Depth filter

Depth filters are filters that use a porous filtration medium to retain particles throughout the medium, rather than just on the surface of the medium. Depth filtration, typified by multiple porous layers with depth, is used to capture the solid contaminants from the liquid phase.[1] These filters are commonly used when the fluid to be filtered contains a high load of particles because, relative to other types of filters, they can retain a large mass of particles before becoming clogged.[2]

  1. ^ Derek B Purchas and Ken Sutherland, Handbook of Filter Media (2nd Edition), Elsevier Advanced Technology (2002).
  2. ^ Shukla, A. A. and Kandula, J. R., 2008, Harvest and recovery of monoclonal antibodies from large-scale mammalian cell culture. BioPharm International, May 2008, p. 34-45.