A method for accelerated testing of a membrane module

摘要

A method of accelerated testing of a membrane module (40) for resistance to cyclic stress during operation of an industrial membrane separation process (100) comprising loading at least one membrane module (40) into a test cell (61,70) of a test plant (60); conducting said industrial membrane separation process while subjecting said membrane module (40) to cyclic stresses during a plurality of membrane operating cycles, each cycle being of significantly lesser duration than used for operation of said industrial membrane separation process in an operating plant (100); and testing said membrane module (40) for component failure caused by said cyclic stresses.