... on the fouling mechanism. Comparative ultrafiltration experiments using two different pumps indicate the influence of type and dimensioning of the pumping system on membrane fouling due to structural changes of solutes by pump-induced shear forces. Corresponding author (email: jens.haberkamp@tu-berlin.de...

... and permeate fluxes. It was shown that coagulation reduced the membrane fouling rates due to the increase in particle sizes. Furthermore, the flocs formed from sweep coagulation had a better filterability than those from charge neutralization. However, coagulation pretreatment only moderately increased...