Case Studies

Pharma case studies focus on specific issues and provide insights on how a particular technology or development is useful to the pharma companies. This section presents case studies on industry developments, technologies, products and services.

Orival Filters Applied in Pharmaceutical Sector-Full Stream Cooling Tower Filtration

Marcus N. Allhands, PhD, PE
Water chemistry is routinely addressed in cooling systems. Scale formation, corrosion and biological growth are just some of the activities that can be abated by proper use of chemical additives. Foreign matter in the form of suspended solids though, is too often overlooked in the design stage. Control of this physical problem is generally addressed sometime after operation has begun when heat transfer problems arise