An air scrubber/purifying filter includes filter material having a substrate, an adhesive coating applied to the substrate and a plurality of flock fibers flocked into the adhesive coating. In one embodiment, bi-component flock fibers are flocked on a Reticulated Foam (RF) substrate and subsequently fibrillated. In another embodiment, Cross-Flow Flock Fiber (CFF) filter material includes edgewise, cross cut, bonded, stacked fabric layers such that the passage of air through the flock fibers is normal to the flock fiber orientation. In some embodiments the flock fibers are coated with biocidal, virucidal and/or metalized coatings or finishes to provide biocidal or virucidal properties to the filter media.

An air purification system includes a conduit extending between an inlet and an outlet, each in fluid communication with an enclosed environment. Ambient air from the enclosed environment enters the conduit via the inlet and treated air exits the conduit and enters the enclosed environment via the outlet. The system further includes a fibrous filter disposed within the conduit and configured to treat the ambient air thereby generating the treated air, and a renewal unit disposed within the conduit and configured to renew the fibrous filter.

Articles and methods involving filter media are generally provided. In certain embodiments, a filter media has a design and/or comprises one or more layers that enhances its efficiency and/or performance.

In one aspect, the disclosure relates to filtration layers comprising nanostructures, methods of making the same, and devices incorporating the same. In one aspect, the filtration layers allow for air flow while blocking passage of sub-micron-sized particles including viruses and environmental pollutants. In another aspect, the filtration layers are biocompatible, flexible, stable over a wide temperature range, and compatible with standard disinfection techniques. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

An air filter device. The air filter device comprises: a filter medium having an inlet surface for taking in air, and a discharge surface for filtered air. The filter medium having a plurality of air passages for the air to flow therethrough. At least a portion of the inlet surface of the filter medium comprises a sulfonated polymer for killing at least 90% microbes in the air within 120 minutes of contact with the surface of the air passages. The sulfonated polymer is selected from the group of perfluorosulfonic acid polymers, polystyrene sulfonates, sulfonated block copolymers, sulfonated polyolefins, sulfonated polyimides, sulfonated polyamides, sulfonated polyesters, sulfonated polysulfones, sulfonated polyketones, sulfonated poly(arylene ether), and mixtures thereof. The sulfonated polymer has a degree of sulfonation of at least 10%.

An improved technology for inactivation of viruses, for example the SARS-CoV-2 virus that is causing the Covid-19 pandemic, is described. The technology can include a device that includes a substrate coated in a polymer that is infused with a pathogen inactivating material. In various embodiments, at a given time, a portion of the pathogen inactivating material is exposed to the environment, and the device is configured to periodically or intermittently expose additional pathogen inactivating material to the environment. For example, the polymer can be ablative or sacrificial.

Thermoplastic bicomponent binder fiber can be combined with other media, fibers and other filtration components to form a thermally bonded filtration media. The filtration media can be used in filter units, such as breather caps. Such filter units can be placed in the stream of a mobile fluid and can remove a particulate and/or fluid mist load from the mobile stream. The unique combination of media fiber, bicomponent binder fiber and other filtration additives and components provide a filtration media having unique properties in filtration applications.

Disclosed is the use of an active ingredient comprising a plurality of particles having a core of metallic copper with an electrically conductive coating comprising silver for inactivating infection-transmitting micro-organisms. An air filter comprises an air-permeable filter body, the active ingredient and a binder for binding the active ingredient to the air-permeable filter body.

The present disclosure relates to a method for adjusting grouting parameters in preparation of a ceramic composite fiber-based catalytic filter tube, and a method and a device for preparing a ceramic composite fiber-based catalytic filter tube. In the present disclosure, a loading reference value of a slurry is determined by a fiber length, a pH value, and a solid phase content of the slurry, thus evaluating a performance value of the slurry; initial working parameters for preparation are determined by comparing the loading reference value of the slurry with a preset value. During the actual preparation, a grouting amount is introduced to conduct conversion check on a quality of the slurry, so as to ensure a grouting pressure and a grouting pressure holding time during the grouting.

A macro electrically active mask includes two conductive layers separated by at least one filtering and insulating layer. The conductive layers are connected to each other by a power source. The power source includes an oscillator and a high voltage transformer. The power source generates a periodic voltage with a fundamental frequency and multiple harmonic frequencies. The power source is connected between the two conductive layers and the periodic voltage generates a periodic electric field between the two conductive layers. The fundamental frequency, the duty cycle, and the amplitude of the periodic voltage are configured to inactivate the microorganism that pass through the electric field.