Air & Liquid Filtration -- Tuesday Nov 30

Air Tutorial

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Instructor: R. Vijayakumar, Aerfil, LLC

Filters are the key components in any system that provides clean air for applications ranging from Indoor Air Quality, Industrial Machinery and Cleanrooms. This tutorial is mainly aimed at the newcomer to the field or anyone who wishes for a refresher on basic filtration and filter design. This tutorial will address filter design and the test practices as well as test standards in vogue that ensure that filters meet the design specifications. Since filter media are the key element in any filter, an overview of media and their properties as well as common filter construction practices will be addressed.

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Air Tutorial Q & A

 

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10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Fundamentals of Liquid Filtration and Testing

10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Instructor: Dr. Norman Lifshutz, Hollingsworth & Vose Company

This presentation will cover the basic theory and practice of liquid filtration, with emphasis on its relationship to pore size. There will be a particular focus on understanding and modeling Multipass filtration testing.

 

11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Liquid Tutorial Q & A

Lunch (On Your Own)

12:10 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

 

Energy Efficiency & Innovation

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Moderator: Eric Hanson, Air Techniques International

Technology of Clean Air with Sustainability and Energy Savings Through Air Filtration

2:01 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Alan Veeck, National Air Filtration Association (NAFA)

Air filters provide a cleaner indoor environment and are a part of the sustainability movement to help conserve energy and reduce impact on the environment. And they may even cost less. Join us for this informative presentation.

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Sustainable Manufacturing Initiative (SMI) and Public-Private Dialogue

2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Maria D’Andrea, U.S. Department of Commerce

Learn about the Department of Commerce’s Sustainable Manufacturing Initiative, a ‘onestop- shop’ for information on Federal government resources dedicated to sustainability. Also learn about what the Federal Government is doing to promote the public-private dialogue in order to address the challenges faced by the U.S. industry to adopt sustainable business practices and to educate industry stakeholders in the benefits of sustainable manufacturing.

 

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3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Decontamination and Reuse of Filtering Facepiece Respirators

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Ron Shaffer, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH),
National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL)

During a pandemic crisis, demand for disposable facemasks (N95 filtering facepiece respirators) will Filtration dramatically, increasing the likelihood of local shortages in healthcare settings. These devices are typically discarded after each patient encounter because of concerns that continued use would increase the chances that any infectious material on the respirator would be transferred to the wearer or other patients. This presentation will provide an update on NIOSH research to assess one possible strategy to reuse N95 filtering facepiece respirators through application of readily available items such as microwave ovens, ultraviolet lamps and ovens to render viral material contaminating the respirator inactive.

ASHRAE Leadership in Attaining Sustainability in the Building Population: A Review of Standards, Guidelines and Activities from the Filtration Perspective

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Barney Burroughs, ASHRAE

Learn what ASHRAE is doing in supporting the National Goals for achieving even more energy efficient buildings while attaining and sustaining comfortable, healthy and productive indoor environments. Become familiar with current and emerging documents from ASHRAE that affect, support and drive the usage of enhanced filtration and air cleaning application in the building stock.