Broad spectrum filter system for filtering contaminants from air or other gases
First Claim
1. A filter medium, comprising:
- a first plurality of filter media particles, comprising an extended surface area substrate comprising at least one transition metal impregnant; and
a second plurality of filter media particles, comprising an extended surface area substrate comprising an amine impregnant.
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Abstract
Filter medium includes at least two kinds of filter media particles. A first plurality of filter media particles includes an extended surface area substrate comprising at least one transition metal impregnant. A second plurality of filter media particles includes an extended surface area substrate comprising a tertiary amine impregnant. In preferred embodiments, at least one and preferably both of the kinds of filter media particles is/are substantially free of chromium, and more preferably contain no detectable chromium. The filtering medium has very broad filtering capabilities. The filtering medium successfully achieves performance levels mandated both by applicable industrial filter approval specifications and by international military filter performance specifications.
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44 Claims
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1. A filter medium, comprising:
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a first plurality of filter media particles, comprising an extended surface area substrate comprising at least one transition metal impregnant; and
a second plurality of filter media particles, comprising an extended surface area substrate comprising an amine impregnant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
the first plurality of filter media particles is positioned in the first filter media layer; and
the second plurality of filter media particles is positioned in the second filter media layer.
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6. The filter medium of claim 1, wherein the amine impregnant comprises TEDA.
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7. The filter medium of claim 6, wherein the second plurality of filter media particles comprise 0.1 to 10 weight percent of TEDA.
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8. The filter medium of claim 6, wherein the second plurality of filter media particles further comprises Cu, Ag, Zn, and Mo impregnants.
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9. The filter medium of claim 6, wherein the second plurality of filter media particles is substantially free of transition metal impregnants.
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10. The filter medium of claim 6 wherein the second plurality of filter media particles further comprises Cu, Zn, Mo, ammonium salt, and sulfate salt impregnants.
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11. The filter medium of claim 10 wherein the second plurality of filter media particles further comprises up to about 15 weight percent moisture.
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12. The filter medium of claim 6, wherein the second plurality of filter media particles further comprises up to about 15 weight percent moisture.
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13. The filter medium of claim 8, wherein the first plurality of filter media particles comprises a Zn salt impregnant.
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14. The filter medium of claim 10 wherein the first plurality of filter media particles comprises Cu, Zn, and Mo impregnants.
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15. The filter medium of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of filter media particles comprises a Zn impregnant, and wherein the second plurality of filter media particles comprises TEDA and Cu, Ag, Zn, and Mo impregnants.
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16. The filter medium of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of filter media particles comprises Cu, Zn, and Mo impregnants, and wherein the second plurality of filter media particles comprises TEDA and is at least substantially free of transition metal impregnants.
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17. A method of making a filter medium, comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a first plurality of filter media particles, comprising an extended surface area substrate comprising at least one transition metal impregnant, said first plurality of particles being substantially free of a tertiary amine impregnant;
(b) providing a second plurality of filter media particles, comprising an extended surface area substrate comprising a tertiary amine impregnant; and
(c) incorporating the first and second pluralities of filter media particles into at least one filter bed of the filter medium. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of filtering contaminants from a gas, comprising the step of causing the gas to flow through a filter medium incorporating
(a) a first plurality of filter media particles, comprising an extended surface area substrate comprising at least one transition metal impregnant; - and
(b) a second plurality of filter media particles, comprising an extended surface area substrate comprising an amine impregnant. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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