Patent · US Expired

Glass microbead filter and method of filtering

US5366632A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 3, 1993
Grant dateNov 22, 1994
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Expiry dateMar 3, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D37/02
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A layered filter composite comprises a filter medium, and on the upstream surface thereof a homogeneous or graded layer of nonporous spherical glass microbeads as a filter aid. A method for filtering or prefiltering a liquid mixture is disclosed wherein a layer of glass microbeads is used as a filter or filter aid. The layered filter composite is useful in analytical applications as well as in large scale industrial and remedial (clean-up) applications.

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