Identification of sources of endotoxin exposure as input for effective exposure control strategies

Objective: Aim of the present study is to investigate the levels of endotoxins on product samples from potatoes, onions, and seeds, representing a relevant part of the agro-food industry in the Netherlands, to gather valuable insights in possibilities for exposure control measures early in the process of industrial processing of these products....

Robust high-permeance PTMSP composite membranes for CO2 membrane gas desorption at elevated temperatures and pressures

Uitkomsten technololgiecluster project: Endotoxinen en waswater in de aardappelverwerkende industrie

Werknemers in de agro-foodsectoren worden naar verwachting blootgesteld aan hoge concentraties organisch stof en endotoxinen. Endotoxinen zijn onderdeel van de celwand van Gram-negatieve bacteriën en alomtegenwoordig in het milieu. Het totale aantal (potentieel) werknemers dat in de agrarische en voedingssectoren aan organisch stof en/of...

Selectie van kansrijke mitigatietechnieken voor reductie van blootstelling aan endotoxinen in de agro-food industrie

Versatile high pressure CO2 capture test facility for solvent development: Set-up for gaining accurate knowledge of solvent systems

Solvent based technology is the state of the art method for the removal of CO2 from natural gas or from shifted syn gas (pre-combustion CO2-capture). In this typical upgrading technology, CO2 is removed from the gas mixture by absorption using physical or reactive solvents. There is an increasing trend towards bringing natural gas fields...

High pressure/temperature membrane contactors for CO2capture processes

Development of an online monitoring method of a CO2 capture process

One possible way to reduce our carbon footprint is using postcombustion capture (PCC) processes to remove CO2 from flue gases. Because of the highly dynamic characteristics of such processes, real-time performance monitoring is a very complex task. This paper presents a method for monitoring the concentrations of CO2, SOx, and a CO2 capturing...

Progress in EUV optics lifetime expectations

Optics lifetime and contamination is one of the major challenges for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography. The basic contamination and lifetime limiting processes are carbon growth and oxidation of the mirrors. Without appropriate measures, optics lifetime will be limited to a few hours. Within the EUV α-tool project of ASML and Carl Zeiss,...