Ribbed Permeable Panels for Activated Carbon Filter Housing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing flat activated carbon filters for industrial air treatment face issues with deformation due to weight, leading to installation and removal challenges, and the need for welding causes corrosion and dust leakage.
Innovation Solution
The use of ribbed permeable panels that eliminate the need for internal constraining means and welding, maintaining structural integrity and textile continuity while preventing preferential airflow pathways.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If internal constraining means are used to prevent deformation, then structural stability is improved, but device complexity and corrosion risk increase due to welding requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies curvature by transforming flat panels into ribbed panels with curved surfaces. The ribs create a three-dimensional structure that inherently resists deformation without requiring additional internal constraining means or welding, thus resolving the contradiction between structural stability and device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds dimensional complexity by introducing ribs that extend perpendicular to the panel surface. This transforms two-dimensional flat panels into three-dimensional ribbed structures, providing structural stability through geometric form rather than through complex assembly components or welding
2Strength
If welding is used to join panels to frame, then structural strength is improved, but harmful factors increase due to corrosion and dust leakage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the welding operation from the manufacturing process entirely. By designing panels and frames with complementary geometries that mechanically interlock through insertion, the solution removes the source of corrosion and dust leakage associated with welding, while maintaining structural strength through the ribbed panel design
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the welding mechanical system with a mechanical insertion system. Instead of joining materials through thermal fusion and metallurgical bonding, the design uses geometric interlocking of ribbed panels with frame channels, eliminating the harmful effects of welding while maintaining structural integrity
3Ease of manufacture
If flat panels are used, then ease of manufacture is improved, but deformations occur under weight leading to installation challenges
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces curvature through ribbed panel design, transforming flat panels into three-dimensional structures with enhanced stiffness. This geometric reinforcement prevents sagging and deformation under weight, ensuring panels maintain their shape during installation and operation while remaining manufacturable through forming processes
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 solution minimizes deformations, ensures continuous textile material for dust containment, and prevents corrosion, maintaining efficient air treatment performance without the need for welding.
Implementation Method 1
The housing 20 comprises a perimeter frame 26 and two permeable panels 28 parallel to each other, wherein at least one of the two panels 28 is a ribbed panel 282
Implementation Method 2
a bag 36 made of textile, NWF or micro-perforated material is adapted to avoid the dispersion of dust. In fact, during the production of the filter 22 and the subsequent handling it undergoes up to the time of assembly, the impacts and rubbing that inevitably occur between the granules produce carbon dust 24
Implementation Method 3
activated carbon filters are capable of capturing a vast range of pollutants by adsorption, thus removing them from the fluid
Data Source
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AI summary
The invention relates to a housing 20 for a flat filter 22 with activated carbon 24 for industrial use. The housing comprises a perimetral frame 26 and two permeable panels 28 parallel to each other. At least one of the two panels 28 is a corrugated panel 282. The present invention also relates to a filter 22 with activated carbon 24 for industrial use comprising the housing 20, a bag 36 made of textile material and a predetermined amount of activated carbon 24. The present invention also relates to a process for manufacturing the housing for activated filters.