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Filter Design &
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Materials Selection
Requirements & Product Goals

Established Filtration Changes
Good Level Of Performance But Must Be Improved To Keep Pace With
Increasingly Competitive Marketplace
• Increased filtration area with square configuration

• Reconfigured inlet for higher flow intake
• Sealing system should increase performance especially at higher flows
• Improved user experience with reduced dust buildup and removal tab
• Gauge pressure sensors determine filter life and flow based control
Mila 1.0
0.069m2 Filter Face Area Mila 1.5
0.12m2 Filter Face Area

Additional Filtration Goals
Mila 1.5 will have substantially better filtration capabilities. With
additional thought we can create a filtration system that creates a
perfect customer - filter fit.
• Add high capability Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) filtration

capability with activated carbon
• Design an adaptable filter system that can be configured and changed

without significant tooling costs.
• Optimized filtration configurations for customer needs and

environments

Customer Concern Categories
A Diverse Range Of Customer Types
Environmental Concerns
Customer experiences
seasonal effects like
allergies or lives near a
significant source of
pollution from cities or
Health Concerns seasonal effects Indoor Sources
Customer suffers from a Customer lives in a home

medical condition, or is in where there are significant
a physiological condition sources of VOC, like
where extra care is required Formaldehyde in new
such as an expectant construction or like odor
mother or a newborn baby generation with pets

How to create a Filtration System that can be optimized for
high airflow or efficiency depending on user concerns?

Adaptable Filter Concept
Use a few adaptable high value parts consistently, and a
more flexible process for other parts that are filter specific
Top Filter Tray W/ Carbon Seal

Injection Molded - Added Suggested Industrial Processes:
Interior Lip For Series Carbon Injection Molding: Expensive to
Filter. Sealing on both top and create tooling, This process provides
bottom required the highest quality parts for a low cost
Top Filter Surface
Leverage Vacuum Forming Vacuum Forming: Cost effective and
process to innovate & easy to create custom tooling for low to
change quickly large size runs.
HEPA Material Filtration Media:

Customizable Material and Adaptable across manufactures
Pleat Design
Bottom Filter Surface W/ Seal For

Carbon Consumable Unit
Leverage Vacuum Forming process
to innovate & change quickly. Center
area for opening and parallel filter.
Bottom Filter Tray

Standard part has room for a parallel
filter inlet and no sealing is required to
bottom filter surface. Possible snap in
design allows user replacement and
cost reduction
Logistical Overview Of Adaptable Filter
Logistics of multiple filter types must be addressed for approach to work
Injection Molded Parts

Large Quantity / Warehoused
HEPA Supplier:
Vacuum Formed Parts Takes Vacuum Formed
Medium Quantity Part and adds HEPA Final Assembly
media with their process
Carbon Media Structure

Low cost or disposable Carbon Supplier:
Ships To User
material like cardboard holds Takes consumable
Quarterly
carbon media media and adds carbon

Potential Subscription Cost Recovery
Parts and media can be reusable to recover cost
Vacuum Form Parts and

Injection Molded Parts
HEPA are waste
Large Quantity / Warehoused
Quarterly User Injection Molding Parts

Ships Filter Back and Carbon Media Assembly / Suppliers
with Label provided Removed and Recycled
Carbon Supplier:
Recycles carbon

Configurations &
Performance

Four Filtration Regions
Course - CCADR:
Represents the easiest range of particles to filter.
Large particles like pollen and dust are common
in certain seasons and environments
Fine - FCADR:
Represents significant volume of
challenging to filter particles in the
0.1-0.3um range. Damaging to lungs
Ultra Fine - UFCADR:

Region is characterized by macro molecules,
that are common in smoke and resulting from
industrial processes common in urban areas.
Nano Region - NCADR:

Represents bulk of gaseous and odor causing
contaminants. Formaldehyde, VOC’s and other
gasses. Mass levels of these are fairly low.
Ultra
Nano Fine Course
Fine
#1 Base HEPA Configuration
Provides Good Entry Level Filtration Capability
Clean Air Delivery
Main HEPA Geometry Requirements

Filter Area
Value m2
Specification
Frontal Area (m2) 0.12
Surface Area (m2) 4.2

#1 Base HEPA Configuration
Provides Good Entry Level Filtration Capability
Typical HEPA Lifespan Data

Dependent on ambient
particulate concentration 
 
Quarterly Replacement Interval
is likely on the shorter side

#2 Parallel Configuration
HEPA Only
Designed to push configuration to maximum flow limit
Clean Air Delivery

HEPA Only
3” Parallel HEPA Geometry Requirements
Filter Area
Value % Of Main
Specification
Frontal Area (m2) 0.019 15.8%
Surface Area (m2) 0.665 15.8%
Typical HEPA Lifespan Data

Dependent on ambient
particulate concentration 
 
Quarterly Replacement Interval
is likely on the shorter side

1” HEPA and 50mm Carbon
Designed to provided highest exit purity for health conscious customers
Clean Air Delivery

1” HEPA and 50mm Carbon
1” Parallel HEPA Geometry
Filter Area Specification Value
HEPA Surface Area (m2) 0.19
Carbon Mass (kg) 2
Carbon Lifespan Information

VOC Scenerio Days of Advertised
Adsorption Rate
Extreme 64
High 128
Normal 256

70mm Carbon
Designed to provided highest VOC removal
Clean Air Delivery

70mm Carbon
Parallel Filter 70mm Carbon Build
Filter Specification Value
Carbon Volume (L) 2.74
Carbon Lifespan Information

VOC Scenerio Days of Advertised
Adsorption Rate
Extreme 90
High 180
Normal 360

Customer Optimized Selections

Filtration Evaluation Categories
Coverage: Evaluates the ability of the device to clean a
large area. A high coverage factor is helpful for people on
the move, or moving sources of emission like pets
Purity: Evaluates the fraction of air cleaned by the

system. Users who have a health concern are best suited
for a high purity system. A score of 10 means the air at the
exit is totally clean.
Volatile Organic Carbon: Unique from the other forms of

filtration, VOC gasses require an adsorption media to be
totally cleaned effectively. This filter metric is useful for
users with high emission sources of VOC in their living
space like those in new construction or with pets.
New Construction
Filter Media Specification
Material Specificaiton Value
HEPA Material H14
Carbon Material C40 (Aerodynamic Pelets)

Pets Owners
HEPA Material E10

Newborn Baby
HEPA Material E14

Allergy Suffers
HEPA Material E11
Carbon Material None

Expectant Mothers
HEPA Material E12

Configuration Changes & Open Issues

Square Opening For Square Filter
Aesthetically appropriate opening also aids performance allows
insertion of square parallel media

Open Item: Top Filter Face Sealing
A Few Ideas:
1) Use Conformal Snaping Mechanism To Seal Edge
Between Filter Tray And Vacuumed Formed Filter Top
Surface. Allows Top Filter Tray To Be Reused By
Consumer, will likely have a small amount of leakage.
2) Use Overmolding For Rubber Seal To Create Custom

Top And Bottom Seal. More expensive but likely most
effective, could be used in conjunction with #1
3) Permanently attach filter tray to top filter surface.
Need To Prevent Leak Path

Between HEPA And Tray

Parallel Filter Construction & Requirements

Simple Cardboard Box To House Parallel Filtration Elements
140mmx140mm Area Box with 75mm Depth

Three Parallel Configurations
Similar Construction Techniques
• Activate Carbon Foam

secures solid filter media
between two layers on top
and bottom
• Solid Filter Media

provides superior
per for mance to other
methods of activated
carbon
• HEPA Sheets can be

e a s i l y s p e c i fi e d w i t h
various depths and
grades in a square
configuration
A Variety Of Adhesive Options
Hot Melt Is Strong And Seals Against Air Flow

Backup Information

Analysis References

Simulation Using Empirical Data For Actual Products
Adds Increased Realism To The Study
HEPA & FIlter Material Cover a Vastly Different Range Of Efficiencies.
In General The Stronger The Filtration Efficiency The More

Intense The Airflow Blockage.
More Densely Packed HEPA Materials are better at capturing fine

particles through diffusion.
This study is aimed In part at helping to demonstrate the strengths

and weakness of different material.
HEPA Filter Materials
Pre-Filters
Advertised 150
HEPA
“True” HEPA

Simulation Using Empirical Data For Actual Products
Adds Increased Realism To The Study
Standin Carbon Specification 

http://generalcarbon.com/activated-carbon/
C-40 is a virgin activated carbon. Derived from bituminous coal, it is

pelletized in form. Its high activity and surface area make it ideal for
most vapor phase applications. The uniformity of its shape makes it
particularly attractive in applications where low-pressure drop is a
consideration.
GC 4x8SA granular activated carbon is ideal for most air purification

purposes. Made from selected grades of coconut shell, its superior
level of hardness makes it cleaner than most other carbons and gives
it longer life expectancy. This, combined with its high activity level,
makes it well suited for use in any kind of carbon filter or system.
Sulfursorb series of activated carbon are non-impregnated, activated

carbons derived from hardwood or bituminous coal which have been
specially developed for the removal of Hydrogen Sulfide and Sulfur
compounds from vapor streams. All are well suited for use in sewage
treatment plants and pumping stations where these compounds are
typically found. GC Sulfursorb carbons give you the high loading rates
of impregnated carbons without the thermal risks associated with some
chemically treated carbons. In addition, by water washing these
products, some of their H2S capacity can be restored.
GC 4x10R is a reactivated carbon. Derived from bituminous coal, it is

granular in form. Its activity and surface area make it ideal for most vapor
phase applications.

Importance of Carbon Bed Depth
Significant Influence Of Depth On Performance
Mass Uptake Rate = Kuptake x Mass Carbon x

Residence Time 
 
Residence Time = Bed Length / Velocity 
Since the uptake rate is inversely proportional to

the velocity the most efficient carbon units
have a slow velocity and deep bed.
On the device level this is problematic as slow

velocity implies the overall result is
diminished.
In general the bed depth must be optimized for

the level of flow expected.

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Filter Design &

Confidential & Proprietary Information, Ottermatics LLC

Confidential & Proprietary Information, Ottermatics LLC

• Increased filtration area with square configuration

Confidential & Proprietary Information, Ottermatics LLC

• Add high capability Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) filtration

• Design an adaptable filter system that can be configured and changed

• Optimized filtration configurations for customer needs and

Confidential & Proprietary Information, Ottermatics LLC

Customer suffers from a Customer lives in a home

Confidential & Proprietary Information, Ottermatics LLC

Confidential & Proprietary Information, Ottermatics LLC

Top Filter Tray W/ Carbon Seal

HEPA Material Filtration Media:

Bottom Filter Surface W/ Seal For

Bottom Filter Tray

Injection Molded Parts

Carbon Media Structure

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Vacuum Form Parts and

Quarterly User Injection Molding Parts

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Ultra Fine - UFCADR:

Nano Region - NCADR:

Main HEPA Geometry Requirements

Frontal Area (m2) 0.12

Surface Area (m2) 4.2

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Typical HEPA Lifespan Data

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Frontal Area (m2) 0.019 15.8%

Surface Area (m2) 0.665 15.8%

Typical HEPA Lifespan Data

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Frontal Area (m2) 0.019

HEPA Surface Area (m2) 0.19

Carbon Mass (kg) 2

Carbon Lifespan Information

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Filter Specification Value

Frontal Area (m2) 0.019

Carbon Volume (L) 2.74

Carbon Lifespan Information

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Purity: Evaluates the fraction of air cleaned by the

Volatile Organic Carbon: Unique from the other forms of

Filter Media Specification

Material Specificaiton Value

HEPA Material H14

Carbon Material C40 (Aerodynamic Pelets)

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Filter Media Specification

Material Specificaiton Value

HEPA Material E10

Carbon Material C40 (Aerodynamic Pelets)

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Filter Media Specification

Material Specificaiton Value

Standin Carbon Specification 