A filter candle (1) in a backflush filter housing (2) has a cylindrical filter wall (3) and includes an internal hollow flushing element (8) divided into a flushing section (9) having a flushing port (10) for backflushing and a turbine section (11) for rotation of the flushing element. The flushing section tapers from a first end to a second end. The turbine section tapers from a first end to a second end and has turbine blades arranged on the outside. The first end of the flushing section is connected to the first end of the turbine section at a transition position (21). An outside of the flushing element forms a cylindrical restriction at the transition position so that the part of the cylindrical filter wall of the filter candle extending at the turbine section may be backflushed by means of fluid also driving the turbine.

The present invention relates to an a multi-cage type ballast water filtering apparatus having a function of automatically controlling simultaneous backwashing, and a method of automatically controlling the simultaneous backwashing. The apparatus includes a body, and filtering units connected to each other to form a packaged structure in the body. Each filtering unit includes a filter filtering ballast water, and an automatic washing unit backwashing the filter. The apparatus further includes a first pressure sensor measuring the pressure in space between the body and the filters, and a second pressure sensor installed on each of some of the filtering units to measure the pressure in the filter of the corresponding filtering unit. When a difference between pressures measured by the first and second pressure sensors exceeds a predetermined range, the automatic washing units of all of the filtering units are simultaneously operated.

Embodiments of the invention provide a filter for use in filtering a fluid slurry that includes particles of varying size, such as pool water including debris. The filter is in electrical communication with a sensor and includes a housing having an inlet to receive the fluid slurry, an outlet, and an internal chamber. An actuator can be coupled to the filter media to move at least a portion of the filter media to vary a dimension of the pores. The filter also includes a controller connected to the actuator that is capable of receiving a signal from the sensor and controls the actuator to change the dimension of the pores based on the signal.

A dual phase re-circulating extraction apparatus comprises at least one extraction vessel, at least one separation chamber, and a circulation conduit configured to direct a process fluid into the extraction vessel, where it may come into contact with a source material to form a mixture, and is then passed to the separation chamber, where the process fluid separates from the extracted material, and the process fluid is recirculated back to the extraction vessel. The apparatus includes a gas pump, at least one heat exchanger, and a liquid pump, each connected to the conduit, to efficiently convert a relatively low pressure gas after separation to a relatively high pressure liquid or supercritical fluid for extraction. The apparatus can be configured to enable a batch mode process allowing continuous flow to the separators while the extractors are cycled online and offline in a sequence to enable servicing and reloading.

A filter device having a filter housing (1), having a fluid inlet (11) for unfiltered matter and having a fluid outlet (19) for filtered matter and at least one filter element (7, 9) of one or more parts accommodated in the filter housing (1), which filter element can be cleaned using at least one backwash element (21) in counter current to the direction of filtration, which can be moved by means of a fluid-conveying drive shaft (20) of a rotary drive at the inside (17) of the relevant filter element (7, 9) and which has, at the end adjacent to this inside (17), a gap-shaped passage opening, which is parallel to the axis of rotation (16) of the drive shaft (20) and which opens into a flow chamber connected to the drive shaft (20) in a fluid-conveying manner, is characterized in that the distance between the backwash element (21) and the adjacent assignable filter element (7, 9) can be predetermined by means of an adjustment device (27; 47).

A filter device having a filter housing (1) with a fluid inlet (13) for raw fluid and with a fluid outlet (3) for filtrate and with at least one one-piece or multi-piece filter insert (5, 7) which is received in the filter housing (1) and can be cleaned using at least one backflushing member (21) in counter-current to the filtration direction, which member can, by means of a fluid-guiding driveshaft (23) of a rotary drive (35), be moved along the inner side (19) of the respective filter insert (5, 7) and has, at its end adjacent to this inner side (19), a gap-shaped passage opening (39) that runs parallel to the axis of rotation of the driveshaft (23) and discharges into a flow space (41; 57; 67) fluidically connected to the driveshaft (23), which space at least partially continuously narrows in the direction of the driveshaft (23) in a first plane in which the passage opening (39) lies, is characterized in that, in another second plane transverse to the first plane, the flow space (41; 57; 67) at least partially continuously widens proceeding from the passage opening (39) in the direction of the driveshaft (23).

A self-cleaning disc filter apparatus for filtering a liquid, water, utilizing a plurality of stackable/de-stackable disc filter media within a filtering housing, the liquid flows through the housing in two flow directions, a first flow direction during a filtering phase and a second direction of flow during a self-cleaning phase; the filtering housing is fit with an internal fluid diverter that controls the direction of flow through the filter housing, the status of the filtering media, initiating filter media cleaning, therein the internal fluid diverter control the overall status of the filter apparatus, the internal fluid diverter is configured to change between filtering phase and self-cleaning phase with a single turn of the fluid diverter.

The filtering system comprises an inner flow or an outer flow, a shaft, a backwash outlet, a backwash valve, a volume separator rotating disk containing a backwash hole located between the insert and back wash outlet, and a filter cleaning mechanism enabling the cleaning of the dirt particles generated on the filter insert without opening the filter cover. The filtering system contains at least two flow cross-section reducing plates, realizing the speedy passage of the liquid in the insert through the plurality of gaps providing a plurality of reduced flow cross-sections created between the flow cross-section reducing plates and the surface of the insert. A pressure drop is generated during the speedy passage of a liquid through the plurality of gaps. The surface of the insert is cleaned with the passage of the liquid from outside of the insert to the inside of the insert or vice versa.

The invention relates to a filter device, in particular for filtering lubrication, consisting of at least one filter insert (19), in which a respective filter material (27) is received and which is provided with fluid passage points (70) that are delimited by wall parts (63) of the filter insert (19) and with a backflush device (37, 49) that has at least one flush nozzle (49), said flush nozzle being movable along the interior of the respective pairable filter insert (19) by means of a hollow drive shaft (37). The invention is characterized in that at least one pair of flush nozzles (49) is provided for each filter insert (19, 21), said flush nozzles having longitudinal slots (73, 74) which are arranged one over the other in the axial direction of the drive shaft (37), wherein the longitudinal slots have an offset relative to one another which runs transversely to the axial direction such that for adjacent flush nozzles (49), at least one part of the longitudinal slot (73) of one flush nozzle (49) overlaps with at least one of the fluid passage points (70) of the pairable filter insert (19, 21) and at least one part of the longitudinal slot (74) of the other flush nozzle (49) at least partly overlaps with the wall parts (63) which delimit the aforementioned fluid passage point of the filter insert (19, 21).

A backflushing filter having an inlet, an outlet, and a drain; a filter that divides a housing into an inlet chamber that is connected to the inlet and an outlet chamber that is connected to the outlet; a backflushing device having a suction element arranged so that it is able to rotate around the filter on the inlet side of the housing with at least one suction opening that is oriented in the suction direction toward the filter for filter-cleaning purposes; a backflushing duct connected to a suction opening and the drain; and a rotating device which drives the rotational movement of the suction element around the filter when a pressure drop occurs in the backflushing duct; wherein when the pressure drop in the backflushing duct occurs, the rotating device drives the rotational movement of the suction element by the suction direction of the suction opening that is inclined relative to the radial direction of the suction element.