There is a need for the purification of indoor air owing to a high rate of pollution in today’s world. For this, cabin air filters (CAFs) are widely used, which requires the addition of certain adsorbents to increase the volatile organic compound (VOC) removal efficiency. However, this addition causes high-pressure resistance, which may hamper commercial applications by requiring more energy and negatively affecting fresh air delivery rate. Hence, in this study, a high-performance combined CAF (CCAF) with excellent dust and chemical filtration performance and low differential pressure was prepared using granular activated carbon (GAC)/activated carbon fiber (ACF) mixed medium. The GAC/ACF mixed medium had higher air permeability than the ACF medium of the same weight, and it exhibited similar ultrafine dust filtration performance to the ACF medium without an increase in differential pressure. In addition, the GAC/ACF mixed medium showed excellent gas removal performance without increasing differential pressure by combining the VOC removal characteristics of the GAC and ACF filter media. The improved VOC removal performance of the GAC/ACF mixed medium was due to the hybrid effect of the hierarchical pore structures of the GAC and the nearly uniform pore structures of the ACF, which resulted in a slow and increased gas adsorption by the GAC and rapid gas adsorption of the ACF.

심층형여과 카트리지필터는 반도체 등 전자재료, 식음료, 각종 안료, 페인트, 잉크 등의 공정용 카트리지 필터로서 널리 사용되고 있는 필터이다. 이러한 공정용 카트리지 필터의 여과특성과 심층형여과 카트리지 필터의 종류, 제조업체 및 전세계 시장동향을 살펴보고, 심층형여과 카트리지 필터의 고장사례현황 및 원인규명과 함께, 신뢰성평가 방법에 대하여 고찰하였다.