| Congress Topics |
Solid-Liquid Separation
by vacuum, pressure and centrifugal filtration, cartridge and depth filters, gravity and centrifugal sedimentation, hydrocyclones, flotation and adsorption.
· Fundamentals - understanding equipment and processes, combined field (for example, combined mechanical-thermal separation)
· Solid-liquid and liquid-liquid extraction
· Purification processes
· Electrical and magnetic separations
· Use of surfactants and filter aids
· Coagulation and flocculation
· Nanoparticle separations
· Regulations and legislation affecting liquid filtration, and filter media.
Aerosol Filtration and Separation, Air Filtration and Gas Separations
by fibrous and granular bed filters, HEPA and surface filters, bag filters, electrostatic precipitators and wet scrubbers, cyclones.
· Fundamentals - understanding equipment and processes
· High temperature separations
· Gas-gas separation,
· Nanoparticle separations
· Product recovery and emission control
· Regulatory framework, and filter media
Membrane Processes
by microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, dialysis, pervaporation and gas permeation.
· Fundamentals - understanding equipment and processes
· Fouling prevention and control
· Pretreatment
· Membranes for hostile environments
· Enhanced processes
· Sludge disposal
· Membrane media and module developments
Filter Media
· Woven & Non-Woven Filter Media
· Granular and Fibrous Filter Media
· Membranes
· Characterization of Filter Media
· Media Production Technologies
Testing; Instrumentation; Control
· Characterization Instruments for Particles, Pores, Interfacial
· Phenomena
· Filter Media Testing Methods and Instruments
· Separation Test Methods and Instruments
· Operation and Control of Filtration and Separation Equipment
Simulation and Modelling
· Computational Fluid and Particle Dynamics
· Computer-Aided Design, Selection and Operation of Separation Equipment
· Process Simulation and Flowsheeting Expert Systems
Product related Separation Processes
· Bio-Materials and Fermentation Separations
· Food and Beverage Production
· Pharmaceuticals
· Ultraclean Liquids for the Electronic Industry
· Pigment Separation
· Production of Nanoparticulate Systems
· Municipal and Industrial Waste Water Treatment
· Potable Water Treatment
· Automotive and Aeronautical Separation Systems
· Clean Room Technology
· Mineral and Ore Separation
· Separations in the Chemical Industry
· Drilling Mud Processing and Separations in the Oil Industry
· Recovery of Fluids in the Metal Industry
Special Topics
· Selective Separation
· Micro Process Technology
· Nanofluidics
