Modular Filter Housing Frame with Integrated Support and Duct
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing modular filter systems for gaseous fluid cleaning, such as air, require a large number of diverse components, leading to increased production and material costs, as well as complex installation geometries, which limits flexibility and scalability.
Innovation Solution
A modular filter system design where a single type of housing frame part can function as both a support and a duct, allowing for flexible configuration and reduced component diversity, enabling the creation of various filter module sizes and forms by combining multiple frame parts, and allowing for easy expansion of filtration capacity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional modular filter systems use separate components for supports and ducts, then the system provides functional clarity, but the number of diverse components increases and flexibility decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The housing frame part is designed to perform multiple functions simultaneously: it provides structural support for filter elements, forms duct sections for fluid flow, and enables modular assembly. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate support components and duct components, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines previously separate functions (support and duct) into a single integrated housing frame part. By merging these functions, the system reduces the total number of components needed while preserving the ability to configure different filtration capacities through modular assembly of the frame parts.
2Ease of manufacture
If multiple diverse components are used in modular filter systems, then specific functions are clearly defined, but production and material costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The housing frame part serves multiple purposes including structural support, duct formation, and modular connection, eliminating the need to manufacture separate support components and duct components. This reduces material variety and production complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses identical or similar housing frame parts throughout, rather than diverse specialized components. This homogeneity simplifies manufacturing processes, reduces material inventory requirements, and lowers production costs while maintaining functional clarity through modular arrangement.
3Adaptability or versatility
If traditional filter systems use fixed configurations, then manufacturing is simplified, but scalability and adaptability to different airflow volumes are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The filter system is divided into identical modular housing frame parts that can be assembled in different quantities and configurations. This segmentation enables scalable designs where the same basic module can be replicated to meet different airflow requirements without increasing component diversity.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular housing frame design allows the system configuration to be dynamically adjusted by adding or removing frame modules, enabling the filtration capacity to scale with airflow volume requirements while maintaining the same basic component design.
Data Source
AI summary
A modular filter system (10) for cleaning of gaseous fluid has at least one housing module (16) with at least one support (18) in which at least one filter element (20) is arranged and at least one duct for the gaseous fluid on the clean side of the at least one filter element (20). At least one housing module (16) has at least one housing frame part (24) which comprises at least one support section (38). The at least one support section (38) is suitable for realizing at least one support (18). The at least one housing frame part (24) has at least one duct section (40). The at least one duct section (40) is suitable for realizing at least one duct or duct part (22). The at least one housing frame part (24) can be applied in the housing module (16) such, that its at least one support section (38) can form at least one support (18) and/or its at least one duct section (40) can form at least one duct.