US20140326661A1 - Liquid filtration media containing melt-blown fibers - Google Patents

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US20140326661A1 US14/238,436 US201214238436A US2014326661A1 US 20140326661 A1 US20140326661 A1 US 20140326661A1 US 201214238436 A US201214238436 A US 201214238436A US 2014326661 A1 US2014326661 A1 US 2014326661A1
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  • the present invention is directed to filtration media, filter elements, and methods of filtering liquid fuels.
  • the invention is directed to filtration media for the removal of fuel degradation products (FDPs) and other contaminants from liquid fuels.
  • FDPs fuel degradation products
  • Liquid fuels such as diesel fuel
  • Such fuels must generally be filtered so as to remove particulate contaminants, which can otherwise create significant problems in engine performance and can result in damage to the engine.
  • Filter media for removal of these particulate contaminants has generally been required to remove very high percentages of particles, necessitating use of filter media with tight pore structures. Without such tight pore structures, unacceptable levels of particles can pass through the filter media and detrimentally affect engine performance.
  • melt-blown media One media currently used for removal of particulate contaminants from fuel streams is melt-blown media.
  • melt-blown media can perform adequately in removing particulate contaminants from liquid fuels, the melt-blown media can readily foul from buildup of contaminants other than traditional particulate contaminants. This premature fouling appears to be particularly pronounced in situations where fuel undergoes repeated heating and cooling cycles, such as in common rail systems used on many diesel engines.
  • diesel fuel is pumped from a fuel tank at high pressure along a common conduit (or rail) that is connected to multiple fuel injectors. Some of the diesel fuel passes through the fuel injectors and is combusted, but the remainder is delivered back to the fuel tank at an increased temperature as a result of travelling down the common rail through portions of the hot diesel engine. Once back in the tank the fuel rapidly cools. Repeated cycles of heating and cooling of the fuel are believed to contribute in the production of fuel degradation products that accelerate fouling of traditional fuel filter media.
  • the present invention is directed to filter media configured and arranged for placement in a fluid fuel stream, to filter elements manufactured using the filter media, and to methods of filtering fuel streams.
  • the filter media and elements are configured for applications where fuel can contain various other contaminants besides conventional hard particles. These additional contaminants can include (for example) waxes, asphaltenes, sterol glucosides, steryl glucosides, sterol glycosides, and various fuel degradation products (FDPs). Collectively, these additional contaminants can be referred to as fuel contamination products (FCPs).
  • FCPs fuel contamination products
  • the filter media is especially configured to remove fuel degradation products (FDPs), as well as similar fuel contamination products (FCPs).
  • the filter media comprises an upstream layer of filter media and a downstream layer of filter media.
  • the upstream layer of filter media contains melt blown polymeric fibers, such as polyester fibers.
  • the downstream layer of filter media comprises cellulose fibers.
  • the upstream layer of media containing melt blown fibers can be laminated to the downstream cellulose media.
  • the upstream layer of media removes fuel degradation products in a manner such that filter life is preserved, or even extended, relative to prior art filter media.
  • the downstream cellulose layer serves a dual role as a support layer for the upstream filter layer, while also functioning to remove hard particles from the fuel stream.
  • the upstream removal of the fuel degradation products avoids fouling of the downstream cellulose layer with the fuel degradation products, thereby allowing the downstream cellulose layer to capture hard particles without premature fouling, despite a tight pore structure.
  • the downstream cellulose layer can be constructed with a tighter pore structure than would otherwise be possible without the upstream layer (or layers) of media containing melt blown fibers, because the upstream layer (or layers) remove fuel degradation products (or fuel contaminant products) that would otherwise prematurely foul the tighter pore structures.
  • the invention is directed to various filter constructions that allow for removal of contaminants such as fuel degradation products and other fuel contamination products.
  • Such filter constructions can comprise, for example, one or more areas of filter media containing a mixture of at least two types of fibers: (1) a media fiber and (2) a scaffold fiber.
  • Media fiber is generally that fiber that provides primary filtration properties to the media, such as controllable pore size, permeability and efficiency.
  • the media fiber used in accordance with the invention may be, for example, melt blown fiber, glass fiber or carbon fiber.
  • the scaffold fiber may be, for example, a melt blown or bicomponent fiber. Suitable melt blown fibers include, in particular, polyester fibers.
  • the scaffold fiber provides support for the media fiber, and adds improved handling, adds greater strength, and results in lower compressibility to the media.
  • the use of the scaffold fiber reduces compressibility, and allows for lower solidity, increases tensile strength and improves bonding of media fiber such as melt blown fiber or glass fiber and other sub-micron fiber materials that are added to the media layer or filter element.
  • the media fiber has a much smaller diameter than the scaffold fiber.
  • the media fiber has an average diameter less than 5 microns, while the scaffold fiber has an average diameter greater than 5 microns. More typically, the media fiber will have an average diameter from 0.1 to 20 microns, and optionally from 0.1 to 15 microns. In some implementations the media fiber will have an average diameter from 0.4 to 12 microns, and in some implementations from 0.4 to 6.5 microns. Media fibers with an average diameter of less than 10 microns, less than 7.5 microns, less than 6.5 microns, and less than 5 microns are often desirable.
  • the scaffold fiber will typically have a diameter from 5 to 40 microns, more typically from 7 to 20 microns, and often from 10 to 14 microns. In certain implementations the scaffold fiber will have an average diameter of greater than 5 microns, greater than 7 microns, greater than 10 microns, greater than 20 microns, or greater than 30 microns. It will be noted that the diameter of both the media fibers and the scaffold fibers can be variable. In some cases the fiber diameters will vary along their lengths, while more commonly multiple different fibers of various diameters will be incorporated. It will be understood that, as used herein, fiber diameters are based upon average fiber diameters for the fibers present in the media.
  • a further characteristic of filter media made in accordance with the present invention, and in particular that portion of the media associated with sequestering FDPs (and related contaminants), is that the media typically has a relatively low solidity level.
  • solidity is the solid fiber volume divided by the total volume of the filter medium at issue, usually expressed as a percentage.
  • solidity of the filter media associated with sequestering FDPs is less than 15 percent, more typically less than 12 percent, and more frequently less than 10 percent. In certain embodiments the solidity is less than 9 percent, less than 8 percent, or less than 7 percent.
  • the filter media made in accordance with the present invention is relatively incompressible, especially relative to the solidity of the media.
  • the filter media has a compressibility of less than 40 percent at a pressure of 1.24 kg/cm 2 .
  • the filter media has a compressibility of less than 30 percent at a pressure of 1.24 kg/cm 2 , less than 20 percent at a pressure of 1.24 kg/cm 2 , and less than 10 percent at a pressure of 1.24 kg/cm 2 . It will thus be understood that the fitter media of the present invention, at least that portion of the media most suitable for FDP removal, will typically have a relatively low solidity as well as a relatively low compressibility (or high stiffness).
  • the pore structures of the media provide further metrics by which the properties of the media associated with sequestering FDPs can be measured.
  • the ratio of max pore size to mean flow pore is often at least 2.5, optionally at least 5.0, and in some implementations greater than 7.5. In certain embodiments, where the mean flow pore is very small and the max flow pore is relatively high, this ratio may be greater than 10.0, and optionally greater than 12.5 or 15. High ratios of the max flow pore to the mean flow pore reflect a wider pore size distribution, which can provide for reduced fouling from FDPs (and related) contaminants.
  • the media can also be selected to have a favorable pore size distribution, as measured by the ratio of pore sizes at the 15.9 th percentile to that at the 50th percentile, which is geometric standard deviation for a lognormal distribution (a distribution which is normal for the logarithm transformed value). While the media pore size distribution is not necessarily lognormal, the ratio is employed here to approximate the geometric standard deviation of the pore size distribution. Unless otherwise stated, the geometric standard deviation mentioned below will refer to the ratio defined above. The geometric standard deviation is analogous to the slope of the curve of pore diameter plotted against cumulative pore volume. A geometric standard deviation of 1.0 gives a single pore size, while a larger geometric standard deviation reflects a broadening of the pore distribution.
  • a geometric standard deviation of 1.2 reflects a narrow distribution
  • a geometric standard deviation of 2.0 indicates a meaningfully broader distribution
  • a geometric standard deviation of 2.5 is a relatively broad distribution
  • a geometric standard deviation of 3.0 is a very broad distribution.
  • the upstream filter material of the present invention containing media fiber and scaffold fiber will have a geometric standard deviation of greater than 2.0, more typically greater than 3.0, and in some implementations greater than 4.0.
  • filter media made in accordance with the present invention is often comprised of two or more layers: an upstream filter material (containing media fiber and scaffold fiber, such as: melt blown fibers; glass fiber and bicomponent fibers, glass and melt blown fibers; or melt blown fibers and bicomponent fibers) is desirably combined with a downstream filter material.
  • This downstream filter material is generally selected for favorable removal of particulate contaminants.
  • the downstream material may comprise, for example, cellulose fiber.
  • the mode pore size of the upstream portion is greater than the mode pore size of the downstream portion.
  • the mode pore size of the upstream portion (bicomponent/glass) may be at least 20 percent or at least 40 percent greater than the mode pore size of the downstream portion (cellulose media).
  • the mode pore size of the upstream portion is at least 20 percent greater than the mode pore size of the downstream portion; and the mean flow pore size of the upstream portion is less than 90 percent of the mean pore flow size of the downstream portion.
  • the mode pore size of the upstream portion is greater than the mode pore size of the downstream portion.
  • the mode pore size of the upstream portion may be at least 40 percent greater or at least 60 percent greater than the mode pore size of the downstream portion.
  • the mean flow pore size of the upstream portion is less than the mean pore flow size of the downstream portion.
  • the mean flow pore size of the upstream portion may be less than 70 percent or less than 50 percent of the mean pore flow size of the downstream portion.
  • downstream portion may contain fiber having an average diameter or cross-section greater than the average diameter of the media fiber the upstream portion.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a fuel system for a diesel engine.
  • FIG. 2 is a graph of pore density versus diameter to show mode pore size for a media.
  • FIG. 3 is a graph of cumulative pore size distribution to show mean flow pore size for a media.
  • FIG. 4A is a cross sectional schematic view of a media construction made in accordance with an implementation of the invention.
  • FIG. 4B is a cross sectional schematic view of a second media construction made in accordance with an implementation of the invention.
  • FIG. 4C is a cross sectional schematic view of a third media construction made in accordance with an implementation of the invention.
  • FIG. 4D is a cross sectional schematic view of a fourth media construction made in accordance with an implementation of the invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic representation of a cross section of a portion of a filter structure according to one embodiment of the invention, showing relative pore sizes.
  • FIG. 6 is a multi-stage fuel filter according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • the present invention is directed in part to filter media and filter elements for the removal of contaminant material from a liquid fuel stream.
  • the filter elements and media are configured for removal of additional contaminants besides hard particles, these additional contaminants including (for example) waxes, asphaltenes, sterol glucosides, steryl glucosides, sterol glycosides, and fuel degradation products—collectively referred to as fuel contamination products.
  • the filter elements and media allow for improved filter performance and longevity.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a common rail fuel system for a diesel engine.
  • a fuel tank 100 is in fluid communication with a fuel pump 102 and fuel filter 104 .
  • Fuel is pumped from the fuel tank 100 through the filter 104 , and then into a common rail 106 that serves as a manifold from which the diesel fuel is distributed to a plurality of injectors 108 .
  • Some of the fuel passes through the injectors 108 into combustion chambers, but excess fuel is allowed to flow back by way of return line 110 to the fuel tank 100 .
  • the fuel that is delivered back to the fuel tank is typically returned at an increased temperature as a result of travelling down the common rail through portions of the hot diesel engine.
  • the fuel cools upon return to the fuel tank. In this manner portions of the fuel in the tank are continuously being heated and cooled whenever the engine is running.
  • FDPs fuel degradation products
  • the FDPs can quickly accumulate on traditional fuel filtration media, resulting in premature fouling of the media.
  • Such fouling can occur, for example, on melt blown polyester filter media, as well as on cellulose fitter media.
  • the fouling occurs as the FDPs, and potentially other fuel contaminant products (such as various waxes, asphaltenes, sterol glucosides, steryl glucosides, sterol glycosides) build up upon the filter media, causing plugging of the pores and premature failure.
  • the present invention overcomes the shortcoming of the prior art by providing a media construction that removes fuel contaminants in a manner such that their impact on filter performance and filter life can be limited.
  • the present invention provides one or more layers or areas of media that effectively sequester contaminants such as FDPs, while being constructed to avoid becoming prematurely plugged.
  • FDPs effectively sequester contaminants
  • other components within the filter eluding in some cases other layers within a multi-layered media avoid premature plugging. The result is a longer life, better performing filter media and filter element.
  • the filter media comprises various sized melt blown fibers laminated on the upstream side of cellulose media, with the cellulose also serving a dual role as a hard particle filter and a support for the thermally bonded glass.
  • the melt blown media functions to remove the FDPs in a fashion such that the FDPs are removed while premature plugging of the cellulose layer is avoided.
  • This improved performance is achieved, in part, by selecting the a fiber mixture so that the media has a relatively low solidity, while retaining a relatively low compressibility.
  • some of the fibers are relatively thin and in high concentrations while other fibers are relatively thick and in lower concentrations, result in a media having small mean flow pore sizes, but also typically relatively high maximum pore sizes.
  • media that has relatively low solidity and low compressibility, while also having a small mean flow pore size but a high maximum flow pore size, results in a media construction that effectively removes FDP compounds without premature plugging.
  • Preferred materials for the media fiber are those that have relatively high tensile strength and can be meltspun into small diameter fibers.
  • Preferred materials for scaffold fiber have relatively higher values for modulus of elasticity than materials used for media fibers.
  • the performance of the media can be measured by a compressibility-solidity factor (“CS Factor”) which is determined as the multiple of the compression percent times the solidity percent. In both cases, lower numbers are generally preferred.
  • a compression percent of 10 percent, along with a solidity percent of 10 percent, will provide a CS Factor of 100.
  • a CS Factor of below 600 is desired.
  • CS Factors of less than 500, less than 450, less than 400, and less than 350 are all suitable for certain implementations of the invention.
  • CS Factors of less than 300 can be particularly desirable, as are CS Factors of less than 250, less than 200, and even less than 150.
  • CS Factors of less than 150 are also desirable, in particular less than 125, less than 100, and less than 75.
  • filter media and elements Suitable materials and configurations of filter media and elements will now be described in greater detail, including a discussion of the media for removing fuel contaminant products (especially FDPs), followed by a discussion of various media configurations having additional media layers or areas for removing of both FDP contaminants and traditional contaminants, a discussion of filter element configurations, and a discussion of experimental results.
  • fuel contaminant products especially FDPs
  • FDPs fuel contaminant products
  • filter element configurations Suitable materials and configurations of filter media and elements will now be described in greater detail, including a discussion of the media for removing fuel contaminant products (especially FDPs), followed by a discussion of various media configurations having additional media layers or areas for removing of both FDP contaminants and traditional contaminants, a discussion of filter element configurations, and a discussion of experimental results.
  • the present invention is directed, in part to various filter constructions that allow for removal of contaminants such as fuel degradation products, and in some implementations contaminants such as waxes, asphaltenes, sterol glucosides, steryl glucosides, and sterol glycosides.
  • Such filter constructions can contain one or more layers or areas of filter media containing a mixture of two (or more) types of fibers: (1) a media fiber and (2) a scaffold fiber. These fibers are typically selected to include at least some melt blown fibers, optionally with the use of non-meltblown fibers.
  • Meltblown fibers are generally formed by extruding a molten thermoplastic material through a plurality of die capillaries as molten threads or filaments into converging high velocity, usually hot, gas (e.g. air) streams which attenuate the filaments of molten thermoplastic material to reduce their diameter. Thereafter, the meltblown fibers can be carried by the high velocity gas stream and are deposited on a collecting surface to form a web of randomly dispersed meltblown fibers.
  • Meltblown processes are disclosed, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 3,849,241 to Butin et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 4,100,324 to Anderson et al., U.S. Pat. No. 3,959,421 to Weber et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 5,652,048 to Haynes et al.; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,271,883 to Timmons et al.
  • Suitable thermoplastic polymers for forming the meltblown fibers include, but are not limited to, polyolefins, polycondensates (e.g., polyamides, polyesters, polycarbonates, and polyarylates), vinyl polymers, polyols, polydienes, polyurethanes, polyethers, polyacrylates, polycarbonates, polystyrenes, and so forth.
  • suitable polyolefins include, by way of example only, polyethylene, polybutene and copolymers and/or blends thereof.
  • the fibers can comprise ethylene polymers and copolymers thereof and more particularly can comprise copolymers of ethylene with alpha-olefins.
  • polymers suitable for making media fibers also include poly(1-pentene), poly(2-pentene), poly(3-methyl-1-pentene), poly(4-methyl-1-pentene), nylon, polybutylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, and so forth.
  • thermoplastic elastomers are also suitable for use with the present invention such as, for example, ethylene-propylene rubbers, styrenic block copolymers, copolyester elastomers, polyamide elastomers and so forth.
  • the first layer of the nonwoven web comprises fibers of crystalline polymers having a crystallinity greater than 20% and still more desirably a crystallinity of about 30% or more and even still more desirably a crystallinity of about 50% or more.
  • the media fiber web can comprise a polyester polymer.
  • Polyester and more particularly poly(butylene terephthalate) resin (PBT) can be used in accordance with the teachings of the present invention.
  • PBT resins generally have good characteristics for meltblown processes.
  • the polyester resins used to form the meltblown webs of the invention include an aromatic dicarboxylic acid (or derivative thereof), a linear diol, and at least one additional aliphatic branched or cyclic diol.
  • the polyester resins may include polybutylene terephthalate) based polymers (PBT) or polybutylene napthalate) based polymers (PBN), where the resins are modified with one or more additional aliphatic dials.
  • the polyester copolymers produced according to the present invention should have properties suitable for meltblown processes and nonwoven applications. If the polyester used to make the meltblown webs is a terephthalate resin, it may have a melting point in the range of from 200-220° C. If the polyester used is a naphthalate resin, it may have a melting point in the range of from 220-240° C.
  • the polyester resins may have an intrinsic viscosity (I.V.) in the range of from 0.5 to 0.8 dl/g. If the intrinsic viscosity of the polyester constituting the meltblown webs of this invention is lower than 0.5, the polymer produces molten fibers with melt strengths that are too low for attenuation—the fibers tend to break under the high velocity gas streams. Additionally, if the intrinsic viscosity is in excess of 0.8, the polymer is too viscous to be extruded through the die orifices.
  • I.V. intrinsic viscosity
  • the scaffold fiber layer comprises larger fibers of sufficient number and size so to create an open structure having improved strength relative to the first media fiber layer.
  • the scaffold fiber layer has a significant number of fibers in excess of about 15 micrometers and still more desirably has a substantial number of fibers in excess of about 25 micrometers.
  • the coarse fibers can comprise a plurality of smaller fibers having diameters between about 10 and about 35 micrometers and still more desirably an average fiber diameter of between about 12 micrometers and about 25 micrometers wherein the individual fibers “rope” or otherwise become length-wise bonded so as to collectively form large, unitary fibers or filaments.
  • the length-wise bonded fibers are treated as a single fiber.
  • the meltblown fiber can be used either as a media fiber or as a binder fiber, or both, depending upon the desired properties of the material.
  • Media fiber is that fiber that provides primary filtration properties to the media, such as controllable pore size, permeability and efficiency.
  • the media fiber used in accordance with the invention may be, for example, melt blown fiber, glass fiber, carbon fiber, ceramic fibers, polyester or cellulose.
  • suitable media fibers should have an average diameter of less than 15 microns, more desirably less than 10 microns, and preferably less than 5 microns.
  • the filter media useful in the filter media packs of the invention are provided.
  • media fibers in an amount corresponding to about 10% to 90% by weight of the total solids in the filter medium, or about 20 to 80% by weight of the total solids in the filter medium, or about 25% to 75% by weight of the total solids in the filter medium, or about 50% by weight of the total solids in the filter medium.
  • the media fibers correspond to greater than 10% by weight of the total solids in the filter media, while in other implementations, the media fibers correspond to greater than 20% by weight of the total solids in the filter media, and in yet other implementations the media fibers correspond to greater than 50% by weight of the total solids in the filter media.
  • the media fibers correspond to less than 75% by weight of the total solids in the filter media, while in other implementations, the media fibers correspond to less than 50% by weight of the total solids in the filter media, and in yet other implementations the media fibers correspond to greater than 25% by weight of the total solids in the filter media.
  • a blend of more than one source of media fiber is employed, wherein the blend of more than one source of glass fiber is employed to form the total weight percent of media fiber in the filter medium.
  • the blend of glass fiber sources is selected to control the permeability of the filter media.
  • combining glass fibers from more than one source of media fiber having an average fiber diameter of about 0.3 to 0.5 micrometer, media fiber having an average fiber diameter of about 1 to 2 micrometers, glass fiber having an average fiber diameter about 3 to 6 micrometers, glass fiber with a fiber diameter of about 6 to 10 micrometers, and media fiber with fiber diameter of about 10 to 100 micrometers in varying proportions, including blends of two or more thereof, increases the permeability of the filter media pack.
  • the glass fiber blends are selected to impart a controlled pore size, resulting in a defined permeability, to a filter medium.
  • the media fiber can include glass fiber.
  • Suitable media fiber comprises a glass fiber used in media of the present invention include glass types known by the designations: A, C, D, E, Zero Boron E, ECR, AR, R, S, S-2, N, and the like, and generally, any glass that can be made into fibers either by drawing processes used for making reinforcement fibers or spinning processes used for making thermal insulation fibers.
  • Such fiber is typically used as a diameter about 0.1 to 10 micrometers and an aspect ratio (length divided by diameter) of about 10 to 10,000.
  • These commercially available fibers are characteristically sized with a sizing coating.
  • Commercial sources for suitable glass materials include the following: Lauscha International, Evanite, Johns Manville, Owen Corning, and others.
  • an alternative fiber suitable in some implementations for the media fiber comprises carbon fibers.
  • suitable carbon fibers should have an average diameter of less than 25 microns, more desirably less than 15 microns, and preferably less than 10 microns.
  • Commercial sources for suitable carbon materials include the following: Unitika, Kynol, and others.
  • the scaffold fiber provides support for the media fiber, and adds improved handling, strength, and resistance to compression to the media fiber.
  • the scaffold fiber also provides improved processability during furnish formulation, sheet or layer formation and downstream processing (including thickness adjustment, drying, cutting and filter element formation).
  • the scaffold fiber may be, for example, a melt blown fiber.
  • meltblowing or meltspinning equipment can be used to produce such larger, coarse fibers by properly balancing the polymer throughput, diameter of the die tip orifice, formation height (i.e. the distance from the die tip to the forming surface), melt temperature and/or draw air temperature.
  • the last bank in a series of meltblown fiber banks can be adjusted whereby the last meltblown bank makes and deposits a layer of scaffold fibers over the newly formed media fiber nonwoven web.
  • the thickness or basis weight of the scaffold fiber layer can be increased as desired by increasing the number of consecutive meltblown banks altered to provide larger, coarse fibers.
  • the scaffold fiber layer can be deposited co-extensively with the media fiber layer.
  • the scaffold fibers are not significantly drawn and/or oriented. Nevertheless, since the scaffold fibers are deposited upon the media fibers in a semi-molten state they form good inter-fiber bonds with the media fiber fibers as well as other coarse fibers and thereby provide a composite structure which has improved strength and resistance to pilling during handling, converting and/or use.
  • the scaffold fiber layer forms an open structure that does not significantly decrease the filtration efficiency and/or create tinting or other particulates detrimental to use of the same in filtration applications.
  • the scaffold fiber may also be a bicomponent fiber.
  • bicomponent fiber means a fiber formed from a thermoplastic material having at least one fiber portion with a melting point and a second thermoplastic portion with a lower melting point. The physical configuration of these fiber portions is typically in a side-by-side or sheath-core structure. In side-by-side structure, the two resins are typically extruded in a connected form in a side-by-side structure. Other useful morphologies include lobed bicomponent fibers, wherein the tips of the fibers have lobes that are formed from a lower melting point polymer than the rest of the fiber.
  • the use of the bicomponent fiber enables the formation of a media layer or filter element that can be formed with no separate resin binder or with minimal amounts of a resin binder that substantially reduces or prevents film formation from the binder resin and also prevents lack of uniformity in the media or element due to migration of the resin to a particular location of the media layer.
  • the use of the bicomponent fiber can permit reduced compression, improved solidity, and increased tensile strength in the filter media and improves utilization of media fiber such as glass fiber and other sub-micron fiber materials that are added to the media layer or filter element.
  • the media fibers and scaffold fibers combine in various proportions to forma high strength material having substantial filtration capacity, permeability and filtration lifetime.
  • Such a media can be made with optional secondary fibers and other additive materials. These components combine to form a high strength material having substantial flow capacity, permeability and high strength.
  • Bicomponent fibers may also be used as the scaffold fiber.
  • Various combinations of polymers for the bicomponent fiber may be useful in the present invention, in an embodiment the first polymer component melts at a temperature lower than the melting temperature of the second polymer component and typically below 205° C. Further, the bicomponent fibers are typically integrally mixed and evenly dispersed with the media fibers. Melting of the first polymer component of the bicomponent fiber is necessary to allow the bicomponent fibers to form a tacky skeletal structure, which upon cooling, captures and binds many of the media fibers, as well as binds to other bicomponent fibers.
  • the low melting point e.g., about 80 to 205° C.
  • thermoplastic is typically extruded around a fiber of the higher melting (e.g., about 120 to 260° C.) point material.
  • the bicomponent fibers typically have a fiber diameter of about 5 to 50 micrometers, often about 10 to 20 micrometers, and typically in a fiber form generally have a length of 0.1 to 20 millimeters or often have a length of about 0.2 to about 15 millimeters.
  • Such fibers can be made from a variety of thermoplastic materials including polyolefins (such as polyethylenes), polyesters (such as polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, polycyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate), nylons including nylon 6, nylon 6,6, nylon 6,12, etc.
  • Bicomponent fibers are useful in forming mechanically stable, but strong, permeable filtration media.
  • the bicomponent fibers useful in the filter assemblies of the invention are of a core/shell (or sheathed) morphology, side-by-side morphology, islands-in-the-sea morphology, or lobed morphology.
  • the bicomponent fibers are made up of at least two thermoplastic materials having different melting points.
  • thermoplastic polymers useful in forming either the core or the sheath of the bicomponent fibers useful in filter media of the present invention include polyolefins such as polyethylene, polybutylene, poly- ⁇ -octene, and copolymers thereof including linear low density, low density, high density, ultra-high density, and other morphological and compositional designations; polytetrahaloethylenes such as polytetrafluoroethylene and polychlorotrifluoroethylene; polyesters such as polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, or polyethylene naphtha late; polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl alcohol, and copolymers thereof; polyvinyl halides such as polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene halides such as polyvinylidene chloride, polyvinylidene fluoride, and the like and copolymers thereof; polyacetals such as polyvinyl butyral, acrylic resins (polyacrylates)
  • a polyolefin/polyester sheath/core bicomponent fiber is employed whereby the polyolefin sheath melts at a lower temperature than the polyester core.
  • the bicomponent fiber comprises a polyester sheath and a polyester core.
  • two polyolefins, or two polyesters, two polyvinyl halide, two polyvinylidene halide, two polyamide polymers, or any other two polymers that are similar or identical chemically are employed as core and sheath, wherein compositional (e.g.
  • the particular monomer composition mix used to synthesize the polymer, or the blockiness of the monomer concentration in a copolymer), molecular weight, or morphological differences such as degree of branching or degree of side chain crystallization and the like provide lower and higher melting or softening polymer materials.
  • the lower melting point component of the bicomponent fibers is employed as the sheath in a core/sheath morphology (or shell in a core/shell morphology), as the lobes in a lobed morphology, as the “islands” in an islands-in-the-sea morphology, or as one side of a side-by-side morphology.
  • the lower melting component provides a melt fusing capability to the formed filter media pack, wherein the nonwoven wet laid or air laid webs are heated to a temperature above the melting point or glass transition temperature of the lower melting component and below the melting point or glass transition temperature of the higher melting component.
  • melt fusing is accomplished when the molten or softened fiber components contact other bicomponent fibers, as well as any other fibers and additives within the formed wet laid or air laid filter media pack.
  • the bicomponent fibers when the temperature is subsequently reduced to at or below the intended end use temperature, the bicomponent fibers have become at least partially melt fused by virtue of the sheath (or lobe or side), while substantially retaining the nonwoven characteristics of loft, permeability, porosity, basis weight, thickness, and the like imparted by the air laid or wet laid process employed to form the media. These nonwoven characteristics are retained by virtue of the higher melting core or side of the bicomponent fiber that retains its fibrous morphology during melt fusing.
  • melt fused bicomponent fiber imparts desirable properties, including reduced compression and increased tensile strength; the melt fused bicomponent fiber further improves utilization and retention of media fiber and other secondary fibers and/or additive materials in the filter media or filter assemblies of the invention.
  • core/sheath bicomponent fibers known as Advansa 271P available from E. I. Dupont Nemours, Wilmington Del. is useful in forming both the high loft and low loft filter media useful in the filter assemblies of the invention.
  • Other useful bicomponent fibers include the T-200 series of concentric core/sheath fibers available from Fiber Innovation Technology, Inc. of Johnson City, Tenn.; Kuraray N720, available from Engineered Fibers Technology, LLC of Shelton, Conn.; Nichimen 4080, available from Nichimen America Inc. of New York, N.Y.; and similar materials. All of these fibers demonstrate the characteristics of melt fusing as described above.
  • Spunbond fibers can also be used as the scaffold fibers.
  • Spunbond fibers are often about 10 microns or greater in diameter.
  • Spunbond webs (having an average fiber diameter less than about 10 microns) may be achieved by various methods including, but not limited to, those described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,200,669 to Marmon et al. and U.S. Pat. No. 5,759,926 to Pike et al.
  • the term “polymer” generally includes, but is not limited to, homopolymers, copolymers, such as for example, block, graft, random and alternating copolymers, terpolymers, etc. and blends and modifications thereof.
  • the term “polymer” shall include all possible geometrical configurations of the molecule. These configurations include, but are not limited to isotactic, syndiotactic and random symmetries.
  • the performance properties of the filter media are significantly impacted by controlling attributes relating to the fiber size, pore structure, solidity, and compressibility of the filter media.
  • attributes relating to the fiber size, pore structure, solidity, and compressibility of the filter media are significantly impacted by controlling attributes relating to the fiber size, pore structure, solidity, and compressibility of the filter media.
  • the use of a media that has relatively low solidity and low compressibility, while also having a small mean flow pore size but a large maximum flow pore size results in an example media construction that can remove FDP compounds without premature plugging.
  • the media fiber has a much smaller diameter than the scaffold fiber.
  • the media fiber has an average diameter of less than 5 microns, while the scaffold fiber has an average diameter of greater than 5 microns. More typically, the media fiber will have an average diameter from 0.1 to 20 microns, and optionally from 0.1 to 15 microns. In some implementations the media fiber will have an average diameter from 0.4 to 12 microns, and in some implementations from 0.4 to 6.5 microns. Media fibers with an average diameter of less than 10 microns, less than 7.5 microns, less than 6.5 microns, and less than 5 microns are often desirable.
  • the scaffold fiber will typically have a diameter from 5 to 40 microns, more typically from 7 to 20 microns, and often from 10 to 14 microns.
  • the scaffold fibers can have significantly larger diameters, including up to 100, 150, 250, 300, 350, 400 or 500 microns in various implementations. Note that the diameter of both the media fibers and the scaffold fibers can be variable. In some cases the fiber diameters will vary along their lengths, white more commonly fibers of different diameters will be incorporated.
  • a further characteristic of filter media made in accordance with the present invention, and in particular that portion of the media associated with sequestering FDPs (and related filet contaminant products), is that it typically has a relatively low solidity level.
  • solidity is the solid fiber volume divided by the total volume of the filter medium at issue, usually expressed as a percentage.
  • solidity of the filter media associated with sequestering FDPs is less than 15 percent, more typically less than 12 percent, and more frequently less than 10 percent. In certain embodiments the solidity is less than 9 percent, less than 8 percent, or less than 7 percent.
  • An additional characteristic of the filter media made in accordance with the present invention is that it is relatively incompressible, especially relative to the solidity of the media. Compressibility is the resistance (i.e.) to compression or deformation in the direction of fluid flow through the media.
  • a suitable test for media compression is a compression force vs. distance test, wherein a stack of media is compressed under a load to determine compression percent.
  • An example of such a test is as follows: A 2.54 centimeter diameter probe and a 5 kg load cell are used to compress a stack of media having a total thickness of 25 mm. The test is performed at a speed of 1 mm/sec, with a 30 mm start distance from the bottom, and a data trigger of 0.5 g.
  • the end force target is 4,800 g.
  • the media sample size can be 2.22 centimeter diameter circle, oriented with media samples to form a stack directly underneath the test probe.
  • the pressure on the media in such implementations is approximately 1.24 kg/cm 2 .
  • the number of stacked samples used should be sufficient to have a total thickness of 25 mm, thus the total number of samples will vary depending upon individual thickness of the tested media material.
  • the data is analyzed in terms of the following equation:
  • x equal to the distance the probe traveled during the test, which is the distance t 1 ⁇ t 2 .
  • Suitable instruments for performing this test include, for example, a TA.XT2i Texture Analyzer from Stable Micro Systems utilizing Texture Expert Exceed software version 2.64.
  • the filter media containing the scaffold fiber and media fiber has a compressibility of less than 40 percent at a pressure of 1.24 kg/cm 2 .
  • the filter media has a compressibility of less than 30 percent at a pressure of 1.24 kg/cm 2 , less than 20 percent at a pressure of 1.24 kg/cm 2 , and less than 10 percent at a pressure of 1.24 kg/cm 2 .
  • solidity of the filter media associated with sequestering FDPs is less than 15 percent, more typically less than 12 percent, and more frequently less than 10 percent. In certain embodiments the solidity is less than 9 percent, less than 8 percent, or less than 7 percent.
  • the filter media comprises various sized melt blown fibers laminated on the upstream side of cellulose media, with the cellulose also serving a dual role as a hard particle filter and a support for the thermally bonded glass.
  • the melt blown media functions to remove the FDPs in a fashion such that the FDPs are removed white premature plugging of the cellulose layer is avoided. This improved performance is achieved, in part, by selecting the fiber mixture so that the media has a relatively low solidity, while retaining a relatively low compressibility.
  • the fibers are relatively thin and in high concentrations while other fibers are relatively thick and in lower concentrations, result in a media having small mean flow pore sizes, but also typically relatively high maximum pore sizes.
  • Preferred materials for the media fiber are those that have relatively high tensile strength and can be meltspun into small diameter fibers.
  • Preferred materials for scaffold fiber have relatively higher values for modulus of elasticity than materials used for media fibers.
  • the performance of the media can be measured by a compressibility-solidity factor (“CS Factor”) which is determined as the multiple of the compression percent times the solidity percent. In both cases, lower numbers are generally preferred.
  • a compression percent of 10 percent, along with a solidity of 10 percent, will provide a CS Factor of 100.
  • CS Factors of below 600 is desired.
  • CS Factors of less than 500, less than 450, less than 400, and less than 350 are all suitable for certain implementations of the invention.
  • CS Factors of less than 300 can be particularly desirable, as are CS Factors of less than 250, less than 200, and even less than 150.
  • CS Factors of less than 150 are also desirable, in particular less than 125, less than 100, and less than 75.
  • the “mode pore size” is the most frequently occurring pore size in a material.
  • FIG. 2 shows Flow Pore Size Density Distribution of an example media material.
  • the “mode pore size” is shown as the highest peak of the curve at approximately 30 microns.
  • “Mean pore size” is the average size of the pores in the material, and “cumulative flow pore size” is a measure of the total percentage of flow that passes through the media as a function of pore diameter, determined using a capillary flow porometer instrument. “Mean flow pore size” is defined as the pore size where 50% of cumulative flow passes through the media. “Porosity” is defined as the amount of void space in a material. FIG. 3 shows Flow Pore Size Cumulative Distribution. The “mean flow pore size” (indicated by the arrow) is the point at which the curve intersects 50% on the y-axis.
  • the portion of the filter media primarily responsible for removal of FDPs and related contaminants will typically have a mean flow pore size of 5 to 20 microns, or 5 to 10 microns. Suitable mean flow pore sizes include less than 20 microns less than 15 microns, and less than 10 microns. The portion of the filter media primarily responsible for removal of FDPs and related contaminants will typically have a mode flow pore size of from 10 to 50 microns, from 20 to 40 microns, or from 25 to 35 microns. Suitable mode flow pore sizes include, for example, greater than 10, greater than 15, greater than 20 and greater than 25 microns.
  • max flow pore size the portion of the filter media primarily responsible for removal of FDPs and related contaminants will often have a max flow pore size greater than that of cellulose or melt blown media.
  • Suitable max flow pore sizes include greater than 10 microns, preferably, greater than 20 microns, and in some implementations greater than 30 microns. In example implementations the max flow pore size is from 20 to 50 microns, or from 2.5 to 45 microns.
  • the mode pore size is larger in the upstream portion than in the downstream portion of the filter media, and the mean (or average) pore size is smaller in the upstream portion than in the downstream portion.
  • the ratio of max pore size to mean flow pore is often at least 2.5, optionally at least 5.0, and in some implementations greater than 7.5. In certain embodiments, where the mean flow pore is very small and the max flow pore relatively high, this ratio may be greater than 10, and optionally greater than 12.5 or 15. High numbers reflect a wider particle size distribution, which can provide for improved removal of FDP (and related) contaminants.
  • the media layer for removal of FDPs and similar fuel contaminant products can contain secondary fibers made from a number of both hydrophilic, hydrophobic, oleophilic, and oleophobic fibers. These fibers cooperate with the glass fiber and the bicomponent fiber to form a mechanically stable, but strong, permeable filtration media that can withstand the mechanical stress of the passage of fluid materials and can maintain the loading of particulate during use.
  • Secondary fibers are typically monocomponent fibers with a diameter that can range from about 0.1 to about 50 micrometers and can be made from a variety of materials.
  • One type of secondary fiber is a scaffold fiber that cooperates with other components to bind the materials into a sheet.
  • the scaffold fiber can include fibers made from such polymers as polyvinyl chloride and polyvinyl alcohol. Secondary fibers can also include inorganic fibers such as carbon/graphite fiber, metal fiber, ceramic fiber and combinations thereof.
  • Secondary thermoplastic fibers include, but are not limited to, polyester fibers, polyamide fibers, copolyetherester fibers, polyethylene terephthalate fibers, polybutylene terephthalate fibers, polyetherketoneketone (PEKK) fibers, polyetheretherketone (PEEK) fibers, liquid crystalline polymer (LCP) fibers, and mixtures thereof.
  • Polypropylene fibers are generally not desirable, because they have lower resistance to fuels and because the have a relatively low modulus.
  • Polyamide fibers include, but are not limited to, nylon 6, 66, 11, 12, 612, and high temperature “nylons” (such as nylon 46) including cellulosic fibers, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl alcohol fibers (including various hydrolysis of polyvinyl alcohol such as 88% hydrolyzed, 95% hydrolyzed, 98% hydrolyzed and 99.5% hydrolyzed polymers), cotton, viscose rayon, thermoplastic such as polyester, polyethylene, etc., polyvinyl acetate, polylactic acid, and other common fiber types.
  • nylon 6 66, 11, 12, 612 and high temperature “nylons” (such as nylon 46) including cellulosic fibers, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl alcohol fibers (including various hydrolysis of polyvinyl alcohol such as 88% hydrolyzed, 95% hydrolyzed, 98% hydrolyzed and 99.5% hydrolyzed polymers), cotton, viscose rayon, thermoplastic such as polyester, polyethylene, etc.
  • thermoplastic fibers are generally fine (about 0.5-20 denier diameter), short (about 0.1-5 cm long), staple fibers, possibly containing precompounded conventional additives, such as antioxidant, stabilizers, lubricants, tougheners, etc.
  • the preferred thermoplastic fibers are polyamide and polyethylene terephthalate fibers, with the most preferred being polyethylene terephthalate fibers.
  • Staple fibers are typically added to a nonwoven web in solidified form (such as by the exemplary process described later) as opposed to being meltblown into the web. Often, they are made by processes such that the fiber diameter more closely resembles the size of the orifice through which the fiber is extruded (compared to e.g. meltblown fibers).
  • the staple fibers are typically synthetic polymeric materials. Their composition may be chosen so that they can be melt-bonded to each other and/or to the meltblown fibers during a typical molding process (such as used to form a shaped respirator body). Regardless of their process of manufacture or composition, staple fibers are typically machine cut to a specific predetermined or identifiable length.
  • the staple fibers will typically have a length of about 0.1 to 8 cm, more preferably about 0.1-2.0 cm.
  • the average geometric fiber diameter for the staple fibers is generally greater than about 5 ⁇ m on average, and in various embodiments can be greater than 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 100, 150, 250, 300, 350, 400 or 500 ⁇ m depending upon whether its use, and whether it is providing media fiber functionality or scaffold fiber functionality, or both.
  • Suitable staple fibers may be prepared from polyethylene terephthalate, polyester, polyethylene, polypropylene, copolyester, polyamide, or combinations of one of the foregoing. If bondable, the staple fibers typically retain much of their fiber structure after bonding.
  • the staple fibers may be crimped fibers like the fibers described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,118,531 to Hauser. Crimped fibers may have a continuous wavy, curly, or jagged profile along their length.
  • the staple fibers may comprise crimped fibers that comprise about 10 to 30 crimps per cm.
  • the staple fibers may be single component fibers or multi-component fibers.
  • the different components may be different types of polymers (e.g. polyester), or may be the same type of polymer but with different melting points.
  • the multi-component fibers may be bicomponent fibers that have a coextensive side-by-side configuration, a coextensive concentric sheath-core configuration, or a coextensive elliptical sheath-core configuration.
  • the upstream filter material selected for sequestering FDPs (containing media fiber and scaffold fiber, such as glass fiber and bicomponent fiber) is often combined with a downstream filter material.
  • This downstream filter material is generally selected for favorable removal of particulate contaminants.
  • the downstream portion may comprise, for example, cellulose.
  • the upstream (for example, bicomponent fiber and polyester meltblown fiber) portion of the media typically has a smaller mean flow pore size than the downstream (for example, cellulose) portion, but this smaller average pore size is often combined with a larger mode pore size on the upstream portion, which can be useful for improving filter loading with certain contaminants, in particular fuel degradation products.
  • the mode (or most common) pore size is larger in the upstream portion than in the downstream portion, and the mean (or average) pore size is smaller in the upstream portion than in the downstream portion.
  • the upstream portion may also have its own pore size variance, characterized at least by different pore sizes at different depths of the upstream portion.
  • the mode pore size is optionally increased.
  • the downstream mode pore size of the upstream portion is significantly greater than the mode pore size of the downstream portion, which is typically cellulose.
  • the mode pore size of the upstream portion is greater than the mode pore size of the downstream portion.
  • the mode pore size of the upstream portion may be at least 20 percent greater than the mode pore size of the downstream portion in some implementations, and at last 40 percent greater than the mode pore size of the downstream portion in other implementations.
  • the mode pore size of the upstream portion is at least 20 percent greater than the mode pore size of the downstream portion; and the mean flow pore size of the upstream portion is less than 90 percent of the mean pore flow size of the downstream portion.
  • the downstream portion may contain fiber having an average diameter or cross-section greater than the average diameter of the media fiber in the upstream portion.
  • the mode pore size of the upstream portion is greater than the mode pore size of the downstream portion.
  • the mode pore size of the upstream portion may be at least 40 percent greater or at least 60 percent greater than the mode pore size of the downstream portion.
  • the mean flow pore size of the upstream portion is less than the mean pore flow size of the downstream portion.
  • the mean flow pore size of the upstream portion may be less than 70 percent or less than 50 percent of the mean pore flow size of the downstream portion.
  • Media fiber diameter may also be selected to improve performance between the upstream and downstream portions.
  • the upstream portion contains media fiber having an average diameter of less than 10 microns based upon total fiber count; and the downstream portion contains media fiber having an average diameter different than the diameter of the media fiber in the upstream portion.
  • the media fiber of the upstream portion has an average diameter of less than 5 microns.
  • the downstream portion contains fiber having an average diameter or cross-section greater than the average diameter of the media fiber in the upstream portion.
  • the upstream portion may comprise, for example, glass fiber, scaffold fiber, or bicomponent fiber.
  • the downstream portion comprises cellulose, polymeric fibers such as polyester, or a combination thereof.
  • the upstream portion contains media fiber having an average diameter of less than 10 microns based upon total fiber count; and the downstream portion contains media fiber having an average diameter different than the average diameter of the media fiber in the upstream portion; wherein the mode pore size of the upstream portion is at least 20 percent greater than the mode pore size of the downstream portion; and wherein the mean flow pore size of the media in the upstream portion is less than 90 percent of the mean pore flow size of the media in the downstream portion.
  • the filter for filtering liquids comprises an upstream portion comprising media having a porosity of at least 50 percent, the media comprising a media fiber and a scaffold fiber having an average diameter greater than the media fiber; and a downstream portion comprising cellulose.
  • the upstream portion may comprise carbon or glass fiber.
  • the media fiber of the upstream portion has an average diameter of less than 5 microns.
  • the media fiber of the upstream portion has an average diameter of less than 15 microns.
  • the mode pore size of the upstream portion is greater than the mode pore size of the downstream portion.
  • the mode pore size of the upstream portion may be at least 20 percent or at least 40 percent greater than the mode pore size of the downstream portion.
  • the invention is directed to a filter media comprising an upstream portion containing fibers selected from carbon and meltblown fibers; and a downstream portion comprising cellulose; wherein the mode pore size of the upstream portion is at least 20 percent greater than the mode pore size of the downstream portion; and wherein the mean flow pore size of the upstream portion is less than 90 percent of the mean pore flow size of the downstream portion.
  • the downstream portion may contain fiber having an average diameter greater than the average diameter of the media fiber in the upstream portion.
  • the mode pore size of the upstream portion is greater than the mode pore size of the downstream portion.
  • the mode pore size of the upstream portion may be at least 40 percent greater or at least 60 percent greater than the mode pore size of the downstream portion.
  • the mean flow pore size of the upstream portion is less than the mean pore flow size of the downstream portion.
  • the mean flow pore size of the upstream portion may be less than 70 percent or 50 percent of the mean pore flow size of the downstream portion.
  • the upstream fitter portion loads fuel degradation products at a level of capture of at 50 percent greater than the downstream filter portion.
  • the first filter portion loads fuel degradation products at a level of capture of at least 100 percent greater than the second filter portion.
  • the first filter portion loads fuel degradation products at a level of capture of at least 200 percent greater than the second filter portion.
  • the percentage may be normalized for media volume or for media surface area.
  • low temperature crystalline polymer powder is used to laminate the synthetic and cellulose media together so as to make the composite media easily manufacturable into a number of different fitter element configurations.
  • Other methods of laminating the media layers together such as adhesive lamination or thermal bonding means are possible as well.
  • FIG. 4A is a cross sectional schematic view of a media construction made in accordance with an implementation of the invention, showing a two layer construction.
  • the media construction 120 includes a first portion containing upstream media 122 and a second portion containing downstream media 124 .
  • the upstream media can be, for example a combination of glass media fiber and bicomponent scaffold fiber.
  • the downstream portion can be, for example, cellulose media.
  • FIG. 4B is a cross sectional schematic view of another media construction made in accordance with an implementation of the invention, showing a three layer construction.
  • the media construction 130 includes first and second portions containing upstream media 132 and 133 , plus a third portion containing downstream media 134 .
  • the upstream media portions can be, for example a combination of glass media fiber and bicomponent scaffold fiber.
  • these upstream media portions 132 , 133 can have different properties from one another, such as different pore sizes and distributions. It is not necessary that both layers (Or portions if not in discrete layers) remove FDPs or similar contaminants, as long as at least one layer or portion do so.
  • the downstream portion can be, for example, cellulose media. Further embodiments can have, for example, additional upstream and downstream layers.
  • FIG. 4C is a cross sectional schematic view of a media construction made in accordance with an implementation of the invention showing a two layer construction with a spacer between media layers.
  • the media construction 140 includes a first portion containing upstream media 142 , a second portion containing downstream media 144 , and a spacer 146 between the upstream and downstream portions 142 , 144 .
  • the upstream media can be, for example, a combination of glass media fiber and bicomponent scaffold fiber.
  • the downstream portion can be, for example, cellulose media.
  • the spacer 146 can be, for example, a non-filtering scrim material.
  • FIG. 4D is across sectional schematic view of a media construction made in accordance with an implementation of the invention wherein the upstream portion 152 and downstream portion 154 are further separated from one another by a gap.
  • the upstream media can be, for example a combination of meltblown media fiber and bicomponent scaffold fiber.
  • the downstream portion can be, for example, cellulose media.
  • the gap can be relatively small, or relatively large. In this embodiment, the functional orientation of the two media is important: that one portion media be positioned upstream of the other portion. It will be understood support materials can be placed intermediate these two portions 152 , 154 .
  • FIG. 5 illustrates the pore relationship of the media in an example embodiment of the invention, wherein the upstream portion comprises synthetic bicomponent-glass media and the downstream portion comprises cellulose.
  • the upstream portion comprises synthetic bicomponent-glass media and the downstream portion comprises cellulose.
  • a layered structure of the present invention is shown in this example implementation, wherein the pore size can vary from wide open in the upstream portion to much smaller in the downstream portion where fine particulate filtration occurs.
  • the upstream portion may comprise two or more layers with different pore sizes as is shown here. However, the mode pore size of the cellulose is smaller than the mode pore sizes of both portions of the depicted upstream portion.
  • a filter with a structure where the media pores are smaller on the downstream side than on the upstream side is often helpful.
  • the porous structure is denser going from upstream to downstream side.
  • the particles or contaminants to be filtered are able to penetrate to varying depths dependent on particle size. This causes the particles or contaminants to be distributed throughout the depth of the fitter material, reducing the increase in pressure drop, and extending the life of the filter.
  • the pore sizes change by steps, as in FIG. 7 .
  • the size of the pores gradually increases from smaller on the downstream side to larger on the upstream side.
  • FIG. 6 shows an example of one embodiment of a multi-stage fuel filter 180 , having concentric layers of media 182 , 184 , 186 .
  • the concentric layers can comprise layers of media and scaffold fibers with varying pore dimensions from the exterior to the interior. Generally the mean flow pore size will get smaller from the outer layers 182 to the inner layers 186 .
  • FDPs and other similar products have the tendency to adsorb to the outer media surface and create a layer or film across the media. The agglomeration of the degradation products starts to fill the pores. The higher number of large pores in the upstream media allows the outer media to capture and store the degradation products without plugging as quickly.
  • the tighter downstream layer is designed to have high efficiency for particles.
  • Embodiments of this invention would also be suitable for removing numerous contaminants of a hydrocarbon fluid chemistry that include such contaminants as waxes, asphaltenes, sterol glucosides, steryl glucosides, sterol glycosides and fuel degradation products.
  • the contaminants can comprise, for example, deformable particles, non-deformable particles, and mixtures of deformable and non-deformable particles.
  • Hydrocarbons such as tube and hydraulic oil may also be filtered using the present invention.

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