Filtration Standards

Filtration Solves Tough Challenges

Mark Hachenski , GE Energy

Combining filtration technology, media selection, and system design can reduce energy consumption and improve operational effectiveness.

Markets for Air and Liquid Filtration Products in the Post Oil Era

Robert McIlvaine, The McIlvaine Company

• Conventional oil refining markets will shrink but filtration investments in biofuels, and non traditional refining will more than offset this loss.

Air Filtration 2007-2012 Trends and Forecast

Ian Butler, INDA

• In early 2008, INDA released a report that studied five of the major air filtration markets: Industrial air filtration, HVAC, disposable face masks, disposable vacuum cleaner bags and transportation filtration.
• This speech will highlight these major markets, growth rates and some of the key factors and trends that are driving the air filtration industry’s growth.

Global Standards for Air Filtration

Phil Winters, Filtration Group, Inc.

• International standards are being developed for air filter test methods.
• The U.S. is an active member of ISO/ TC142 – Cleaning Devices for Air and Other Gases.
• Information about the overall goals of ISO/TC142 and the status of various activities will be presented. The U.S. role in those efforts and ways for people to become involved in that process also will be discussed.

Current Developments in HEPA and ULPA Filter Standards

R. Vijayakumar, Aerfil, LLC

• Brief overview on ISO efforts to develop a global standard specific to clean environments’ applications.
• The efforts at IEST in the U.S. and the Chinese national standard will be addressed as these are two markets of great interest to the industry in the U.S.

ISO Standard Test Methods for Air Filters: Gas Turbine Inlet, Internal Combustion Inlet, Crankcase Ventilation and Automotive Cabin Air Applications

Bruce McDonald, Donaldson Company, Inc.

• There is currently a significant amount of work in progress on several international standard test methods for air filters.
• This presentation reviews the progress and current status of several of those efforts.