WO2017007734A1 - Dispositifs de filtrage de fluide pour désionisation et procédés d'utilisation - Google Patents

Dispositifs de filtrage de fluide pour désionisation et procédés d'utilisation Download PDF

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WO2017007734A1
WO2017007734A1 PCT/US2016/040878 US2016040878W WO2017007734A1 WO 2017007734 A1 WO2017007734 A1 WO 2017007734A1 US 2016040878 W US2016040878 W US 2016040878W WO 2017007734 A1 WO2017007734 A1 WO 2017007734A1
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    • C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
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    • C02F1/4695—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by electrochemical methods by electrochemical separation, e.g. by electro-osmosis, electrodialysis, electrophoresis electrodialysis electrodeionisation
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  • the present disclosure is generally directed to deionizing filters, and more particularly, but not by limitation, to deionizing filter panels and deionizing filter devices comprised of a stacked arrangement of deionizing filter panels, as well as methods of use to filter a fluid.
  • the filter devices can be used in water desalinization and/or water softening.
  • the filter devices can also be used to remove ions from wastewater, or selectively remove ions from any solution.
  • the present disclosure is directed to unique micro-structured filter panels and filter devices that deionize fluids using charged surfaces and fluidic separation.
  • the present disclosure is directed to a filter panel, comprising: (a) a substrate; and (i) a plurality of filter structures extending from the substrate, the plurality of filter structures being spaced apart from one another to define a plurality of input boundaries on a top surface of the substrate and a plurality of output boundaries on a lower surface of the substrate, each of the plurality of filter structures comprising a pair of sidewalls spaced apart from one another, the pair of sidewalls comprising filter features that allow passage of fluid from the plurality of input boundaries into an outlet aperture formed by the spacing of the pair of sidewalls, and a filter port disposed within each outlet aperture.
  • the present disclosure is directed to a filter device, comprising: (a) a plurality of filter panels in a stacked arrangement, each comprising: (i) a substrate having a front surface and a back surface; and (ii) a plurality of filter structures extending from the front surface of the substrate, the plurality of filter structures being spaced apart from one another to define a plurality of input boundaries on a top surface of the substrate and a plurality of output boundaries on a lower surface of the substrate, each of the plurality of filter structures comprising a pair of sidewalls spaced apart from one another; the pair of sidewalls comprising filter features that allow passage of fluid from the plurality of input boundaries into an outlet aperture formed by the spacing of the pair of sidewalls, and a filter port disposed within each outlet aperture, wherein the plurality of filter panels are stacked so that the plurality of filter structures of one filter panel abuts the back surface of an adjacent filter panel.
  • the present disclosure is directed to a method for filtering a fluid, the method comprising: (a) introducing a fluid into a filter device, the filter device comprising: (i) a plurality of filter panels in stacked arrangement, each comprising: (1) a substrate having a front surface and a back surface; and (2) a plurality of filter structures extending from the front surface of the substrate, the plurality of filter structures being spaced apart from one another to define a plurality of input boundaries on a top surface of the substrate and a plurality of output boundaries on a lower surface of the substrate, each of the plurality of filter structures comprising a pair of sidewalls spaced apart from one another, the pair of sidewalls comprising filter features that allow passage of fluid from the plurality of input boundaries into an outlet aperture formed by the spacing of the pair of sidewalls, and a filter port disposed within each outlet aperture, wherein the plurality of filter panels are stacked so that the plurality of filter structures of one filter panel abuts the back surface
  • FIG. 1A is a front elevation view of an example filter device, constructed in accordance with the present disclosure.
  • FIG. IB is a top plan view of an example filter device, constructed in accordance with the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 1C is a side elevation view of an example filter device, constructed in accordance with the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 2A is a perspective view of the example filter device of FIGS. 1A-C.
  • FIG. 2B is a cross sectional view of a portion of the filter device of FIG. 2A taken about line A-A.
  • FIG. 3 is a close-up view of FIG. 2A.
  • FIG. 4A is a close-up top down view of a portion of an example filter device illustrating electrically charged layering.
  • FIG. 4B is a close-up top down view of a portion of an example filter device illustrating anions and cations attracted by corresponding electrically charged layers.
  • FIG. 5 is a graphical representation of an electric field simulation of a filter feature of an example filter device.
  • FIG. 6 is a close-up top down view of a portion of an example filter device illustrating particle filtering by filter features.
  • FIG. 7 is a perspective view of another example filter device of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 8 is a close-up perspective view of the example filter device of FIG. 7 illustrating filtering labyrinths.
  • FIG. 9 is another close-up perspective view of the example filter device of FIG. 8 illustrating fluid flow through the filtering labyrinths.
  • FIG. 10 illustrates an example cover plate for use with the example filter device of FIG. 7.
  • FIG. 11 is a close-up perspective view of the cover plate of FIG. 10.
  • FIG. 12 is a side elevation view of a portion of the cover plate of FIG. 10.
  • FIG. 13 is a perspective view of an example test fixture that comprises the example filter device of FIG. 7.
  • FIG. 14 is a perspective view of another example filter device of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 15 is a close-up perspective view of the filter device of FIG. 14 comprising slit type filter features formed in filter structures.
  • FIGS. 16-21 collectively illustrate a modeled fluidic flow and volume through an example filter device of the present disclosure.
  • FIGS. 22A-D illustrate various cut plot graphs a portion of a filtering plate of the example filter device of FIGS. 16-21.
  • FIGS. 23A-C illustrate additional cut plot graphs a portion of a filtering plate of the example filter device of FIGS. 16-21.
  • the present disclosure is directed to filter devices.
  • the filter devices are used for deionizing fluid.
  • the filter devices are stacked or layered structures comprised of a plurality of filtering panels. The filtering panels mate or abut one another to create filter features that filter particulates from a fluid that flows through the filter device. The filter devices produce both a filtered fluid output and also discharge concentrate extracted from the fluid.
  • FIGS. 1A-13 Some embodiments, such as the embodiments of FIGS. 1A-13 provide filter structures with pores that are disposed near filtering surfaces with a high electric potential. Other embodiments, such as those illustrated in FIGS. 14 and 15 comprise filter structures with pores that are disposed away from filtering surfaces with a high electric potential.
  • the embodiments described herein comprise filter panels and filter devices having unique microstructures.
  • the filter panels also function to manage ions in a fluid flow.
  • Some embodiments manage fluid flow with an exclusionary type ion field.
  • FIGS. 1-13 collect ions of a fluid one charge at a time (either positive or negative).
  • FIGS. 16-23 Illustrations of FIGS. 16-23 depict fluidic volume and flow, as well as collection of both positive and negative ions at the same time. The ions are separated from a dilute portion of the fluid.
  • Pore size determines which ions are excluded or separated.
  • an example filter device 100 is comprised of a plurality of filter panels, such as filter panel 102 arranged into a layered or stacked configuration.
  • the layering or stacking is best illustrated in the top down view of FIG. IB.
  • the filter panel 102 comprises a substrate 104 having a plurality of filter structures, such as filter structure 106 extending from the substrate. It will be understood that the filter panel 102 can be manufactured from any number of materials (or combination of materials) such as plastics, polymers, metals, composite materials, natural materials, and so forth.
  • the filter structure 106 comprises a pair of sidewalls 108 and 110 that are spaced apart from one another to form a void or trench 111. Proximate a lower portion of the trench 111 is an outlet aperture 113.
  • the outlet apertures of the filter panels are identical in size and aligned with one another to form a continuous opening 115 (see FIG. 1C) from the front of the filter device 100 to the back of the filter device 100.
  • the outlet apertures of the stacked panels are of differing size relative to one another.
  • Each of the pair of sidewalls 108 and 110 is provided with filter features as described below and illustrated with respect to FIG. 2A.
  • the plurality of filter structures are spaced apart from one another to create a plurality of inlet boundaries, such as inlet boundary 112 that receive a fluid.
  • Corresponding outlet boundaries, such as outlet boundary 117 are disposed on a lower end of the filter panel 102.
  • filter structures such as filter structure 106 and filter structure 114, creates primary filter channels (see primary filter channel 116).
  • FIG. 2B is a cross section view taken about line A-A (FIG. 2A). The abutting of two adjacent filter panels (filter panel 102 and filter panel 134) is illustrated.
  • Each of the filter panels such as filter panel 134 comprises a substrate 109 and a plurality of filter structures that extend from the substrate 109.
  • a portion of filter structure 106 namely one of the pair of sidewalls, comprises an upper filter structure member 118 (a corresponding lower filter structure member is illustrated in FIG. 2A) and a plurality of spaced apart contact surfaces, such as contact surface 122.
  • a space 126 In between contact surface 122 and contact surface 124 is a space 126 created by the presence of a groove, notch, slit, opening, or shaped space on an upper surface 128 of the filter structure 106.
  • the filter features direct and filter fluid in a path direction that is set at an angle relative to the fluid flow through the primary channels.
  • the flow through the filter features can be approximately orthogonal to the flow of fluid through the primary channels.
  • the filter features are angled to direct the fluid at a downward angle to leverage gravity feeding of the fluid.
  • These spaces and contact surfaces extend along the upper surfaces of the filter structures.
  • the spaces can be uniform in shape in some embodiments. In other embodiments the spaces can be of varying shape and/or size.
  • the filter features can be microscopic or nano-scale structures.
  • the substrate 109 comprises a front surface 130 and a back surface 132.
  • the contact surfaces such as contact surfaces 122 and 124 are placed in contact with a back surface 136 of the adjacent panel 102.
  • This stacked relationship encloses an upper portion of the spaces to create pathways (e.g. filter features) of fluid communication (referred to herein as secondary filter channels) that filter a fluid.
  • a flow of fluid through the filter device 100 begins when the fluid enters the plurality of inlet boundaries of the filter device 100. Fluid flows into the primary channels between the plurality of filter features. A portion of the fluid flowing through the primary channels is directed into the filter features of the plurality of filter structures. The sizing of the filter features prevents particulates in the salinated water from passing into the trenches of the filter structures, effectively filtering the fluid. Filtered fluid passes into the trenches and out of the output apertures (collectively the continuous opening 115 illustrated in FIG. 1C) to exit the filter device 100.
  • Particulate matter is carried out of the bottom of the filter device 100 through the plurality of outlet boundaries (see outlet boundary 117 in FIG. 2A).
  • the fluid that passes through the primary channels will flush the particulate matter out of the filter device in a concentrate flow (e.g., fluid not diverted through the filter features that carries the filtered particulates).
  • the front surface 130 of the filter panel 102 comprises a charged layer 138.
  • the back surface 136 of the adjacent filter panel 134 is provided with a charged layer 140.
  • Charged layer 138 can be either positively or negatively charged.
  • Charged layer 140 can carry a charge that is opposite that of charged layer 138.
  • the charge is static and requires little to no energy to maintain (other than leakage current).
  • charged layer 138 is positively charged to attract anions 142 in the fluid.
  • Charged layer 140 is negatively charged to attract cations 144 in the fluid.
  • ions are forced to the substrates by the electric field generated by the charged layers.
  • the charged layers can be created by application of a metallic layer to the surfaces of the filter panels.
  • FIG. 5 a portion of a filter structure, such as the contact surface 122 and space 126 is illustrated.
  • a positive charge is induced in the contact surface 122
  • a negative charge is created in the filter area (e.g., space 126).
  • FIG. 6 an example of sizing and spacing of adjacent filter panels is illustrated.
  • Filter panel 102 and filter panel 134 are illustrated in stacked relationship.
  • the energy required to force molecules 146 between the ions is a function of the chemical properties of the fluid, concentrations, and the types of ions.
  • the filter features, such as filter feature 148 are approximately 15 nanometers.
  • a height of the sidewalls of the filter structures is approximately 500 nanometers.
  • a width of the sidewalls of the filter structures is approximately 150 nanometers.
  • the electric fielded strength of each filter panel can be varied by varying the voltage applied across the fluid flow.
  • the surfaces of the filter panels front and back can comprise opposing charges. The surfaces are charged to a desired electric potential using any means that would be known to one of ordinary skill in the art with the present disclosure before them.
  • FIG. 7 Another example filter panel 700 in FIG. 7 comprises a substrate 702 that is fabricated with a plurality of labyrinth filter structures and channels. Each filter structure terminates with an outlet aperture.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates a plurality of sets of labyrinth filter structures and channels, which are illustrated in greater detail in FIG. 9.
  • a first labyrinth filter structure 704 is comprised of serpentine sidewalls, such as sidewalls 706 and 708.
  • the labyrinth filter structures are spaced apart from one another to form input fluid channels, such as input fluid channel 710.
  • the fluid passes around of the labyrinth filter structures.
  • Outlet channels, such as outlet channel 712, formed in between the sidewalls 706 and 708, provide a path for filtered fluid to exit the filter panel through their respective outlet apertures, such as outlet aperture 714.
  • the sidewalls 706 and 708 each comprise filter features such as slits, grooves, notches and the like that filter a portion of the fluid passing through the input fluid channels. Of note, only a portion of the filter features are illustrated in FIG 9. The remainder are illustrated in FIG. 11.
  • conductive/charged layers can be deposited or layered slightly below the flow channels to create an electric field.
  • the surface of the filter panels front and/or back
  • FIGS. 10 and 11 collectively illustrate a cover plate 716 that is placed over the filtering surface of the filter panel 700 to enclose the input fluid channels and output channels.
  • the cover plate 716 comprises micro or nano structures, such as matching micro-channels.
  • FIG. 12 illustrates a detail cross sectional view of a micro-structure surface of the cover plate 716 that comprises a conductive layer 718 that is approximately one micrometer in thickness in some embodiments.
  • Filter objects, such as filter object 720 (which create filter features when the cover plate is joined to the filter panel 700), can be approximately 20 micrometers in width "W", one micrometer in height ⁇ ". The filter objects are spaced "S" approximately 120 micrometers apart from one another.
  • FIG. 13 illustrates an example test fixture 1300 that comprises the example filter device 700 of FIGS. 7-12.
  • the test fixture 1300 comprises a housing 1302, an inlet 1304, a concentrate outlet 1306, and filtered fluid outputs 1308 and 1310.
  • FIGS. 14 and 15 collectively illustrate another example filter panel 1400 that can be used in a filter device that is similar to the filter device 100 described above.
  • the filter panel is constructed similarly to the filter panel described above but with filter features that comprise slots that are fabricated into the sidewalls of the filter structures.
  • filter structure 1402 comprises a sidewall 1404 that comprises slots, such as slot 1406. Fluid flow is illustrated by the arrows where fluid flows from primary channels into filter structure trenches.
  • FIGS. 16-21 depict fluidic flow through microfluidic channels that can be used to control ions in solution for a wide range of uses such as producing fresh water from sea water, removing unwanted ions from waste water, and reducing unwanted ions from household water, a water softener - just to name a few.
  • Semiconductor and or nano accurate machining equipment can be used to make tooling to replicates nano-sized features in plastic (credit card hologram and CDs are examples). In some cases they can be used to manufacture nano-sized features.
  • Multiphysics software has been used to show the operating parameters of a water softener microfluidic system.
  • FIG. 16 illustrates an example fluidic volume 1600 created by the use of stacked layers of filter panels, such as the filter panel 102 of the embodiments of filter devices above.
  • the filter panels when stacked create cylindrical inlet flow (such as cylindrical inlet flow 1604) adjacent to one or more corners of the fluidic volume 1600.
  • the cylindrical inlet flows of adjoining panels create an inlet path of fluid
  • dilute outlet flows Positioned on opposing corners of the filter panel 1602 are dilute outlet flows, such as dilute outlet flow 1608, which cooperate to create a discharge of dilute portions of the fluid that have been filtered through the filter device.
  • the fluidic volume 1600 also includes cylindrical concentrate outlet flows, such as concentrate outlet flow 1606, positioned within the lattice structure of the individual panels.
  • FIG. 17 A view of a small portion of a fluidic volume 1600 is illustrated in FIG. 17.
  • FIG. 18 is a close-up view of a portion of the portion of the fluidic volume 1600 illustrating a lattice flow pattern created by the filter device.
  • the lattice flow pattern comprises a plurality of longitudinal flow paths, such as longitudinal flow path 1610.
  • the lattice flow pattern also includes a plurality of flow paths, such as latitudinal flow path 1612, that extend perpendicularly to the longitudinal flow paths.
  • the latitudinal flow paths are created by fluid flow through the filter features of the filter device and the longitudinal flow paths are created by the channels between adjacent filter structures of the filter device.
  • each of the latitudinal filtering members and the longitudinal filtering members comprise an arrangement of surfaces that are charged to attract specific anions and cations in a fluid passed through the filter device.
  • FIG. 19 is a yet closer view the intersection of the longitudinal flow path 1610 and the latitudinal flow path 1612.
  • the longitudinal flow path 1610 comprises a rectangular tubular conduit that functions as a pathway for dilute fluid transmission to the concentrate outlet flow 1606.
  • the latitudinal flow path 1612 comprises an anion concentration 1614 and a cation concentration 1616 which are spaced apart by the longitudinal flow path 1610.
  • anions are attracted by a charged surface of the filter panel and cations are attracted an opposing charged surface of an adjacent panel.
  • the anions and cations will travel outwardly towards opposing ends filter device.
  • FIG. 20 A top down view of the portion of the fluidic volume 1600 is illustrated in FIG. 20, and FIG. 21 illustrates a side elevation view of the portion of the filter panel 1602.
  • FIG. 22A illustrates a vertical cut plot of fluid velocity over the portion of the fluid volume illustrated.
  • FIG. 22B illustrates a vertical cut plot of fluid pressure over the portion of the fluid volume illustrated.
  • FIG. 22C illustrates an electrical potential cut plot of the of the portion of the filter panel 1602 where an electric potential is applied across the flow path to manage the location of the various types of ions.
  • FIG. 22D illustrates a plot of ionic concentration (84 x max) in relation to the initial solution concentration of (calcium Ca +2 ions). That is, the +2 ions are expelled in a high concentration from an uppermost area of a latitudinal flow region 2202 of the fluid volume.
  • FIG. 23A illustrates a plot of the portion of the fluid volume having concentrated cations (specifically Na +1), which is approximately 4.4 x initial concentration maximum.
  • a width W of a latitudinal flow of the fluidic flow is directly proportional to the size of the filter features of the filter device. Changes to the size of the filter features affect the ions separated from the fluidic flow.
  • FIG. 23B illustrates a plot of the portion of the fluid volume illustrated where -2 charged S04 ions are attracted close to the right channel (28.9 x max).
  • FIG. 23C illustrates a plot of the portion of the fluid volume illustrated where -1 charged CI ions are not attracted as close to the right channel as the S04 ions (2.6 x max).
  • FIGS. 22A-23C illustrate ion separation simulations.
  • separation diffusion of the ions in solution is relevant, fluid flow rates and electric potential effect separation of ions from the fluid.
  • the pores need to be much smaller for exclusion than separation.
  • separation the viscosity, velocity, and diffusion rate of the ions in solution effect separation.
  • a hyphenated term (e.g., "on-demand”) may be occasionally interchangeably used with its non-hyphenated version (e.g., "on demand")
  • a capitalized entry e.g., "Software”
  • a non-capitalized version e.g., "software”
  • a plural term may be indicated with or without an apostrophe (e.g., PE's or PEs)
  • an italicized term e.g., "N+l”
  • N+l an italicized term
  • first, second, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections, these elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections should not necessarily be limited by such terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element, component, region, layer or section from another element, component, region, layer or section. Thus, a first element, component, region, layer or section discussed below could be termed a second element, component, region, layer or section without departing from the teachings of the present disclosure.
  • Example embodiments of the present disclosure are described herein with reference to illustrations of idealized embodiments (and intermediate structures) of the present disclosure. As such, variations from the shapes of the illustrations as a result, for example, of manufacturing techniques and/or tolerances, are to be expected. Thus, the example embodiments of the present disclosure should not be construed as necessarily limited to the particular shapes of regions illustrated herein, but are to include deviations in shapes that result, for example, from manufacturing.
  • Any and/or all elements, as disclosed herein, can be formed from a same, structurally continuous piece, such as being unitary, and/or be separately
  • any and/or all elements, as disclosed herein, can be manufactured via any manufacturing processes, whether additive manufacturing, subtractive manufacturing and/or other any other types of manufacturing.
  • some manufacturing processes include three dimensional (3D) printing, laser cutting, computer numerical control (CNC) routing, milling, pressing, stamping, vacuum forming, hydroforming, injection molding, lithography and/or others.
  • Any and/or all elements, as disclosed herein, can include, whether partially and/ or fully, a solid, including a metal, a mineral, a ceramic, an amorphous solid, such as glass, a glass ceramic, an organic solid, such as wood and/or a polymer, such as rubber, a composite material, a semiconductor, a nano-material, a biomaterial and/or any combinations thereof.
  • a solid including a metal, a mineral, a ceramic, an amorphous solid, such as glass, a glass ceramic, an organic solid, such as wood and/or a polymer, such as rubber, a composite material, a semiconductor, a nano-material, a biomaterial and/or any combinations thereof.
  • any and/or all elements, as disclosed herein, can include, whether partially and/or fully, a coating, including an informational coating, such as ink, an adhesive coating, a melt-adhesive coating, such as vacuum seal and/or heat seal, a release coating, such as tape liner, a low surface energy coating, an optical coating, such as for tint, color, hue, saturation, tone, shade, transparency,
  • a coating including an informational coating, such as ink, an adhesive coating, a melt-adhesive coating, such as vacuum seal and/or heat seal, a release coating, such as tape liner, a low surface energy coating, an optical coating, such as for tint, color, hue, saturation, tone, shade, transparency,
  • translucency non- transparency, luminescence, anti-reflection and/or holographic, a photo-sensitive coating, an electronic and/or thermal property coating, such as for passivity, insulation, resistance or conduction, a magnetic coating, a water-resistant and/or waterproof coating, a scent coating and/or any combinations thereof.
  • relative terms such as “below,” “lower,” “above,” and “upper” may be used herein to describe one element's relationship to another element as illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Such relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of illustrated technologies in addition to the orientation depicted in the accompanying drawings. For example, if a device in the accompanying drawings is turned over, then the elements described as being on the “lower” side of other elements would then be oriented on “upper” sides of the other elements. Similarly, if the device in one of the figures is turned over, elements described as “below” or “beneath” other elements would then be oriented “above” the other elements. Therefore, the example terms “below” and “lower” can, therefore, encompass both an orientation of above and below.

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L'invention concerne des dispositifs de filtrage de fluide pour désionisation et des procédés d'utilisation. Un exemple de dispositif de filtrage comprend une pluralité de panneaux empilés qui comportent des structures filtrantes. Les structures filtrantes incluent des éléments filtrants qui filtrent un fluide. Le fluide est traité par le dispositif de filtrage de telle sorte que le fluide filtré soit délivré, ainsi qu'un concentré de matière particulaire extrait du fluide.
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