Self-clearing filter
A self-clearing filter for filtering a fluid, the self-clearing filter comprising a filter wall having a lumenous side and an external side and a pump for creating a flux of the fluid to impinge against the external side of the filter wall. Methods for filtering a fluid by diverting a portion of the fluid flux to impinge against the filter.
1. A self-clearing filter for filtering a fluid, the self-clearing filter comprising:
a vessel through which a fluid passes, wherein the vessel has an interior chamber and a wall;
a tank, at least a portion of the tank being gravitationally below the vessel;
a filter component in the wall of the vessel, wherein the fluid can pass through the filter component from the chamber into the tank, the filter component having a lumenous side and an external side, wherein the lumenous side faces the interior chamber of the vessel, and the external side faces the portion of the tank below the vessel;
a pump for creating a flux of fluid that has passed through the filter wall for external use, wherein the pump provides at least a portion of the flux to a nozzle to impinge against the external side of the filter wall.
2. The self-clearing filter of claim 1 , wherein the filter component is a screen, a wire mesh screen, a wire mesh blanket, a wire mesh tube, or a perforated wall.
3. The self-clearing filter of claim 1 , wherein the fluid is a liquid.
4. The self-clearing filter of claim 1 , wherein the fluid is substantially composed of water.
5. A water recycling system for providing a filtered water effluent comprising a self-clearing filter of claim 1 .