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Filter media, including those suitable for hydraulic applications, and related components, systems, and methods associated therewith are provided. The filter media described herein may include two or more layers, at least one of the layers having a relatively high percentage of microglass fibers. Ad

Filter media, including those suitable for hydraulic applications, and related components, systems, and methods associated therewith are provided. The filter media described herein may include two or more layers, at least one of the layers having a relatively high percentage of microglass fibers. Additionally, the filter media may be designed such that the ratio of average fiber diameters between two layers is relatively small, which can lead to a relatively low resistance ratio between the layers. The filter media has desirable properties including high dirt holding capacity with low basis weight and a low resistance to fluid flow. The media may be incorporated into a variety of filter element products including hydraulic filters.

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1. A filter media comprising: a first layer comprising glass fibers, the fibers in the first layer having a first average diameter;a second layer adjacent the first layer comprising glass fibers, the fibers in the second layer having a second average diameter; anda third layer adjacent the second la

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A filter media comprising: a first layer comprising glass fibers, the fibers in the first layer having a first average diameter;a second layer adjacent the first layer comprising glass fibers, the fibers in the second layer having a second average diameter; anda third layer adjacent the second layer comprising glass fibers, the fibers in the third layer having a third average diameter,wherein at least one of the first and second layers includes at least 70 wt % glass fibers,wherein each of the first and second layers has a thickness between about 3 mils and 100 mils,wherein the first and second layers have a combined basis weight of less than 200 g/m2,wherein the filter media has a thickness of between about 5 mils and about 300 mils,wherein the filter media has an absolute specific capacity at 10 microns of greater than about 2.5,wherein the absolute specific capacity at 10 microns is calculated by multiplying the dirt holding capacity of the media by the square root of the log of the Beta(x) value for 10 micron and larger particles, and dividing by an overall basis weight of the media, andwherein the Beta(x) value is measured using a Multipass Filter Test following the ISO 16889 procedure, which involves use of a hydraulic test fluid, a dust level of 10 mg/liter and a face velocity of 0.14 meters/min until a terminal pressure of 172 kPa above a baseline filter pressure drop is obtained. 2. A filter media as in claim 1, wherein the second layer is directly adjacent the first and third filter layers, andwherein a normalized resistance ratio of the second layer to the first layer is between 1:1 and 15:1. 3. A filter media as in claim 1, wherein the first layer includes less than 5 wt % synthetic fibers. 4. A filter media as in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first, second and third layers comprises at least 90 wt % glass fibers. 5. A filter media as in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first, second and third layers comprises at least 90 wt % microglass fibers. 6. A filter media as in claim 5, wherein the microglass fibers have an average diameter of between 1 μm and 6 μm. 7. A filter media as in claim 1, wherein the ratio of first and second average diameters and/or the ratio of third and second average diameters is less than 2:1. 8. A filter media as in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first, second and third layers has a basis weight of less than 40 g/m2. 9. A filter media as in claim 1, wherein the filter media has an absolute specific capacity at 10 microns of greater than about 2.75. 10. A filter media as in claim 1, wherein the filter media has an absolute specific capacity at 10 microns of greater than about 3.0. 11. A filter media as in claim 1, wherein the filter media has an overall basis weight of about 150 g/m2 or less. 12. A filter media as in claim 1, wherein the filter media has an overall dirt holding capacity of at least about 185 g/m2. 13. A filter media as in claim 1, wherein at least two layers are formed simultaneously to form a composite. 14. A filter media as in claim 1, wherein the first layer comprises at least 90 wt % glass fibers, the first layer having a basis weight of greater than about 40 g/m2,wherein the second layer is adjacent the first layer and comprises at least 90 wt % glass fibers, the second layer having a basis weight of less than about 40 g/m2, andwherein the third layer is adjacent the second layer and comprises at least 90 wt % glass fibers. 15. A filter media as in claim 14, wherein the second layer is immediately adjacent the first and third layers. 16. A filter media as in claim 14, wherein the first, second and/or third layers comprises at least 93 wt % glass fibers. 17. A filter media as in claim 1, wherein the first and/or second layers comprises at least 90 wt % microglass fibers. 18. A filter media comprising: a first layer comprising glass fibers, the fibers in the first layer having a first average diameter; anda second layer adjacent the first layer comprising glass fibers, the fibers in the second layer having a second average diameter,wherein at least one of the first and second layers includes at least 70 wt % glass fibers,wherein each of the first and second layers has a thickness between about 3 mils and 100 mils,wherein the first and second layers have a combined basis weight of less than 200 g/m2 and an absolute specific capacity at 10 microns of greater than about 2.5,wherein the filter media has a thickness of between about 5 mils and about 300 mils,wherein the absolute specific capacity at 10 microns is calculated by multiplying the dirt holding capacity of the media by the square root of the log of the Beta(x) value for 10 micron and larger particles, and dividing by an overall basis weight of the media, andwherein the Beta(x) value is measured using a Multipass Filter Test following the ISO 16889 procedure, which involves use of a hydraulic test fluid, a dust level of 10 mg/liter and a face velocity of 0.14 meters/min until a terminal pressure of 172 kPa above a baseline filter pressure drop is obtained. 19. A filter media as in claim 18, wherein the normalized resistance ratio of the second layer to the first layer is between 1:1 and 10:1. 20. A filter media as in claim 18, wherein the normalized resistance ratio of the second layer to the first layer is between 1:1 and 5:1. 21. A filter media as in claim 18, wherein the first layer is a pre-filter layer and has a basis weight greater than the basis weight of the second layer. 22. A hydraulic filter element comprising the filter media of claim 18. 23. A filter media of claim 18, wherein the second average diameter is smaller than the first average diameter, andwherein a normalized resistance ratio of the second layer to the first layer is between 1:1 and 5:1. 24. A filter media as in claim 23, further comprising a third layer adjacent the second layer. 25. A filter media as in claim 23, wherein the ratio of first and second average diameters is less than 2:1. 26. A filter media as in claim 23, wherein the first and/or second layer has a basis weight of less than 40 g/m2. 27. A filter media as in claim 18, wherein the first layer includes less than 5 wt % synthetic fibers. 28. A filter media as in claim 18, wherein the first layer comprises at least 90 wt % glass fibers. 29. A filter media as in claim 18, wherein the second layer comprises at least 90 wt % glass fibers. 30. A filter media as in claim 18, wherein the first and/or second layers comprises at least 90 wt % microglass fibers. 31. A filter media as in claim 18, wherein the first layer is a pre-filter layer and has a basis weight greater than the basis weight of the second layer. 32. A filter media as in claim 18, wherein the first layer is a pre-filter layer having coarser fibers than the second layer. 33. A filter media as in claim 18, wherein each of the first and second average diameters are less than 10 μm. 34. A filter media as in claim 18, wherein each of the first and second layers includes microglass fibers having an average diameter of between 1 μm and 6 μm. 35. A filter media as in claim 18, wherein the filter media has an absolute specific capacity at 10 microns of greater than about 2.75. 36. A filter media as in claim 18, wherein the first and second layers have a combined basis weight of less than 150 g/m2 and an absolute specific capacity at 10 microns of greater than about 3.0. 37. A filter media as in claim 18, wherein the first and/or second layer has a basis weight of less than 40 g/m2. 38. A filter media as in claim 18, wherein the ratio of first and second average diameters is less than 2:1. 39. A filter media as in claim 18, further comprising a third layer adjacent the second layer. 40. The filter media of claim 18, wherein the second layer has an air permeability between 4 cfm/sf and about 60 cfm/sf. 41. The filter media of claim 18, having an overall air permeability between about 2 cfm/sf and about 50 cfm/sf. 42. The filter media of claim 18, having a total basis weight between 20 gsm and 200 gsm. 43. The filter media of claim 18, wherein both the first and second layers include at least 70 wt % glass fibers. 44. The filter media of claim 18, wherein at least one of the first and second layers includes at least 80 wt % glass fibers. 45. The filter media of claim 18, wherein the filter media has a thickness of less than about 100 mils. 46. The filter media of claim 18, wherein the first and second layers are directly adjacent to one another. 47. A method of filtering a liquid comprising: passing a liquid including particulates through a filter media comprising:a first layer comprising glass fibers, the fibers in the first layer having a first average diameter; anda second layer comprising glass fibers, the fibers in the second layer having a second average diameter, wherein the second average diameter is smaller than the first average diameter, wherein at least one of the first and second layers includes at least 70 wt % glass fibers,wherein each of the first and second layers has a thickness between about 3 mils and 100 mils,wherein the first and second layers have a combined basis weight of less than 200 g/m2 and an absolute specific capacity at 10 microns of greater than about 2.5,wherein the filter media has a thickness of between about 5 mils and about 300 mils,wherein the absolute specific capacity at 10 microns is calculated by multiplying the dirt holding capacity of the media by the square root of the log of the Beta(x) value for 10 micron and larger particles, and dividing by an overall basis weight of the media, andwherein the Beta(x) value is measured using a Multipass Filter Test following the ISO 16889 procedure, which involves use of a hydraulic test fluid, a dust level of 10 mg/liter and a face velocity of 0.14 meters/min until a terminal pressure of 172 kPa above a baseline filter pressure drop is obtained.