Experimental Study and Modeling of Fouling in Immersed Membrane Bioreactor Operating in Constant Pressure Filtration

Table 2

Convectional models of fouling [23, 24].

No.	Theory	Equation	𝑅^2
E1	Cake filtration	𝑄0𝑄=1+𝑎𝑋𝜌𝐴𝑅𝑚𝑉(𝑡)−𝑎𝑄∞𝐴𝑅𝑚	0.950
E2	Standard blocking	𝑡𝑉(𝑡)=1𝑄0+Δ𝑃𝜎𝑡𝜇𝐴𝑄0𝑅𝑚	0.904
E3	Intermediate blocking	1𝑄=1𝑄0+Δ𝑃𝜎𝑡𝜇𝑄0𝑅𝑚	0.781
E4	Complete blocking	𝑄=𝑄0−Δ𝑃𝜎𝑉(𝑡)𝜇𝑅𝑚	0.769