The present invention is generally related to a high capacity, high efficiency nonwoven filtration media comprising a gradient pore structure. In particular, the filtration media can comprise thermoplastic synthetic microfibers, fibrillated fibers, staple fibers, and a binder. Furthermore, the filtration media may be produced without the use of glass fibers or microglass fibers. A process for making the filtration media is also provided. Consequently, the filtration media of the present invention does not cause the same issues as conventional filtration media that comprises glass fibers and/or microglass fibers. Moreover, the filtration media can be used to treat fuel, lubrication fluids, hydraulic fluids, and various other industrial gases.

The present invention relates to a cleanable 3D filter medium, a method for manufacturing said filter and the use of the filter.

The filter medium according to the present invention comprises at least one textile layer being a non-woven of synthetic, organic polymer fibers. The nonwoven having an embossed pattern in which the nonwoven having at the non-embossed area a thickness D and at the embossed area a thickness d and the ratio d/D is the compression factor CF, said compression factor CF being in the range 0.2FC0.5.

The filter medium according to the present invention can be cleaned and are used in filter systems for air/gas and liquid filtration, particularly in the motor vehicle industry, in air conditioning systems, passenger compartment filters, pollen filters, clean room filters, domestic filters, and as oil filters and hydraulic filters, thus removing solids from air/gas and liquids.

A shaped cross-section composite fiber for an intake filter is manufactured from a single material of polypropylene, without separate binder processing by using the single material of polypropylene as a filter material. The shaped cross-section composite fiber includes: a sheath comprising a reformed polypropylene resin; and a core comprising a polypropylene resin, where the sheath and the core are combined to provide a sheath-core structure.

Filter media, filter elements, and methods for filtering an gas stream are described herein. In some embodiments, the filter media may comprise a fiber web comprising a plurality of fibers and having a particular oil repellency level. For instance, in certain embodiments, the surface chemistry of the fiber web may be tailored to impart a particular surface energy density that matches the surface energy density of the fluid (e.g., an oil, a lubricant, and/or a cooling agent) being removed from the gas stream. In some embodiments, the fiber web may be wrapped around a core. For example, the fiber web may be wrapped around the core such that it forms two or more layers around the core. In some cases, the fiber web may be perforated. In certain embodiments, an gas stream comprising a fluid (e.g., an oil, a lubricant, and/or a cooling agent) may be passed through the fiber web, filter media, and/or filter element such that at least a portion of the fluid coalesces on the fiber web. Fiber webs, filter media, and/or filter elements as described herein may be particularly well-suited for applications that involve filtering gas streams containing oil, lubricants, and/or cooling agents (e.g., gas streams generated by a compressor) though the media may also be used in other applications. Advantageously, the fiber webs, filter media, and/or filter elements described herein may significantly reduce or prevent fouling of the filter caused by oil or other liquids.

The electret-treated sheet includes: a core layer (A) which is a porous film containing at least a thermoplastic resin; a surface layer (X) disposed on one side of the core layer (A); and a back surface layer (Y) disposed on the other side of the core layer (A), the surface layer (X) and the back surface layer (Y) each having a charged outermost surface, wherein the electret-treated sheet has a water vapor permeability coefficient of 0.1 to 2.5 g.Math.mm/m.sup.2.Math.24 hr; the core layer (A) has a pore aspect ratio of 5 to 50 and an average pore height of 2.5 to 15 m; the surface layer (X) and the back surface layer (Y) each have a thickness of 5 to 200 m; and the surface layer (X) includes a heat seal layer (B) including the outermost surface, wherein the heat seal layer (B) has a melting point of 50 to 140 C.

The invention relates to a filter medium comprising a nonwoven layer, which has bicomponent fibres, and a melt-blown layer, which comprises polyester fibres having an average diameter (d1) of less than 1.8 m. The thickness of the nonwoven layer is less than 0.4 mm at a contact pressure of 0.1 bar. At least 25% of the polyester fibres of the melt-blown layer have a diameter (d) of less than 1 m.

Disclosed is a non-woven fabric that can provide a filter capable of achieving a high collection rate, low pressure loss, and long-term use. The non-woven fabric disclosed herein is made of fibers containing a crystalline alicyclic structure-containing resin, and has a pore diameter as measured by a bubble point method of 5 m or less.

The present disclosure includes compositions and methods for filtering oil, e.g., for removing free fatty acids (FFAs) from an oil used for cooking. In one example, the composition may comprise a filter aid that includes an alkali silicate, and a composite material comprising a silicate mineral at least partially coated with an inorganic silica or silicate. In another example, filter aid includes an alkali silicate, and a silicate mineral, wherein at least a portion of the alkali silicate is present as a coating on the silicate mineral, and wherein the ratio of said alkali silicate to silicate mineral in the filter aid ranges from about 1:4 to 4:1 by weight. In yet another example, the filter aid includes an alkali silicate, a silicate mineral, and an adsorbent. The method of filtering an oil may include combining the oil with the filter aid, optionally heating the mixture, and separating at least a portion of the filter aid from the oil to thereby remove at least a portion of the FFAs from the oil.

A BAK removal device is constructed as a plug of microparticles of a hydrophilic polymeric gel that displays a hydraulic permeability greater than 0.01 Da. The polymer hydrophilic polymeric gel comprises poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (pHEMA). The particles are 2 to 100 m and the plug has a surface area of 30 mm.sup.2 to 2 mm.sup.2 and a length of 2 mm to 25 mm and wherein the microparticles of a hydrophilic polymeric gel has a pore radius of 3 to 60 m.

Filter media comprising one or more layers comprising nanofibers are generally described. In some embodiments, a filter media comprises a layer comprising nanofibers. The nanofibers may comprise an elastomer, a multiblock copolymer, and/or a multiblock copolymer that is an elastomer.