Nils Dailey, Author at Agua Latino America

Chemical Reduction Claims on Activated Carbon Systems

June 15, 2016 por Nils Dailey

By Rick Andrew Activated carbon (AC), which plays a major role in POU/POE water treatment, has been successfully employed in water treatment for many years.…

Bad Luck, Good Luck, Hard Work Lead to $uccess

June 15, 2016 por Nils Dailey

By Donna Kreutz [caption id="attachment_3719" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Left to right, back row: Bruce Konecsni, Rick Dubois, Marc Dube, Travis Dubois. Front row: Viktoria Konecsni, Tom…

‘Make Sure Everybody Is Empowered’

June 15, 2016 por Nils Dailey

By Donna Kreutz Talk about being in the right place at the right time. Michael Figoff had just met Jerry Hollander, owner of Filtercor (founded…

Water Quality Association Washington, DC Fly-in

June 15, 2016 por Nils Dailey

By Kathleen Fultz With water contamination concerns headlining the news across the country, Water Quality Association (WQA) members visited Congressional offices in April as a…

Cation Exchange, Part 5: Back to the Basics

June 15, 2016 por Nils Dailey

By Gary Battenberg In the final installment of this series, we will look at up-flow (counter-current) regeneration, the benefits and efficiencies of full-strength brining, the…

Activated Carbon Sourcing Dynamics in the Twenty-First Century

June 15, 2016 por Nils Dailey

By Jon Maurer Procurement of activated carbon (AC) needs to have the correct risk evaluation by a company to clearly identify its importance to senior…

A Comparison Study of Activated Carbon Blocks for POU/POE Applications

June 15, 2016 por Nils Dailey

By Alexey Aksenov, Alexander Mitilineos, Alexander Polyakov, PhD and Joseph L. Shmidt, PhD [caption id="attachment_3708" align="alignright" width="300"] Figure 1. Mass-produced carbon blocks (2.5-inch diameter x…

Lignin Waste Transformed into Coconut-like Activated Carbon

June 15, 2016 por Nils Dailey

By Henry Nowicki, PhD, Charles Carr and Richard Capp Introduction POU/POE devices with different media provide a drinking water final filter for many different applications.…

Activated Carbon Particle Size: Balance Between Kinetics and Capacity

June 15, 2016 por Nils Dailey

By Robert J. Potwora Activated carbon (AC) is a universal adsorbent. It is used to purify the water we drink, the air we breathe, many…

Chlorination and Carbon – Things to Think About

June 15, 2016 por Nils Dailey

By Greg Reyneke, MWS [caption id="attachment_3730" align="alignright" width="71"] Whole-house carbon filter[/caption] Americans expect cheap, clean, clear, safe drinking water from every faucet in their home.…

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