摘要 |
The invention pertains to a method for preventing scaling of ultrafiltration or nanofiltration membranes in a one-step membrane process of separating an organic compound or a biomass and a soluble inorganic salt from an aqueous feed mixture, which mixture further comprises one or more inorganic compound s, that cause scaling, such as calcium carbonate, calcium sulfate, calcium sulfite, magnesium sulfate, calcium oxalate and silica, by using an ultrafiltration or nanofiltration membrane, characterized in that the feed mixture is diluted with an amount of water which is at least equal to the amount of water that is removed by the membrane from the feed mixture minus the amount of water that can be removed without precipitation of the inorgan ic compounds in the feed mixture. |