Comparative Study on the pretreatment to SWRO System: A Case Study of DMF vs. MF and Four MF Membranes

This paper presents a study of the comparative features such as stable and cost-effective membrane operation of microfiltration (MF) versus direct media filtration (DMF). This research was conducted at a seawater desalination plant in the City of Busan in Korea for more than 2 years. The feasibility study (MF=>RO) was prepared to find the optimum operation of MF associated with RO performance