FILTCON Abstract Archive

AFS members receive exclusive access to the FILTCON Abstracts Archive, a growing library of technical presentations and research shared at past FILTCON conferences.

Each annual abstract document includes the abstracts submitted by presenters, providing a valuable snapshot of emerging technologies, research findings, operational best practices, and industry trends across the filtration and separations field.

Whether you are exploring a new application, identifying potential collaborators, tracking technology developments, or researching a specific topic, the FILTCON Abstracts Archive serves as a valuable reference tool for filtration professionals.

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FILTCON26 Abstracts – Energy Transition & Regulatory Compliance

  • Plenary Session
    • Critical Minerals Separations: AI/ML-Driven Laboratories and DOE Opportunities
      Rigoberto C. Advincula, Oak Ridge Laboratory and University of Tennessee
  • Data Centers / IAQ (Indoor Air Quality)
    • Advanced HVAC filtration media for data centers: lower energy, longer life and better sustainability
      Yu Liu, Richard, Ayenew Melese Endalew, Hollingsworth & Vose
    • Controlling Gaseous and Particulate Contamination in Data Centers
      Christopher Muller, American Air Filter International
    • Data Centers and Produced Water Reuse: From Disposal Liability to Cooling Water Supply
      Kenneth Winston, Calgon Carbon, a Kuraray Company
    • Advances in Prefilter Media for Improving Air Quality and Energy Efficiency
      Saravanan Andan, Magnera
  • Sustainability
    • Sustainable Reclamation of Metallic Filtration Components Using Steam Cleaning Technology
      Clayton Sapp, Heather Bass, Carolina Process Equipment Cleaning
    • MISSION ZERO – High-End Metal Meshes for Sustainable Filtration
      Sven Lohmann, Haver & Boecker
    • Simulation of Water Desalination via Fibrous Membranes
      Mostafa Jafari Gildeh, Hooman Tafreshi, North Carolina State University
  • Advanced Filtration
    • Material compatibility consideration for CV systems in H2ICE Applications
      Tirenioluwa Famoroti, Atmus Filtration Technologies
    • Advanced Manufacturing of Acidic Gas Absorbents
      Catarina Bejarano, Cecilia Abella, University of Hawaii
    • Hollow Fiber Microfilters for Spacesuit Water Cooling Application to Indoor Air Cleaning
      Dibakar Bhattacharyya, A. Khan, K. Baldridge, A. Lin, G. Lipscomb, University of Kentucky
  • Filter Media
    • The Impact of Wildfire Smoke on Electret Media and Indoor Air Quality
      Shibo Wang, Qisheng Ou, Dongryul Park, Zhengyuan Pan, David Pui, University of Minnesota
    • Development of Ionic Liquid Based Composite Media for Acidic Gas Mitigation
      Godwin Severa, Cecilia Abella, Catarina Bejarano, Franziska Habermann, Isabella Kotsol, University of Hawaii
    • Air Filter with advanced polymer matrix and pathogen inactivation
      Thomas Kennedy, Bioactive Technology
  • Filtration and Media
    • Activated Carbon as a Reusable Asset in Semiconductor Fabs: Liquid & Vapor Adsorption with Reactivation
      Kenneth Winston, Calgon Carbon, a Kuraray Company
    • Semiconductors continue to shrink; can filtration options grow to keep up with AMC control limits?
      Christopher Muller, American Air Filter International
    • Nanofiber Filter Medias for High Performance Applications
      Kathlyn Mealio, Atmus Filtration Technologies
  • Standards
    • New available fluid process filter cartridge standards
      Nicholas Petillon, Institute of Filtration and Techniques of Separation
    • New standards available to qualify ultra and nano filtration membranes
      Nicholas Petillon, Institute of Filtration and Techniques of Separation
    • Filtration for cleaner urban air – Latest results of the EU Project AeroSolfd
      Martin Lehmann, Lars C Larsen, Lauretta Rubino, Hartmut Niemann, Paul Henning, Stefanos Agathokleous, Christof Asbach, Carlos Casado, Tome Canas, Katie Kedwell-Simmering, Franc Pricken, Keld Alstrup Jensen, Teresa Moreno, Mann + Hummel
  • Industry Applications
    • Increasing Filtration Efficiency for the Reduction of Total Polar Materials in Hot Cooking Oil
      Rebecca Rock, Ahlstrom
    • Functionalization of fiber filter media for highly selective toxic metal removal from water
      Mattie Brock, University of Kentucky
  • Water and Liquid Advancements
    • Understanding Water Droplet Adhesion to Oily Fibers
      Mostafa Jafari Gildeh, Hooman Tafreshi, North Carolina State University
    • Achieving High Efficiency Separation in Gas and Liquids Using Aerogels
      Sadhan Jana, Abdul Baghirov, Pratik Gotad, Leyao Wu, Moni Mahesh Ghosh, Aparna Agrawal, University of Akron
    • Membrane Technologies for Wastewater Recovery & Reuse
      Kenneth Winston, Peter Cartwright, Calgon Carbon, a Kuraray Company
  • Plenary Session
    • Filtration: The Unsung Enabler of the Energy Transition
      Gregory Hoverson, Atmus Filtration Technologies
  • Filtration Media
    • Engineering Superior Quality in Needle-Punched Filtration Nonwovens
      Lothar Kaierle, American Trutzschler Inc
    • The best filter media for next two decades
      Kyung-Ju Choi, Clean and Science
    • Effects of Polymer Rheology on Fiber formation process and Fiber Diameter Distribution on meltblown media
      Eunkyoung Shim, Majid Joghataei, North Carolina State University
    • Development of synthetic multilayer filter media with high performance and enhanced energy saving
      Jacqueline Roussel, Laura Aho, Laura Yli-Rantala, Claire Prost, Elise Billod, Stephanie Pigeot-Rémy, Ahlstrom
  • Water Filtration
    • Study of Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances by different techniques
      Ashish Bandekar, Lenny Pompeo Rémy, Mativ/Gessner
    • Simulation of PFAS Adsorption in Polydisperse Adsorbent Beds
      Mostafa Jafari Gildeh, Hooman Tafreshi, North Carolina State University
    • U.S. Data-Centers the Nexus of Electricity and Water: What Filtration/Adsorption Can & Can’t Solve
      Kenneth Winston, Calgon Carbon, a Kuraray Company
  • Air Filtration
    • Optimizing Air Filtration Efficiency: Looking Beyond MERV Ratings
      Jon Rajala, American Air Filter International
    • Long-Term Field Monitoring of HVAC Filter Performance in a Residential Home
      Qisheng Ou, Shibo Wang, David Pui, University of Minnesota
    • Machine Learning Analysis of Structure–Property Relationships Governing Air Filtration Performance in Porous Materials
      Abdul Baghirov, Sadhan Jana, University of Akron
  • Filtration Materials and Process
    • Efficient Pretreatment of Renewable Diesel Feedstocks
      Jacob Misuraca, Imerys
    • State of the art on methods for analyzing pores and filtration efficiency of microfiltration membranes
      Nicholas Petillon, Institute of Filtration and Techniques of Separation
  • Computational Modeling
    • AI-Driven Material Digital Twin of Nonwovens for Filtration
      Christopher Kuehnle, Andreas Wiegmann, Tabea Sterbak, Andreas Griesser, Erik Glatt, Rolf Westerteiger, Maximilian Luczak, Philipp Eichheimer, Math 2 Market
    • Virtual Design of Next-Generation Adsorptive Filters
      Tabea Sterbak, Andreas Wiegmann, Philipp Eichheimer, Andreas Stiefelmaier, Math 2 Market
    • A Preliminary Evaluation of Adsorption Performance of Activated Carbon Materials at Various Operation Conditions
      Miao Li, Atmus Filtration Technologies
    • Electret Filter Interactions with Particles and Droplets
      Hooman Tafreshi, Amit Kumar, Behnam Pourdeyhimi, North Carolina State University
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