| abstract |
sieving and filtering modules, and process for removing particulate material from a fluid. the invention relates to improved sieving modules (5), similar compartmentalized filtering modules (5), similar filtering processes, suitable for filtering fluid to eliminate suspended particulate material, such as living cells or microcarriers anchoring living cells, or to separate particulate material based on size. the improvement is the presence of a barrier (19) that channels filtered material redirected to the part of the filter most susceptible to clogging by particulate material and induces flow patterns that act against clogging. |