Water filter materials, water filters and kits containing silver coated particles and processes for using the same
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B01D-039/00
B01D-039/14
B01D-035/00
B01D-027/00
출원번호
UP-0705572
(2003-11-11)
등록번호
US-7614508
(2009-11-23)
발명자
/ 주소
Mitchell, Michael Donovan
Collias, Dimitris Ioannis
Bjorkquist, David William
Zaveri, Piyush Narendra
Woolley, Matthew Morgan
출원인 / 주소
PUR Water Purification Products Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Clay, Cynthia L.
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
8인용 특허 :
44
초록▼
A filter for providing potable water is provided. The filter includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet, a filter material disposed within the housing, the filter material formed at least in part from a plurality of mesoporous, basic, and reduced-oxygen activated carbon filter particles. Prefe
A filter for providing potable water is provided. The filter includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet, a filter material disposed within the housing, the filter material formed at least in part from a plurality of mesoporous, basic, and reduced-oxygen activated carbon filter particles. Preferably, at least some of the mesoporous activated carbon filter particles are coated with silver or a silver containing material. Kits comprising filters and information relating to the killing or removal of bacteria, viruses, and microbials are also provided.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. A filter for providing potable water, comprising: (a) a housing having an inlet and an outlet; and (b) a filter material disposed within said housing formed at least in part from a plurality of filter particles consisting of mesoporous activated carbon, wherein at least a por
What is claimed is: 1. A filter for providing potable water, comprising: (a) a housing having an inlet and an outlet; and (b) a filter material disposed within said housing formed at least in part from a plurality of filter particles consisting of mesoporous activated carbon, wherein at least a portion of said plurality of filter particles is at least partially coated with silver or a silver-containing material, and wherein: (i) the sum of the mesopore and macropore volumes of said filter particles is between about 0.2 mL/g and about 2 mL/g; wherein mesopore means an intra-particle pore having a diameter between 2 nm and 50 nm and macropore means an intra-particle pore having a diameter greater than 50 nm; (ii) the total pore volume of said filter particles is greater than about 0.4 mL/g and less than about 3 mL/g; and (iii) the ratio of the sum of the mesopore and macropore volumes to the total pore volume of said filter particles is greater than about 0.3; wherein said filter is operable to remove microorganisms from water flowing into said inlet and out of said outlet; and wherein said filter has a Filter Bacteria Log Removal of greater than about 2 logs and a Filter Viruses Log Removal of greater than about 1 log. 2. The filter of claim 1, wherein the sum of the mesopore and the macropore volumes of said plurality of filter particles is from greater than 0.4 mL/g to about 2 mL/g. 3. The filter of claim 1, wherein said plurality of filter particles has a Bacteria Removal Index of greater than about 99% and a Viruses Removal Index of greater than about 90%. 4. The filter of claim 1, wherein said filter material has a single-collector efficiency, η, of between about 0.005 and 0.25, and a filter coefficient, λ, between about 4.0 m-1 and about 14,000 m-1. 5. The filter of claim 1, wherein said plurality of filter particles are basic and have a point of zero charge between about 9 and about 12, an Oxidation Reduction Potential between about 290 mV and about 175 mV. 6. A filter for providing potable water, comprising: (a) a housing having an inlet and an outlet; and (b) a filter material disposed within said housing formed at least in part from a plurality of filter particles consisting of mesoporous activated carbon and other materials selected from the group consisting of activated carbon powders, activated carbon granules, activated carbon fibers, zeolites, activated alumina, activated magnesia, diaromaceous earth, activated Silica, hydrotalcites, glass, polyethylene fibers, polypropylene fibers, ethylene maleic anhydride copolymers fibers, sand, clay and mixtures thereof, wherein at least a portion of the other materials are coated with silver or a silver-containing material, wherein: (i) the sum of the mesopore and macropore volumes of said filter particles is between about 0.2 mL/g and about 2 mL/g; wherein mesopore means an intra-particle pore having a diameter between 2 nm and 50 nm, and macropore means an intra-particle pore having a diameter greater than 50 nm; (ii) the total pore volume of said filter particles is greater than about 0.4 mL/g and less than about 3 mL/g; and (iii) the ratio of the sum of the mesopore and muacropore volumes to the total pore volume of said filter particles is greater than about 0.3; wherein said filter is operable to remove microorganisms from water flowing into said inlet and out of said outlet; and wherein said filter has a Filter Bacteria Log Removal of greater than about 2 logs and a-Filter Viruses Log Removal of greater than about 1 log. 7. A kit comprising: i) a filter according to claim 1; and ii) a package for containing the filter; wherein either the package or the filter housing comprises information that the filter or filter material provides: bacterial removal; virus removal; microbial removal; killing of bacteria, killing of viruses, killing of microbials, or any combination of these. 8. A kit comprising: i) a filter according to claim 6; and ii) a package for containing the filter; wherein either the package or the filter housing comprises information that the filter or filter material provides: bacterial removal; virus removal; microbial removal; killing of bacteria, killing of viruses, killing of microbials, or any combination of these. 9. A process for providing potable water, comprising passing contaminated water through the filter of claim 1 to provide potable water. 10. A process for providing potable water, comprising passing contaminated water through the filter of claim 6 to provide potable water. 11. The filter of claim 2, wherein the sum of the mesopore and macropore volume of said filter particles is greater than about 0.4 mL/g and less than about 1 mL/g. 12. The filter of claim 1, wherein the total pore volume of said filter particles is greater than about 0.4 mL/g and less than about 2 mL/g. 13. The filter of claim 1, wherein the pore volume is at least 0.03 mL/g for pore diameters between about 4 nm and about 6 nm. 14. The filter of claim 1, wherein said filter has a Filter Bacteria Log Removal of greater than about 4 logs, and a Filter Viruses Log Removal of greater than about 2 logs. 15. The filter of claim 14, wherein said filter has a Filter Bacteria Log Removal of greater than about 6 logs, and a Filter Viruses Log Removal of greater than about 4 logs. 16. The filter of claim 1, wherein said filter has a single-collector efficiency, η, of greater than about 0.002. 17. The filter of claim 1, wherein said filter particles are wood-based activated carbon particles having a Brunauer, Emmet, and Teller (BET) specific surface area between about 1,000 m2/g and about 2,000 m2/g, a total pore volume between about 0.8 mL/g and about 2 mL/g, and the sum of the mesopore and macropore volumes is between about 0.4 mL/g and about 1.5 mL/g.
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