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    Fluid filtration in industrial heat exchangers: Challenges and solutions

    Christopher Rau
    March 28, 2025
    Ongoing advancements in filtration technology are paving the way for innovative solutions capable of tackling more complex challenges.

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    Figure 1: Marijuana plants in the flowering phase produce strong scents, often deemed unpleasant by greenhouse neighbors.
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    Separators being used to remove potato peels from wastewater.
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    Algae have a number of convincing properties that make it ideal for use in developing synthetic drugs.
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    Onboard Starbound, the Flottweg equipment is used to separate the meat from the liquid. With the surimi lines, Aleutian also separates fish meal and fish oil using a Flottweg Tricanter to separate the solids from the oil and the meat.
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    Case study: Separating fish meat and oil on board a fishing vessel

    Daniel Lakovic
    March 15, 2021
    The fishing vessel Starbound is a 300-foot, 1,042-ton catcher/processor that harvests Alaska Pollock in the Bering Sea and processes it on board into boneless-skinless filets,...
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    The Model 6V Brill oil-recovery systems from Oil Skimmers Inc. can eliminate the need for additional chemical treatment of wastewater and reduces the volume of solid waste removed by its dissolved air flotation (DAF) system.
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    Turning fat, oil and grease in wastewater into an efficient profit center

    Del Williams
    Feb. 24, 2021
    A simple and cost-effective approach not only enables continuous oil separation, removal and collection but also facilitates its sale.
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    Case study: Using decanters for the clarification of vegetable oil

    Nils Engelke
    Sept. 24, 2020
    With an increasing demand for mayonnaise, spreads and other vegetable oil products, the food industry uses fat and edible oil processing to increase production capacity and improve...
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    Applications of filtration in the pharmaceutical industry

    Mark Ligon
    March 16, 2020
    As technology advances, both existing and new methods of filtration can capitalize on better, more efficient filters and methods of employing them within the pharmaceutical industry...
    Easy-to-use, built-in monitoring makes the Flottweg Z5E Decanter simple to operate. All graphics courtesy of Flottweg Separation Technology
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    Separation technology boosts bourbon production at historic Kentucky distillery

    Sept. 5, 2018
    With a massive plant expansion and challenge of doubling its capacity, Four Roses needed separation technology that would increase throughput, decrease waste and improve efficiency...