Research Article

Rejection of Organic Micropollutants by Clean and Fouled Nanofiltration Membranes

Table 3

Rejection of organic micropollutants by NF90 and NF270.

CompoundClean NF90 (%)Fouled NF90 (%)Clean NF270 (%)Fouled NF270 (%)

Acenaphthylene92.491.286.487.3
Phenanthrene95.796.088.692.5
Pyrene>99.9>99.992.3>99.9
Dimethyl phthalate87.995.032.165.8
Diethyl phthalate95.392.050.475.6
Dibutyl phthalate>99.9>99.950.059.6