European Space Agency

Don De Wilde

Matthew Smith

Christopher Hunter

Nick Goody

A fluidic filter for filtering a fluid includes a filter housing having an inlet part, an outlet part and a housing part, and a filter element having an inlet side and an outlet side. The filter element is housed inside the housing part of the filter housing and includes a first flow passage that extends along a longitudinal direction of the filter element and is connected to the outlet part, and a plurality of ridges extending along the longitudinal direction. A plurality of second flow passages respectively are formed between ridges and an inner surface of the housing part, allowing the fluid to flow from the inlet side of the filter element along the longitudinal direction. At least a portion of the plurality of ridges facing the second flow passages is permeable to the fluid so as to allow passage of the fluid from the second flow passages to the first flow passage. A tip portion of each of the plurality of ridges is joined to the inner surface of the housing part along a part of the tip portion of the respective ridge in the longitudinal direction.

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Noordwijk, Netherlands

Don De Wilde