The present disclosure provides advantageous rotary interfaces for fluid assemblies (e.g., rotary interfaces for fluid flow in bioreactor applications), and related methods of fabrication and use. More particularly, the present disclosure provides improved rotary interfaces for fluid flow through porous impellers for filtration and/or sparging for fluid assemblies (e.g., bioreactor applications), and related methods of fabrication and use. Disclosed herein is a fluid assembly (e.g., bioreactor) that includes a porous impeller which is in fluid communication with a hollow shaft that can be used to transport a reaction fluid to an external storage tank or the like. The fluid assembly/bioreactor can include a coupling mechanism that transmits rotary motion from a motor to a primary shaft and then to a hollow secondary shaft, while at the same time permitting removal of a filtrate from the fluid assembly or bioreactor via the hollow secondary shaft and a porous impeller.

The invention relates to a filter element having inherent stability and being porous to permit flow therethrough, comprising a filter body which forms a porous sintered structure and is constructed with filter body particles which are at least in part polysulfide particles. In addition, the invention relates to a method of manufacturing such a filter element.

This disclosure describes a filter medium that minimizes the adverse effects of variations in flow rate on filter medium efficiency without a corresponding increase in pressure drop. The filter medium includes a support layer, a continuous fine fiber layer, and an efficiency layer. The continuous fine fiber layer includes a continuous fine fiber that has a diameter of up to 10 micrometers and is located downstream of the efficiency layer.

A nanofiber for an air filter and a method for manufacturing the same are proposed. The nanofiber may include a styrene-(meth)acrylate-acrylonitrile random copolymer having a zwitterionic functional group in a side chain. The nanofiber can greatly enhance the bonding of particulate matter (PM) particles with the surface of a polymer by having a high dipole moment derived from the zwitterionic functional group, thereby providing high efficiency of filtration (>99.9%) of the PM particles. Furthermore, the nanofiber can be very usefully used as a core material for air purifier filters and vehicle air purification filters by having low airflow resistance and excellent antibacterial properties.

Articles comprising binders, cross-linking agents and/or other components, and related methods are generally disclosed.

Articles such as filter media, which include dendrimers and/or other components, are provided. The filter media may further include a water repellant (e.g., a fluorinated species) to impart desirable properties to the media such as high water repellency. The filter media may also have a high efficiency as a function of pressure drop (i.e., high gamma values). In some embodiments, the filter media includes a fiber web which may be formed of various components such as glass fibers. The fiber web can also include additional components such as synthetic fibers, binder components, as well as other additives. The media may be incorporated into a variety of filter element products.

A product and method of manufacturing and producing antimicrobial fibers using an antimicrobial additive material. The method comprising using various antimicrobial metals incorporated and embedded into an inorganic material as metal ions within the additive material that can be formulated into a masterbatch precursor material and processed to manufacture fine or synthetic fibers using standard manufacturing processes for use in applications from face masks and respirators to air filters for HVAC and higher efficiency HEPA applications.

To provide a titanium-based porous body that has high void fraction to ensure gas permeability and water permeability for practical use as an electrode and a filter, has a large specific surface area to ensure conductivity and sufficient reaction sites with a reaction solution or a reaction gas, thus showing excellent reaction efficiency, and contains less contaminants because of no organic substance used. A titanium-based porous body having a specific void fraction and a high specific surface area is obtained by filling an irregular-shaped titanium powder having an average particle size of 10 to 50 μm in a dry system without using any binder or the like into a thickness of 4.0×10.sup.−1 to 1.6 mm, and sintering the irregular-shaped titanium powder at 800 to 1100° C.

A device and a method for removing fats, oils and/or grease (“FOGs”) from water comprise a separator, wherein the separator removes the FOGs that separate from the water under gravity, and a filter wherein the filter removes the FOGs remaining in the water after the water has passed through the separator. The filter comprises several layers having different compositions suitable for removing FOGs from water, including a layer comprising granular activated carbon bonded together and wrapped in polyester.

An object is to provide a blood processing filter favorable in both of the effectiveness (leukocyte removing performance) and the safety (reduction in the amount of elutable substances). The object can be achieved by a blood processing filter comprising a filtration medium including a polyester fiber, wherein a surface area of the filtration medium is 6.0 m.sup.2 or more, and a maximum absorbance of an aqueous extract of the blood processing filter in the range from 240 to 245 nm is 0.03 or less.