IntraMicron’s microfibrous media offers compelling benefits compared to other existing technology for mitigating all types of airborne threats including nuclear, biological, and chemical agents; mycotoxins; molds; and germs. These unique performance advantages include:

• Unparalleled Efficiency
The media utilizes three to four times more of the active sorbent material than is possible in a carbon packed bed, enabling increased capacity, or longer gas life, for the filter.

• Lower Pressure Drop
The media has 1/8 to 1/2 of the pressure drop of current carbon packed bed canisters, making it far easier for the user to breathe through the filter, or, for structured heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, to pass air through the filter at significantly reduced energy costs.

• Regeneration
The media can be regenerated and reused, affording tremendous operating and logistical cost savings.

• Customization
The media can be tailored to address a "cocktail" threat or a specific target threat, which is a previously unavailable breadth of protection from a single traditional filter. The media may also be customized in HVAC systems to address the specific needs of building occupants and industrial processes.

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Air filtration
In addition to the usage of microfibrous materials in air filters for HVAC systems, the air handling units may be further optimized to reduce the electrical energy required to provide clean air and a comfortable climate to their building occupants. Proprietary economic models may be utilized to determine the optimal operating conditions for HVAC systems, resulting in cost savings significant enough to offset the cost of enhanced microfibrous media.

Desulfurization
Growing awareness of the effects of sulfur compounds on the environment has caused increased stringency of standards for sulfur content in chemicals, fuels, and emissions. Because of the increased availability of sorbent in microfibrous-enhanced material, more sulfur may be removed from chemical process streams and final products in order to attain exceptionally low levels of sulfur without experiencing exorbitant costs in processing or environmental remediation.

CO Oxidation
Carbon monoxide (CO) is an odorless and toxic gas that is commonly a byproduct of incomplete combustion. Microfibrous materials may be utilized to oxidize carbon monoxide into the more benign carbon dioxide so that this safety hazard could be abated efficiently.

Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
Liquid fuels are vital to transportation and the global economy, and one technology that can be utilized to produce these fuels converts a gaseous mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen into a range of liquids that can be separated and refined to produce synthetic gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, etc. Catalysts may be embedded into a microfibrous-enhanced matrix to increase the conversion of the Fischer-Tropsch process while realizing greater thermal control and increased process tunabilty.

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