Research Article
Natural Organic Matter Removal and Fouling in a Low Pressure Hybrid Membrane Systems
Table 2
Typical characteristics of membranes used in this study.
| Parameters | MF | UF |
| Flux rate | 150 L/m2-h | 18–72 L/m2-h | Max. operating temperature | 40°C | 40°C | Max. operating pressure | 5.5–3.5 bar | 0.60 bar | pH range | 5–10 | 5–9 | Effective membrane surface area | — | 0.93 m2 | Membrane material | Polypropylene | Polypropylene | Molecular weight cut-off | 0.1 μm | 0.04 μm | Membrane type | Hydrophilic | Hydrophilic |
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