Preparation of Double-Layer Composite Coffee Filtration Nonwovens

Abstract

The coffee industry is developing rapidly in the world, and the use of coffee filtration nonwovens (CFNs) is becoming more and more extensive; however, there is a lack of standards and research for its production and trade, and the quality of related products on the market is uneven at present. Here, eight double-layer composite coffee filtration nonwovens (D-LCCFNs) were prepared by using 5 g/m2 and 10 g/m2 polypropylene (PP) melt-blown nonwovens (MNs), 20 g/m2 PP spunbonded nonwovens and 20 g/m2 viscose/ES fiber chemically bonded nonwovens, and the physical properties, morphology and the filtration effect of coffee and purified water for the prepared samples were tested. It was found that the surface density of the microfiber layer (MNs) in the D-LCCFNs was negatively correlated with the coffee filtration rate; when the microfiber layer in the D-LCCFNs was in direct contact with the coffee, the liquid started to drip later, and the filtration rate of the coffee was slower; the filtration rate of the samples with the viscose/ES chemically bonded nonwovens was very fast. However, the samples without viscose/ES fibers basically did not filter pure water much, but they could filter out the coffee liquid normally, and the samples’ hydrophilicity increased significantly after filtering coffee.