The Relationship between Critical Flux and Membrane Fouling

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The critical flux was chosen to show surface features of the membrane fouling and it was determined by the flux-step method. The critical flux of on-line coagulation-UF, sedimentation-UF and sand filtration-UF was investigated and its value was 86.5 L/m2h80.5L/m2h and 68.1L/m2h, respectively. At the same time, the increasing rate of TMP were always lower than the corresponding values measured for the short-term flux-step experiments.

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