Filter system

1. A filter system for removing impurities from a fluid, comprising:

a pressure stable filter housing enclosing a housing interior that has a clean region and an unclean region, and

at least one cylindrical filter body provided in the housing interior,

wherein each filter body has at least two cylindrical filter elements that are designed as generally identical modular components and that are axially attached to one another and wherein:

i. a feed device is provided that is configured to perform a back flushing operation on the filter body with a flushing medium,

ii. the feed device has a feed body that is arranged in the clean region of the housing interior and

iii. the feed body comprises a feed element for each filter element, said feed elements being designed as generally identical modular components, wherein

a. each feed element feeds the flushing medium to the clean side filter surface of an associated filter element,

b. each feed element comprises a feed canal body and a nozzle body fixedly connected thereto in a communicating fashion and is configured such that a circumferential segment of the clean side filter surface of the associated filter element is impinged upon with the flushing medium over an entire axial height thereof, and

c. the feed canal bodies are axially connected to one another with a common axis being parallel to the axis of the filter body.

2. A filter system for removing impurities from a fluid, comprising:

a pressure stable filter housing enclosing a housing interior that has a clean region and an unclean region, and

at least one cylindrical filter body provided in the housing interior,

wherein each filter body has at least two cylindrical filter elements that are designed as generally identical modular components and that are axially attached to one another and wherein:

i. a discharge device is provided that is configured to remove deposits that have been flushed back with a flushing medium,

ii. the discharge device has a discharge body, which is arranged in the unclean region, and

iii. the discharge body has a discharge element for each filter element, said discharge elements being designed as generally identical modular components, wherein

a. each discharge element discharges from an unclean side filter surface of an associated filter element the deposits flushed back with the flushing medium,

b. each discharge element comprises a discharge canal and an inlet body connected thereto in a communicating fashion and is configured such that the deposits flushed back with the flushing medium are selectively gathered from a circumferential segment of the unclean side filter surface of the associated filter element along an entire axial height, and

c. the discharge canals are axially connected to each other with a common axis being parallel to the axis of the filter body.

3. The filter system as specified in claim 1 , wherein:

i. a discharge device is provided that is configured to remove deposits that have been flushed back with a flushing medium,

ii. the discharge device has a discharge body, which is arranged in the unclean region, and

iii. the discharge body has a discharge element for each filter element, said discharge elements being designed as generally identical modular components, wherein

a. each discharge element discharges from an unclean side filter surface of an associated filter element the deposits flushed back with the flushing medium,

b. each discharge element comprises a discharge canal and an inlet body connected thereto in a communicating fashion and is configured such that the deposits flushed back with the flushing medium are selectively gathered from a circumferential segment of the unclean side filter surface of the associated filter element along an entire axial height, and

c. the discharge canals are axially connected to each other with a common axis being parallel to the axis of the filter body.

4. A filter system for removing impurities from a fluid, comprising:

a pressure stable filter housing enclosing a housing interior that has a clean region and an unclean region, and

at least one cylindrical filter body provided in the housing interior,

wherein each filter body has at least two cylindrical filter elements that are designed as generally identical modular components and that are axially attached to one another and wherein:

the filter body has an end body on each axial end, said end bodies being attached to different filter elements;

each filter element has:

a cylindrical casing that performs filtration during operation of the filter system, the casing comprising a cylindrical filter structure in contact with a cylindrical support structure that is pressure stable and supports the filter structure radially in an external direction, and

two annular bodies each arranged on a different axial end of the casing, wherein said annular bodies are flanges that are complementary to one another;

a feed device is provided that is configured to perform a back flushing operation on the filter body with a flushing medium;

the feed device has a feed body that is arranged in the clean region of the housing interior;

the feed body comprises a feed element for each filter element, said feed elements being designed as generally identical modular components, wherein

a. each feed element feeds the flushing medium to the clean side filter surface of an associated filter element,

b. each feed element comprises a feed canal body and a nozzle body fixedly connected thereto in a communicating fashion and is configured such that a circumferential segment of the clean side filter surface of the associated filter element is impinged upon with the flushing medium over an entire axial height thereof, and

c. the feed canal bodies are axially connected to one another with a common axis being parallel to the axis of the filter body;

a discharge device is provided that is configured to remove deposits that have been flushed back with a flushing medium;

the discharge device has a discharge body, which is arranged in the unclean region; and

the discharge body has a discharge element for each filter element, said discharge elements being designed as generally identical modular components, wherein

d. each discharge element discharges from an unclean side filter surface of an associated filter element the deposits flushed back with the flushing medium,

e. each discharge element comprises a discharge canal and an inlet body connected thereto in a communicating fashion and is configured such that the deposits flushed back with the flushing medium are selectively gathered from a circumferential segment of the unclean side filter surface of the associated filter element along an entire axial height, and

f. the discharge canals are axially connected to each other with a common axis being parallel to the axis of the filter body.

5. The filter system as specified in claim 1 , wherein the feed body is fixed relative to the filter housing.

6. The filter system as specified in claim 2 , wherein the discharge body is fixed relative to the filter housing.

7. The filter system as specified in claim 3 , wherein the feed body and the discharge body are both fixed relative to the filter housing, and the discharge body and the feed body are disposed such that, for each filter element, an end of an associated inlet body that gathers deposits is fixedly located directly opposite in a radial direction an end of an associated nozzle body that expels the flushing medium, with the casing of the respective filter element located therebetween.

8. The filter system as specified in claim 7 , further comprising a drive device attached to the filter housing, wherein:

the filter housing is configured such that the filter body can rotate relative to the filter housing, and

the drive device is configured to rotate the filter body around its axis relative to the filter housing.

9. The filter system as specified in claim 4 , wherein the axis of the filter body is parallel to, but not coaxial with, the axis of the filter housing.

10. The filter system as specified in claim 4 , wherein the casing is a metal edge filter.

11. The filter system as specified in claim 1 , wherein the filter body has an end body on each axial end, said end bodies being attached to different filter elements.

12. The filter system as specified in claim 11 , wherein each filter element has:

a cylindrical casing that performs filtration during operation of the filter system, the casing comprising a cylindrical filter structure in contact with a cylindrical support structure that is pressure stable and supports the filter structure radially in an external direction; and

two annular bodies each arranged on a different axial end of the casing, wherein said annular bodies are flanges that are complementary to one another.

13. The filter system as specified in claim 1 , wherein each filter element has:

a cylindrical casing that performs filtration during operation of the filter system, the casing comprising a cylindrical filter structure in contact with a cylindrical support structure that is pressure stable and supports the filter structure radially in an external direction; and

two annular bodies each arranged on a different axial end of the casing, wherein said annular bodies are flanges that are complementary to one another.

14. The filter system as specified in claim 2 , wherein the filter body has an end body on each axial end, said end bodies being attached to different filter elements.

15. The filter system as specified in claim 14 , wherein each filter element has:

a cylindrical casing that performs filtration during operation of the filter system, the casing comprising a cylindrical filter structure in contact with a cylindrical support structure that is pressure stable and supports the filter structure radially in an external direction; and

two annular bodies each arranged on a different axial end of the casing, wherein said annular bodies are flanges that are complementary to one another.

16. The filter system as specified in claim 2 , wherein each filter element has:

a cylindrical casing that performs filtration during operation of the filter system, the casing comprising a cylindrical filter structure in contact with a cylindrical support structure that is pressure stable and supports the filter structure radially in an external direction; and

two annular bodies each arranged on a different axial end of the casing, wherein said annular bodies are flanges that are complementary to one another.