Patent ID: 6876713

Claim:
A filter for separating particles from cooling water in a nuclear plant of light-water model, the filter having an inlet end and an outlet end and is adapted for permitting flowing through of the cooling water in a main flow direction from the inlet end to the outlet end, the filter comprising a plate defining a plurality of channels extending mainly in the flow direction from the inlet end to the outlet end, each of the channels comprising a first channel section provided closer to the inlet end, a second channel section provided closer to the outlet end, and an intermediate section provided between the first and the second channel sections, wherein: the intermediate section has a dimension in a first direction transversely to the flow direction which is larger than corresponding dimensions of the first and the second channel sections in said first direction, the filter comprises an elongate separating member arranged in the intermediate section, the intermediate section and the separating member are arranged in spaced relation with one another so that at least one bent passage for the cooling water is formed between the separating member and a wall of the intermediate section, the channels extend in a second direction substantially in parallel to each other and transversely to said first direction and the flow direction, and the elongate separating member is cylindrical and arranged with a longitudinal axis extending in said second direction transversely to the flow direction.