A filter medium for removing contaminants from water includes a matrix including a plurality of fibers having an electrostatic charge such that the matrix is configured to remove contaminants from water by electrostatic attraction. The filter medium further includes a filler material including a ceramic substrate containing a mineral. The filler material is embedded in the matrix. When water flows through the filter medium, the mineral at least partially dissolves in the water such that a cavity is formed in the matrix in a location of the at least partially dissolved mineral.

A pipeline strainer is provided having a cavity, a screen assembly disposed in the cavity, the screen assembly having an open first end and an open second end and a screen axis extending from the open first end to the open second end, a fluid inlet arranged at the open first end of the screen assembly, such that the fluid inlet is open to an interior of the screen assembly, a fluid outlet adjacent the open first end of the screen assembly. The fluid outlet is open to a straining surface of the screen assembly. A fluid axis extends from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet where the fluid axis crosses the screen axis at or near the fluid inlet.

A filtration system using lightweight fibrous media (LFM) that are pre-compressed either 1) manually; or 2) in-situ using hydraulic flow; and where the LFM are forced to separate and relax for cleaning either: 1) manually, 2) in-situ in their filter housing, or 3) in an auto-clean system using separate devices in order to enact a particularly aggressive cleaning process. A plurality of lightweight fibrous media balls are pre-compressed and used to form a single mass that can filter water as the media are compressed by pre-compression before installation, or by water flow pushing on a pre-compression plate during filtration thereby forming a single mass providing multitudes of tortuous paths through which water can flow and the media can capture small particulate matter.

The invention relates to a filter unit (1, 19), having: at least one warp-knitted spacer (3) which comprises a first and a second cover layer (4; 5) having in each case a multiplicity of openings (6) which are delimited by peripheral regions (7), wherein threads (8) extend from the peripheral regions (7) of the first cover layer (4) to peripheral regions (7) of the second cover layer (5), and wherein the at least one warp-knitted spacer is rolled, twisted, and/or at least in one portion is compressed.

The present invention relates to a multistage fiber filtering apparatus capable of selectively filtering depending on turbidity of raw water, in which a first filtration mode where the raw water passes through a fiber ball medium, a second filtration mode where the raw water passes through a fiber yarn medium, or a third filtration mode where the raw water passes through both of the fiber yarn medium and the fiber ball medium may be selectively operated.

A tangential flow filtration module includes plural plate units connected in sequence. Each of the plate units includes a main body, a first combing portion, a second combing portion, a first flange and a second flange. The main body has a first side surface, a second side surface and a through hole. The first side surface is opposite to the second side surface, and the through hole extends from the first side surface to the second side surface. The first combing portion and the second combing portion are disposed on the first side surface and the second side surface respectively. The first flange and the second flange respectively protrude from the first side surface and the second side surface and respectively. The first combing portion of one of the plate units is combined with the second combing portion of another one of the plate units, so that a sieving structure.

Disclosed are a free-traction filtration device capable of carrying out a massive filtering process and continuous automatic operation, and a method of controlling the same. The free-traction filtration device includes a plurality of filter units each consisting of some sheets of stacked plate filters; top and bottom plates configured to support the filter units at upper and lower portions thereof so as to maintain positions of the filter units, the filter units being circumferentially arranged between the top and bottom plates; a spring configured to resiliently support the top and/or bottom plates in a horizontal state; and an operating unit configured to transmit vibration to the filter units arranged between the top and bottom plates.

The present invention relates to a multistage fiber filtering apparatus capable of selectively filtering depending on turbidity of raw water, in which a first filtration mode where the raw water passes through a fiber ball medium, a second filtration mode where the raw water passes through a fiber yarn medium, or a third filtration mode where the raw water passes through both of the fiber yarn medium and the fiber ball medium may be selectively operated.

A variable pore size filter media including an upper plate, a retainer, and a support profile disposed between the upper plate and the retainer. The variable pore size filter media also includes a plurality of wire rings disposed on the support profile and longitudinally distributed within a region between the upper plate and the retainer, the plurality of wire rings being distributed in a non-contiguous manner to form a plurality of spaces therebetween. The variable pore size filter media further includes a plurality of pores defined by the plurality of spaces between the plurality of wire rings and a pore size adjustment mechanism configured to vary a respective distance between each of the plurality of wire rings to increase or decrease a respective size of each of the plurality of pores by increasing or decreasing a size of each of the plurality of spaces.

A tangential flow filtration module includes plural plate units connected in sequence. Each of the plate units includes a main body, a first combing portion, a second combing portion, a first flange and a second flange. The main body has a first side surface, a second side surface and a through hole. The first side surface is opposite to the second side surface, and the through hole extends from the first side surface to the second side surface. The first combing portion and the second combing portion are disposed on the first side surface and the second side surface respectively. The first flange and the second flange respectively protrude from the first side surface and the second side surface and respectively. The first combing portion of one of the plate units is combined with the second combing portion of another one of the plate units, so that a sieving structure.