WO1998041989A1 - Adsorbent construction and method - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to adsorbents. It particularly concerns provision of adsorbent filters that can be used in a variety of environments.
- the adsorbent filters are particularly well adapted for utilization in electronic equipment, for example in computer disk drives which are sensitive to humidity, organic vapors and/or acid gas.
- Adsorbent filters are widely utilized in such industries as the electronics industry and the pharmaceuticals industry.
- adsorbent filters are positioned within disk drives, to protect the disk drives from water vapor hydrocarbons and/or acid gases. Without such protection, these vapors can lead to stiction, corrosion and, ultimately, drive failure.
- adsorbent filters comprise a porous construction having positioned therein adsorbent.
- Arrangements presently widely used comprise granular or powdered adsorbent, for example desiccant and/or carbon adsorbent, enclosed within a pouch.
- the arrangements described in the '643 patent comprise a tubular container of porous polytetrafluoroethylene sealed at each end so as to enclose adsorbent particles.
- the materials described in the '643 patent as the adsorbent particles are silica gel (SG), activated carbon, calcium sulfate, calcium carbonate, activated alumina and molecular sieve adsorbent.
- the Donaldson constructions generally comprise a pouch comprising two sheets of polytetrafluoroethylene membrane, sealed to one another along a border or perimeter seal. Enclosed within the pouch is the particulate adsorbent material. In some constructions, a second pouch is enclosed within the first pouch, and the second pouch contains the adsorbent material. In either case, in the past in such constructions, the adsorbent material has typically comprised a loose, granular, flowable, solid material.
- an adsorbent filter construction generally comprises a compression molded particulate adsorbent construction contained within the inner volume of an outer porous cover.
- the compression molded particulate adsorbent construction generally comprises a mixture of particulate adsorbent and binder.
- a sufficient amount of binder is provided to keep the particulate adsorbent in a non-free flowing form. That is, the binder will retain the otherwise free-flowing granular or powdered adsorbent in a predetermined, rigid, shape.
- the compression molded particulate adsorbent construction comprises a brick, wafer or tablet which retains its form under normal handling and use conditions.
- a preferred cover comprises expanded, porous, polytetrafluoroethylene.
- the cover comprises polytetrafluoroethylene which has been laminated to a sufficient amount of thermoplastic polymer scrim, in an appropriate form or pattern, to allow for ultrasonic welding or heat sealing.
- a polyolefin scrim such as a spun bond polypropylene scrim, will be used to accomplish this.
- the preferred compression molded particulate adsorbent construction comprises a mixture of particulate adsorbent (preferably powdered, i.e., which goes through 100 mesh; or, if granular, in a form which is preferably 28-200 mesh, United States Standard (U.S.S.)), mixed with a binder such as: polyvinyl alcohol (PNA); starch; carboxy methyl cellulose (CBC); polyvinylpyrolidone (PVP); microcrystalline cellulose (MCC); dicalcium phosphate dihydrate; or a mixture thereof.
- PNA polyvinyl alcohol
- CBC carboxy methyl cellulose
- PVP polyvinylpyrolidone
- MCC microcrystalline cellulose
- dicalcium phosphate dihydrate or a mixture thereof.
- U.S.S. refers to United States Standard screen, which is characterized by the number of wires per inch in the screen. For example, a 28 U.S.S. screen, comprises 28 wires per linear inch, with the wires evenly spaced.
- the term 28-200 mesh references material which passes through a 28 U.S.S. screen but is the fraction that does not pass through a 200 mesh U.S.S. screen.
- the term identifies a maximum and minimum particle size within the identified material. It is noted that the characterization is not intended to be absolute; for example, some particles may break or form powder and others may agglomerate to form larger sizes, before or after the screening.
- the particulate adsorbent used is a powder, preferably it is a particulate material which passes through 100 mesh. Most preferably, it is a fraction which predominantly comprises particles having a nominal (average) size greater than 7 microns. This is in part because when the nominal size of the particles is 7 microns or less, flow of the material through tabletting machines may be a problem. If the size is greater than 28 mesh, getting effective binding may be a problem.
- the adsorbent material can be a wide variety of materials. For a majority of typical applications, it is perceived that the adsorbent material will be: desiccant (for water vapor adsorption); a form of activated carbon (for organic vapor adsorption or acid gas adsorption); or, a mixture of the two.
- desiccant for water vapor adsorption
- activated carbon for organic vapor adsorption or acid gas adsorption
- adsorbent as used herein is not meant to refer to any particular material or material for adsorption of any particular contaminant.
- the adsorbent may comprise: silica gel; untreated activated carbon; chemically treated activated carbon for adsorption of acid gas (typically chemical treatments being with potassium carbonate, calcium carbonate or sodium carbonate); molecular sieve; activated alumina; or, mixtures thereof.
- carbon adsorbent or variants thereof is meant to include activated carbon and chemically treated activated carbon, unless otherwise specified.
- a combination which comprises a housing defining a cavity or internal volume, for example including therein electronic component(s), and at least one adsorbent filter, as previously described.
- the volume will be the inside of a disk drive.
- the filter is positioned within the housing internal volume to adsorb vapors (for example moisture vapor and/or organic vapor) therein.
- the housing and electronic component(s) may comprise, for example, a computer disk drive.
- adsorbent and “adsorb” are not intended to be limiting with respect to the manner or mechanism of vapor entrapment. That is, the terms are intended to refer to any mechanism of entrapment whether it be adsorption, absorption or some other mechanism.
- the method generally comprises positioning within the electronic component at least one adsorbent filter as described above.
- the filter could be used in a container for pharmaceuticals.
- a method of preparing an adsorbent filter generally comprises compression molding a composition comprising a mixture of at least particulate adsorbent (powdered or granular), or mixture of adsorbent, and binder(s).
- the mixture may further comprise lubricant.
- a preferred lubricant for such a construction would be powdered PTFE, for example as available under the trade designation Teflon® from DuPont, of Wilmington, Delaware.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a filter construction according to the present invention
- Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 2-2, Fig. 1;
- Fig. 3 is a perspective view of an internal component of the construction shown in Fig. 1 ;
- Fig. 4 is an exploded perspective view of an environment of use for the filter construction depicted in Fig. 1 ;
- Fig. 5 is a first graph presenting data described in the Experimental section.
- Fig. 6 is a second graph presenting data described in the Experimental section. Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiment
- Adsorbent filters especially those which are to be for use within electronic components, for example to protect: computer disk drives; cellular phones; circuit boards; VCR's; TV's; and headlight assemblies, must be relatively small in size. Generally they should occupy a volume no greater than approximately 262 cubic centimeters (cc or cm 3 ), and typical ones for disk drives, depending upon the specific system of concern, will occupy volumes of approximately 0.008-262 cm 3 , more typically 0.26 to 18 cm 3 .
- Conventional arrangements generally comprise a pouch, formed within the size limitations defined, having enclosed therein adsorbent in a flowable powder or granular form. A widely held conventional belief has been that the high surface area provided by the flowable granular form, was necessary and desirable for effective adsorbent operation. This is described, for example, in U.S. patent 4,830,643 at col. 1, lines 25-36.
- FIGs. 1-3 show a first embodiment of an adsorbent filter according to the present invention
- Fig. 4 which shows a combination or embodiment of use.
- FIG. 4 an enclosed volume for use, in particular a computer disk drive 1, is depicted.
- the disk drive 1 of Fig. 1 is depicted in exploded view, and shows a housing 2 comprising cover 3 and base 4.
- base 4 typically comprising a casting such as an E-coated aluminum casting
- disk drive components 6 hardware or electronic componentry
- This vapor control is provided by filter construction 10, for example including desiccant (for moisture vapor control) and/or activated carbon for organic vapor control or acid gas control, as described.
- filter construction 10 for example including desiccant (for moisture vapor control) and/or activated carbon for organic vapor control or acid gas control, as described.
- filter construction 10 for example including desiccant (for moisture vapor control) and/or activated carbon for organic vapor control or acid gas control, as described.
- filters construction 10 for example including desiccant (
- the base or casting of a computer disk drive is formed with a receiving space or slot therein, in which the filter construction 10 is loosely positioned, during assembly.
- the side walls and cover associated with the slot would tend to retain the filter construction 10 in place, as desired, through product use.
- an adhesive is positioned on a flat surface of the filter construction 10, and the construction 10 is secured in place thereby.
- PSA pressure sensitive adhesive
- Usable adhesives are those available from 3M Company of St. Paul, Minnesota under the designation 467MS.
- a plastic housing or frame which can be secured within the casting or base 4, and which is sized to loosely receive the filter construction 10 therein, is used.
- filter construction 10 is depicted in detail.
- filter construction 10 is shown in perspective.
- Fig. 2 depicts the construction 10 in cross-section.
- Fig. 3 an internal component of construction 10 is depicted.
- filter construction 10 includes an outer cover, casing, pouch or shell 12.
- the outer cover, casing, pouch or shell 12 is formed from a stable, porous material.
- Preferred materials and porosities for the cover 12 are provided hereinbelow, in a detailed description of preferred components.
- an appropriate porosity for passage therethrough (via diffusion) of vaporous materials for example, water vapor, organic vapors, acid gas, etc., the presence of which is/are to be controlled by the adsorbent material positioned within the pouch.
- the outer casing pouch or shell 12 is porous throughout its surface area.
- the particular cover or casing 12 depicted comprises two shell pieces 15, 16, secured to one another along a perimeter seal.
- Shell piece 15 is flat, and forms a cover 17.
- Shell piece 16 is formed in a bowl or receptacle shape 18, with an outer flange 19.
- Shell piece 15 is secured to the outer flange 19 of shell piece 16, by perimeter seal 20.
- the adsorbent material is encapsulated by the cover 12.
- Preferred methods of forming the perimeter seal 20 are described below.
- the material from which the cover 12 is formed may sometimes be referred to as the encapsulating material, with the cover sometimes referred to as the encapsulating construction.
- shell piece 15 and shell piece 16 define an interior pouch or volume 24, Fig. 2, in which is received adsorbent construction 25.
- the adsorbent construction 25 is not provided in the form of flowable powder or particulate. Rather, adsorbent construction 25 comprises previously flowable particulate (powder or granules) which has been secured into a tablet, wafer or brick form. Preferred methods and formulations for accomplishing this are described below.
- adsorbent construction 25, comprising tablet, wafer or brick 29 is depicted. The construction 25 will retain its form, shape or integrity during normal handling.
- Tablet or brick 29 would be formed from flowable particulate material, for example granular desiccant (moisture control) and/or activated carbon or treated activated carbon (organic vapor control and/or acid gas control), by procedures such as those described below.
- granular or powdered (i.e., particulate) adsorbent material would be mixed with an appropriate amount of binder and then be compression molded, to form the brick (tablet or wafer) 29. If desired, additional material could be provided in the mixture, before compression molding, to provide for some organic vapor adsorption (and control) by construction 10.
- powdered or granular (particulate) binder is used.
- Shell piece 16 can be formed from an appropriate material such as described below.
- the cavity or volume in shell piece 16, which receives the brick can be formed simultaneously with the positioning of the brick (tablet or wafer) 29 therein.
- a sheet of the material from which shell piece 16 is formed would be positioned over an appropriately sized mold or cavity.
- the brick (wafer or tablet) 29 would then be pressed into the sheet of shell piece material, and into the cavity, with the sheet positioned between the brick and the mold cavity. This will mold the shell piece 16 with the cavity therein, at the same time the brick (tablet or wafer) 29 is put therein.
- a press can be used to pre-form the shell piece 16, before the brick, tablet or wafer 29 is positioned therein.
- (tablet or wafer) 29 therein would then be covered by shell piece 15, and perimeter sealed, for example by ultrasonic welding or heat sealing.
- the mold or casting into which the brick 29 and shell piece 16 are pressed, during assembly will be used as a weld nest, during application of the cover sheet 15 and during the ultrasonic welding or heat sealing operation. This will facilitate convenient, rapid manufacture. Disadvantages of handling flowable particulate material, during assembly of the filter construction, are thus avoided. Also, in some instances when preferred techniques such as those described hereinbelow are utilized for formation of the tablet or brick 29, the amount of adsorbent per unit volume can exceed the bulk density of the adsorbent in its free flowing state.
- the material used to form the pouch, cover or encapsulating construction is preferably sufficiently porous to allow movement of air, water vapor and, if appropriate, organic vapor therethrough, freely, while at the same time appropriately enclosing the adsorbent construction.
- Preferred physical specifications for the pouch, cover or encapsulating material are:
- Thickness range 0.0005-0.050 inches
- Particle Efficiency 99.99% Minimum on 0.3 micron at 10.5 fpm
- the material be relatively strong, resistant to tear or break, inexpensive, and readily available.
- Preferred materials comprise expanded, porous, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) materials.
- the PTFE may be obtained from a variety of suppliers, or manufactured using known techniques. Usable PTFE is available from Tetratec, a division of Donaldson Company, Inc. of Bloomington, Minnesota; and, from W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., of Newark, Delaware. Preferably it is obtained in a form laminated to a spun bond polypropylene or similar material to facilitate heat bonding or ultrasonic welding.
- Expanded porous polytetrafluoroethylene made according to the procedures described in U.S. patent numbers: 4,110,392; 4,187,390; and, 3,953,566 may be used. However, alternate materials are usable, as long as the general physical requirements are met. The four identified patents are incorporated herein by reference.
- the material provide a perimeter seal. It is preferred, then, that the porous PTFE material be provided in a form such that it can be sealed to itself, to form the perimeter seal or weld.
- a preferred technique for accomplishing this is to apply to the PTFE material, on the side to be sealed, a layer of a thermoplastic polymer (for example a polyolefin such as a polypropylene).
- a fibrous material such as a spun bond scrim can be used.
- Such a material will not substantially modify the porosity characteristics of the construction 12, but will provide for an overall construction I I that can be sealed to itself, where the polypropylene is present.
- thermoplastic polymer side of the sheet or laminate construction can be sealed to itself, using ultrasonic welding techniques, for example.
- a suitable film comprising PTFE laminated to a spun bond polypropylene scrim is generally available.
- the materials used for the construction 10 not contain detectable levels (by conventional NVR/FTIR analysis) of silicones, amides or DOP (dioctyl plithalate). It is also preferred that there be no detectable offgassing of hydrocarbons and other harmful contaminants to a disk drive, as determined by headspace GC/MS @ 105°C for 24 hours.
- the characterized polytetrafluoroethylene materials, with polypropylene scrim applied thereto for sealing, provide for this.
- NVR nonvolatile residue analysis
- FTIR Fourier transform infrared analyses
- GC/MS gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, using conventional techniques.
- the adsorbent brick, tablet or wafer, enclosed within the pouch is preferably the result of compression molding or otherwise forming a mixture of flowable, granular powder material and binder, into a molded, stable, wafer, brick or tablet. That is, sufficient binder is used to retain the compression molded particulate adsorbent construction in a non-free flowing form.
- non-free flowing in this context, it is meant that the individual particles or granules from which the construction (brick, tablet or wafer) is formed are sufficiently bound that they do not M separate during normal handling.
- the composition prior to compression molding, may include any of a variety of selected adsorbents (or mixture) for the vapor control desired; i.e., moisture vapor, organic vapor, and/or acid gas vapor control.
- a material which is stable and adsorbs within a temperature range of -40°C to 100°C will be preferred.
- powdered (passes through 100 mesh U.S.S.) or granular (28-200 mesh) adsorbent is used.
- a nominal (average) particle size of about greater than 7 microns is typical and desirable. Examples of usable materials are identified in the materials table below.
- binders are, prior to application, dry, powdered or granular binders, which can be readily mixed with the adsorbent. As indicated below, in certain preferred operations, the solid, powdered or granular, binder and the adsorbent are mixed together, in the presence of liquid temporary binder to facilitate coating, and then are dried. It is preferred to avoid a binder material which will tend to completely coat the adsorbent, blocking it from effective operation in the overall assembly. Preferred binder materials are listed in the table of preferred materials below.
- the composition of the tablet, brick or wafer comprises approximately 50-98%), by weight, adsorbent (more preferably a majority, for example 75-95%, most preferably approximately 80%); and, about 2-50%), by weight, binder (more preferably a minority, for example 5-25%), most preferably approximately 20%).
- adsorbent more preferably a majority, for example 75-95%, most preferably approximately 80%
- binder more preferably a minority, for example 5-25%
- PTFE Teflon® powder
- a lubricant preferably a minimum amount effective to accomplish a desirably reproducible mold release, is used.
- the brick, wafer or tablet can be formed using a variety of compression molding or tablet-forming techniques. Generally all that is required is sufficient pressure and/or heat to ensure brick integrity under ordinary handling and manufacturing conditions.
- a compression such that a given volume contains about 0.8-1.75 times (preferably 1 to 1.75 times, most preferably greater than 1 time), by weight, adsorbent by comparison to the amount of adsorbent that would occupy the same volume if it were left in a granular, free-flowing state, is generally adequate and desirable.
- Such techniques as conventional tabletting are readily adaptable. Generally tabletting pressures on the order of 12,700 to 25,500 psi will suffice. It may be possible to use lower pressures by optimizing the formulation, or modifying the binder, for any selected application and geometry.
- the solids primarily (i.e., >70%> by wt.) comprise silica gel for operation as a desiccant (i.e., water adsorption), generally a minimum effective bulk density of at least 0.61 g/cc (grams/cubic centimeter) after molding is desirable. Preferably sufficient compression occurs to get a density greater than 0.85 g/cc, and preferably about 0.92 g/cc.
- the material is molded so that the resulting predetermined shape has no dimension which is less than 0.20 cm, and more preferably has no dimension which is less than about 0.51 cm. This will help ensure structural stability to the compression molded item.
- an overall bulk volume for the compression molded item within the range of about 0.008 to 262 cm 3 will be preferred, more typically 0.26 to 18 cm 3 .
- the term "bulk volume” is meant to refer to the volume calculated from either the compression mold cell or the outside dimensions to the resulting compression molded product.
- a "brick" approximately 3.1 cm long, and approximately 0.6 cm thick in one dimension and approximately 0.5 cm thick in the other (the product having flat sides) is usable.
- a dry mixture would be prepared comprising 63% by weight silica gel (28-200 mesh silica gel) with about 10.5% polyvinyl alcohol powder (PVA, Air Products' Air Vault 203S). These materials would be mixed with water or another liquid, with 1 part of water for every 2 parts silica gel, and then are air dried. The water acts as a temporary processing binder and helps to enhance the coating of the binder over the silica gel.
- silica gel 28-200 mesh silica gel
- PVA Polyvinyl alcohol powder
- the dry material would be screened with a 30-mesh screen to reduce lumps. To this would be added about 24%> microcrystalline cellulose (MCC, FMC Lattice NT-050 or NT-105). To the mixture would also be added 2.5% Teflon® powder (DuPont Zonyl MP-1100) as lubricant.
- MMC microcrystalline cellulose
- Teflon® powder DuPont Zonyl MP-1100
- the tablet would then be formed by using a conventional tabletting machine at pressures of 12,700-25,500 psi.
- Typical tablet sizes would be as follows: Length: 0.38 cm-10.16 cm
- a water soluble PVA formulation has a variety of advantages.
- the mix is free flowing which allows for high speed tablet making.
- PVA powder mixes well with silica gel.
- the composition of PVA powder is acceptable for disk drive applications. That is it does not release volatiles that are undesirable within disk drives.
- the method described above is advantageous in part because it avoids the use of alcohol solvents. As a result, less contamination to electronic equipment is likely.
- a sample (called “11 PVA” or “G”) was also made comprising: 63%, by wt., Davison Grade 11 silica gel; 10.5% Air Products' Airvol 203 S PVA; 24% Lattice NT-050 MCC; and 2.5% DuPont Zonyl MP-1100 Teflon powder. Its diameter was 12.7 mm and it had a thickness of 0.28 mm. Only one tablet of this was used, per weighing pan.
- Davison Grade 11 is a 28-200 mesh silica gel
- Davison Syloid 63 is a 7 micron powder form of silica gel. All samples were run in duplicate except P/N 63 50/50 (E) which had a limited sample availability. Thus, data Al and A2 are for the two runs of material A, etc.
- a Tenney temperature and humidity chamber was programmed to maintain 50% RH (Relative Humidity) and 21.1 °C and allowed to equilibrate.
- the weight of adsorbent was determined for each part based upon the formulation and the dry weight or direct measurement. Again, for some samples, as indicated in the table above, 2 or 3 individual tablets made up the sample.
- the weights were compiled as a function of time for each sample. The dry weights were subtracted from each measurement with the difference assumed to be water vapor adsorption. The mass of water vapor adsorbed was calculated as a function of time for each sample and then normalized per mass of dry silica gel and adsorbent volume. The normalized adso ⁇ tion curves were then graphed as a function of time to infer adsorbent performance. The graphs allow a direct comparison between the silica gel tablets and the P53-7365(F1 and F2) baseline. The data collected, for all but 11 PVA or G, is found in Tables II, III and IV below.
- Figure 5 shows the rate of water vapor adso ⁇ tion for each sample normalized per mass of dry silica gel.
- the rate of adso ⁇ tion for the silica gel tablets is greater than that of the P53-7365(F1 and F2) baseline.
- the final capacity of each sample normalized per mass of dry silica gel ranges from 25-30%). The range is likely a result of variability in the mixture of silica gel to binder for each sample. Silica gel in bulk form would be expected to adsorb approximately 28.75%) of its weight at the conditions specified. Therefore, the tablet process does not negatively affect the water vapor adso ⁇ tion of the silica gel.
- Figure 6 outlines the water vapor adso ⁇ tion normalized per unit volume.
- the silica gel tablets outperform the P53-7365(F1 and F2) baseline in terms of capacity per unit volume. This characteristic is especially useful in Disk Drive applications where available space is limited. As expected, the silica gel tablets with a higher silica gel content exhibited a higher capacity for water vapor per unit volume. The Grade 11 and Syloid 63 silica gel materials appear to have similar adso ⁇ tion performance in Tablet form.
- silica gel tablets had much improved capacity for water vapor per unit volume when compared to the granular silica gel pouch baseline at the conditions tested.
- the 11 PVA sample i.e., sample G
- Tables V, VI, VII below. Table V shows change of weight, at the time increments.
- Table VI gives sample specifications concerning masses of silica gel and volume of silica gel in the samples, as well as the pouch weight for the samples which had a pouch.
- Table VII shows the amount of water vapor adsorbed, at the time intervals.
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