Transparent Aldehyde Adsorbent Liquid for Uniform Coating

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing aldehyde gas adsorbents face challenges such as aggregation, poor storage stability, and difficulty in forming uniform coatings, especially when used in dark-colored products, due to issues with binder usage and high water content, leading to inadequate adsorption performance and appearance concerns.

Innovation Solution

A transparent aldehyde-gas-adsorbing liquid is developed by mixing a dihydrazide compound with a metal oxide sol at specific ratios, eliminating the need for binders and enhancing storage stability, allowing for efficient spray coating and maintaining appearance integrity.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If a powdered adsorbent is dispersed in a binder to form a coating, then the adsorbent can be applied to substrates, but the adsorbent powder aggregates and precipitates, forming a nonuniform suspension that is difficult to disperse uniformly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecoating applicationVSAvoiddispersion uniformity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the physical state of the adsorbent from powdered solid to liquid form, and adjusts the concentration parameters to create a stable liquid adsorbent solution that does not aggregate or precipitate, enabling uniform coating without the dispersion problems of powdered materials

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent removes the binder component from the traditional powder-binder-coating system, extracting the problematic binder that causes aggregation and precipitation, and uses a liquid adsorbent solution that can be applied directly without binders

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Reliability

If a powdered adsorbent is used for coating, then adsorption performance can be achieved, but the coated surface becomes white, making it impossible to use for dark-colored products or products requiring design

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadsorption performanceVSAvoidappearance color
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the physical state from powder to liquid and optimizes the concentration parameters to create a transparent or colored liquid adsorbent solution that does not whiten the substrate, allowing application to dark-colored products while maintaining adsorption performance

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Ease of manufacture

If a binder is used to coat the adsorbent powder, then the coating can be formed on the substrate, but the adsorbent powder is buried in the binder resin, degrading adsorption performance

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecoating formationVSAvoidadsorption performance
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent removes the binder from the coating system entirely, using a liquid adsorbent solution that can be applied directly to the substrate without binders, thereby preventing the adsorbent from being buried and maintaining high adsorption performance

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses the liquid solution itself as the medium for coating, eliminating the need for a separate binder intermediary, and the liquid serves both as the carrier and the coating material, applying uniformly without burying the adsorbent

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Ease of operation

If spraying is used to coat the adsorbent suspension, then easy application is achieved, but the spray nozzle may be blocked due to insufficient particle size control or high viscosity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespray coatingVSAvoidspray nozzle blocking
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the material from powdered suspension to liquid solution, optimizing viscosity and particle size parameters to create a sprayable liquid that flows smoothly without clogging nozzles, enabling easy spray coating operation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

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

The solution provides high aldehyde gas adsorption performance, excellent processability, and long-term storage stability without precipitation or discoloration, enabling effective reduction of aldehyde gases in indoor environments without impairing the appearance of coated substrates.

Implementation Method 1

aldehyde gas adsorbents comprising an amine compound are known to be effective

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectAdsorption: Adsorption

Implementation Method 2

a dihydrazide compound is often used due to its large adsorption capacity

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectChemical interaction: Chemical Bonding

Implementation Method 3

mixing a dihydrazide compound with a metal oxide sol at specific ratios

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectSol dispersion: Sol

Implementation Method 4

enhancing storage stability, allowing for efficient spray coating and maintaining appearance integrity

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectStabilization:

Implementation Method 5

efficient spray coating

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectSpray coating: Fluid Spray

Implementation Method 6

forming a uniform coating

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectDeposition: Deposition (physical)

Data Source

PatentUS9993801B2Aldehyde-gas-adsorbing liquid and gas-adsorbing processed product using same
Publication Date: 2018.06.12 TOAGOSEI CO LTD

AI summary

To provide a transparent aldehyde-gas-adsorbing liquid that has high adsorption performance for an aldehyde gas and excellent processability and storage stability. To also provide an aldehyde-gas-adsorbing processed product such as a paper or a nonwoven fabric or fiber exhibiting excellent adsorption performance using the gas-adsorbing liquid.An aldehyde-gas-adsorbing liquid that contains a dihydrazide compound and a metal oxide sol, the content of the dihydrazide compound being 1.3 to 6 mass % relative to the total amount of gas-adsorbing liquid, and the total content of the dihydrazide compound and the metal oxide sol solids content being 18 to 45 mass % relative to the total amount of gas-adsorbing liquid.