Adsorbent Agglomerates for Reduced Pressure Loss
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional adsorption filters using separate particles in bulk face challenges such as high pressure loss, channel formation, and limited adsorption capacity due to the need for additional carriers and complex processing, while agglomerates lack flexibility and compressibility, restricting their use under mechanical stress.
Innovation Solution
The development of adsorptive systems comprising agglomerates formed by fixing different particulate adsorption materials with varying particle sizes and properties onto a binder carrier, optimizing surface coverage and adsorption capacity, and enabling flexible and compressible structures for improved mechanical stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If small adsorber particles are used in bulk to increase surface area and adsorption effectiveness, then adsorption capacity is improved, but pressure loss increases and channel formation occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The adsorber particles are segmented into hierarchical structures with sizes ranging from 0.1 to 5 mm, creating a distribution of particle sizes within the agglomerates. This segmentation allows smaller particles to provide high surface area for adsorption while larger particles maintain structural integrity and reduce pressure loss in bulk flow
Solution Approach 2:
The invention creates composite agglomerates combining adsorber particles of different sizes and potentially different adsorbent materials bound together by a binder material. This composite structure integrates the advantages of small particles (high surface area) with the advantages of large particles (low pressure loss, structural stability)
2Stability of the object's composition
If additional carrier materials and complex processing are used to create stable particle structures, then structural stability is improved, but device complexity and manufacturing complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The adsorber particles themselves serve as the structural carrier through agglomeration, eliminating the need for separate additional carrier materials. The particles bind to each other directly to form stable agglomerates, making the system self-sufficient and reducing manufacturing complexity
Solution Approach 2:
A binder material acts as an intermediary substance that facilitates the bonding between adsorber particles to form stable agglomerates. The binder enables structural stability without requiring complex additional carrier structures, simplifying the overall system design
3Strength
If agglomerates are formed to reduce pressure loss and improve mechanical stability, then pressure loss is reduced and mechanical stability is improved, but flexibility and compressibility are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The agglomerates are designed with dynamic properties that allow them to deform and compress under mechanical stress while maintaining their structural integrity. The binder material and particle arrangement enable the agglomerates to adapt their shape and density in response to external forces, providing both mechanical stability and flexibility
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach significantly reduces pressure loss, enhances adsorption capacity, and allows for flexible use under mechanical stress, achieving improved adsorption efficiency and broad spectrum adsorption properties without the need for additional carriers.
Implementation Method 1
fixing different particulate adsorption materials (A) and (B) with varying particle sizes and properties onto a binder carrier
Implementation Method 2
adsorber particles to remove poisons or pollutants and odors from gas or air streams or from liquids
Data Source
Figure 1A~1B
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AI summary
The invention relates to an adsorptive system, in particular on the basis of an agglomerate, comprising a plurality of adsorber particles, wherein the adsorber particles are fixed, in particular adhered, to a binding agent carrier and are combined by means of the binding agent carrier to form the adsorptive system, in particular to form an agglomerate, and wherein the adsorber particles have a first particulate adsorption material and a second particulate adsorption material which is different from the first particulate adsorption material.