Virtual CoursesIntroduction to Solid/Liquid Separation I - Principles Introduction to Solid/Liquid Separation II - Equipment, Operation and Testing Pricing: $495 (For Members) / $595 (For Non Members) These two courses are to introduce the basics of solid/liquid separation (or called liquid filtration) from the industrial application perspective. Practical information and examples will be used to relate to fundamentals. It is designed for people who are new to the filtration industry either in technical, sales, or business functions. It is also a very good course for those who have been in this industry for a while to get a better understanding of correlating fundamentals to practical applications. With the wide spectrum of solids/liquid separation technology and to meet the audience’s interests, this course is designed into two parts, I & II. Each part can be taken independently but it is recommended to take both. In part, I, simple underlining principles of key solid/liquid separation technologies, types of liquid filter and selection criteria will be presented. Technologies to improve filtration and separation such as filter aid, coagulation and flocculation are also part of the curriculum. In part II, key types of solid/liquid separation equipment will be discussed individually, including all types of filters, gravity settlers and centrifugal separators. Basic operation principles, application guidelines and key testing and evaluation methods will be presented. Course Outline (Part I)
Course Outline (Part II)
Instructors:
Dr. Chen is a Principal Research Scientist at Dow. He has over 30 years of industrial experience in solid/liquid and air/gas separation, in both technologies and filtration markets. He is also experienced in project management, process design, bio-separation, and membrane processes. He has been teaching this course in numerous organizations for over 20 years. He is currently the chair of AFS Education Committee and the coordinator of AFS short courses. He has served as the chair of AFS, board of directors, conference chairs, local chapter officers and various committee members in the past. He was awarded AFS Frank Tiller Award in 2002, AFS Well Shoemaker Award in 2005 and Fellow Member Award in 2010.
Dr. Li is the R&D Director of Agrilectric Research Company and is in charge of product development and application, product quality and filtration lab. management. She has 20 years of practical industrial filtration experience. Before joining Agrilectric, she worked with Prof. Frank M. Tiller, the father of modern filtration theory, at the Univ. of Houston from which she built an in-depth understanding of fundamentals infiltration. She has 2 patents, over 40 publications, including contributions to filtration sections in Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook and Albright Chemical Engineering Handbook. Wenping had served as the AFS chair in 2012. She had also served as AFS Board member, AFS Southwest Chapter officer and AFS conferences Co-Chairs and moderators. She is currently an AFS Board member, Scientific Committee member, and has been AFS Student Poster Competition Chair for over 5 years.
Chris is the Vice President of Technology for Filtration Technology Corporation (FTC) in Houston, TX. Since he joined FTC in 2003, he has been involved in production engineering, application engineering, research and development, and technical sales of filtration and separation products for liquid/solid, gas/solid, liquid/liquid, and gas/liquid applications. He holds a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Tulane University. Chris is actively involved in the American Filtration and Separation Society (AFS) and serves on the board of directors since 2016. He was the chairman of the AFS in 2014-2015, President of the SW Chapter in 2010-2012. He is currently a member of the Corporate Sponsors Committee, on the advisory committee for the SW Chapter, and a co-instructor of the Introduction to Liquid Filtration course for the society.
Dr. Lin Zhao is an Associate Research Scientist at Dow. His work at Dow focuses on solid-liquid separation with 5 years of practical industrial experience from the lab. evaluation, filter design, production scale implementation and troubleshooting. He also has experience in major site startup and operation. Before joining Dow, he obtained his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering at the Ohio State University in Prof. Winston Ho’s research group with the focus on developing advanced membranes for water desalination and gas separation. Lin joined the American Filtration and Separations Society (AFS) in 2015 and has been actively involved in AFS since then. He is currently a member of the AFS Publication Committee, AFS Education Committee, and AFS Board of Directors. He also served as the instructor of the short course “Basic Solid/Liquid Separation” at AFS conferences. |
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