Regenerable diesel exhaust filter

An exhaust gas filter assembly for removing particulates from the exhaust gas of an engine, comprising, in combination,

• a housing having an inlet pipe coupled to receive the exhaust gas from the engine and an outlet pipe coupled to vent exhaust gas to the atmosphere and defining an exhaust gas flow path through the housing and
• a filter arrangement disposed in the housing within the gas flow path, said filter arrangement including a plurality of inlet cells having first and second generally planar faces, a plurality of generally planar microporous filter elements, a plurality of outlet cells having first and second generally planar faces, said outlet cells being alternately arranged with at least one microporous filter element disposed between the second face of each inlet cell and adjacent the first face of a corresponding outlet cell, and wherein the inlet and outlet cells, and the microporous filter elements comprise materials that are resistant to high temperatures such that the filter arrangement may be regenerated by heat.