{"408201":{"#nid":"408201","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Robust Membranes Project Moving Forward","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Sankar Nair and his team, which includes Drs. Scott Sinquefield and Meisha Shofner, continue to work on the Robust Membranes consortium project to develop new robust membranes that can withstand the harsh environment posed by the black liquors leaving the kraft digester. State-of-the-art technology suggests that half of the required water removal can be accomplished with membrane filtration, thus reducing the evaporation heat load by half.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEngineering the molecular sieving (MS) capabilities and longevity of the membrane will be the key focus of the work. Achieving all of the goals in this project would prepare the technology for integration at the bench scale. A hypothetical Phase II follow-up project would include building a bench-scale unit (i.e., a single two-stage unit) and testing with hot weak black liquor from a kraft mill.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESo far, three types of zeolite membranes and two types of carbon molecular sieve (CMS) membranes have been screened for pH stability. Additional CMS membranes are being prioritized for future work. The group targets commencement of operational testing in October. There is limited opportunity for additional subscriptions to this consortium-sponsored research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EContact Dr. Norman Marsolan for further information (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Norman.Marsolan@rbi.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ENorman.Marsolan@rbi.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Continued development on state-of-the-art technology on robust membranes"}],"uid":"27178","created_gmt":"2015-05-29 12:44:47","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:21","author":"Amna Jamshad","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-05-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-05-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"408171":{"id":"408171","type":"image","title":"Sankar Nair","body":null,"created":"1449254188","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:36:28","changed":"1475895134","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:14","alt":"Sankar Nair","file":{"fid":"202171","name":"140328_consortium.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/140328_consortium_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/140328_consortium_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":17418,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/140328_consortium_0.jpg?itok=a3fYVUBH"}},"408181":{"id":"408181","type":"image","title":"Scott Sinquefeild","body":null,"created":"1449254188","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:36:28","changed":"1475895134","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:14","alt":"Scott Sinquefeild","file":{"fid":"202172","name":"140923_nair_2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/140923_nair_2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/140923_nair_2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":36628,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/140923_nair_2_0.jpg?itok=2gQInxzB"}},"408191":{"id":"408191","type":"image","title":"Meisha Shofner","body":null,"created":"1449254188","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:36:28","changed":"1475895134","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:14","alt":"Meisha Shofner","file":{"fid":"202173","name":"140613_ol_masters_2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/140613_ol_masters_2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/140613_ol_masters_2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":52561,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/140613_ol_masters_2_0.jpg?itok=NcZRJN2W"}}},"media_ids":["408171","408181","408191"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"93811","name":"RBI"},{"id":"4174","name":"renewable"},{"id":"127271","name":"robust membrane"},{"id":"623","name":"Technology"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKelly B. Smith, Marketing \u0026amp; Communication\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kelly.smith@ipst.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}