickness, Pore Distribution, Surface Area, Effective Surface Area
Critical Parameters and Control, Single or Multiple Use
Applications
Pharmaceutical, BioPharmaceutical, Food and Beverage, Microelectronics, Chemical, Medical, Laboratory
The aforementioned bullet points are representative but by no means totally inclusive.
Instructor
Scott P. Yaeger
Over 30 years of experience in the development, manufacture, sales, marketing, application, and management of membrane companies including Sartorius, Cuno, Gelman Sciences, Parker Hannifin, and PTI Advanced Filtration. Mr. Yaeger has held positions titled Vice President, Engineering, Vice President Sales and Marketing, Sr. Vice President and General Manager, Executive Vice President. In addition to his experience in membrane manufacturing companies, Mr. Yaeger has spent a significant part of his career working with membrane users in all applicable markets worldwide. For the last four years, Scott has been the President of Filtration and Separation Technology LLC, an independent consulting company assisting filter media manufacturers, filtration companies and users. He has taught this short course for the last 3 years at the American Filtration and Separation Society and AIChE. This course is very interactive and has been graded by its participants with grades of very good to exceptional.
Short Course Registration Rates
****Short Course attendees receive discounts if they attend the conference (-$100) and if they are members (-$100). For a total possible discount of -$200.****
These discounts are for each short course. If you attend two half day courses, the discount is applied to each course. It pays to be a member.
Registration Rates before discount is figured.
Early
Standard
Late
Course Type
Starts 6/1/08
Starts 8/17/08
Half day
$450
$525
$575
The online registration automatically calculates the discounts.