COMPACT MULTIGAS FILTER

摘要

A filter assembly includes a filter bed comprising at least one chemical filtering medium and a pleated filter element. The pleated filter element includes a particulate filtering medium and at least one chemical filtering medium. In one implementation, the pleated element includes a non-woven web of polymeric fibers and more than 60 percent weight sorbent particles enmeshed in the web. At least one chemical filtering medium in the pleated element and at least one chemical filtering medium of the filter bed can be designed to be capable of targeting different chemical substances. Some filter assemblies of the present disclosure may be disposed within an interior of a fluid-impermeable housing having an inlet and an outlet.