Particle filter system incorporating nanofibers
First Claim
1. A filtration device comprising:
- a filtration medium including a plurality of nanofibers having diameters less than 1 micron formed into a fiber mat; and
an electrically conductive rigid support attached to the filtration medium and having macroscopic openings for fluid flow therethrough,whereinthe nanofibers are deposited in a not completely dry state onto the rigid support, andthe filtration medium has a figure of merit FoM=−
Log(Pt)/Δ
P, where Pt is the fractional penetration of an aerosol particle diameter of 0.3 microns and Δ
P is a filtration medium pressure drop across the filtration medium corresponding to a face velocity of 5.3 cm/s, and said figure of merit is equal to or greater than 14 kPa−
1 and less than 98 kPa−
1.
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Abstract
A filtration device including a filtration medium having a plurality of nanofibers of diameters less than 1 micron formed into a fiber mat in the presence of an abruptly varying electric field. The filtration device includes a support attached to the filtration medium and having openings for fluid flow therethrough. A device for making a filter material. The device includes an electrospinning element configured to electrospin a plurality of fibers from a tip of the electrospinning element, a collector opposed to the electrospinning element configured to collect electrospun fibers on a surface of the collector, and an electric field modulation device configured to abruptly vary an electric field at the collector at least once during electrospinning of the fibers. A method for making a filter material. The method provides a support having openings for fluid flow therethrough, electrospins nanofibers across an entirety of the openings, and abruptly varies an electric field at the collector at least once during electrospinning of the fibers.
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18 Claims
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1. A filtration device comprising:
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a filtration medium including a plurality of nanofibers having diameters less than 1 micron formed into a fiber mat; and an electrically conductive rigid support attached to the filtration medium and having macroscopic openings for fluid flow therethrough, wherein the nanofibers are deposited in a not completely dry state onto the rigid support, and the filtration medium has a figure of merit FoM=−
Log(Pt)/Δ
P, where Pt is the fractional penetration of an aerosol particle diameter of 0.3 microns and Δ
P is a filtration medium pressure drop across the filtration medium corresponding to a face velocity of 5.3 cm/s, and said figure of merit is equal to or greater than 14 kPa−
1 and less than 98 kPa−
1. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A filtration device comprising:
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a filtration medium including a plurality of nanofibers having diameters less than 1 micron formed into a fiber mat; and a support attached to the filtration medium and having macroscopic openings for fluid flow therethrough, wherein, the filtration medium has a figure of merit FoM=−
Log(Pt)/Δ
P, where Pt is the fractional penetration of an aerosol particle diameter of 0.3 microns and Δ
P is a filtration medium pressure drop across the filtration medium corresponding to a face velocity of 5.3 cm/s, and said figure of merit is equal to or greater than 14 kPa−
1 and less than 98 kPa−
1.
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13. A filtration device comprising:
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a filtration medium including a polymer-based material having microscopic openings; and a support attached to the filtration medium and having macroscopic openings for fluid flow therethrough, wherein the filtration medium has a figure of merit FoM=−
Log(Pt)/Δ
P, where Pt is the fractional penetration of an aerosol particle diameter of 0.3 microns and Δ
P is a filtration medium pressure drop across the filtration medium corresponding to a face velocity of 5.3 cm/s, and said figure of merit is equal to or greater than 14 kPa−
1 and less than 98 kPa−
1. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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