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Engineering Tool · Membrane & Filtration

UF/MF System Designer

Size an ultrafiltration or microfiltration membrane array from design flow, balance backwash water against system recovery, and lay out membrane trains with a live array topology visualization.

Municipal Drinking WaterStage 03 — Clarification & Filtration
Status
Live Engineering Tool
Modes
UF / MF
Conditions
Flux / recovery / backwash
Units
Metric
ATLAS WTS · Process Engineering

UF/MF System Designer

Size an ultrafiltration or microfiltration array, balance backwash water use against system recovery, and lay out membrane trains — vendor-neutral throughout.

Process & Applications

System Sizing

Backwash Parameters

Typical range 150-180 LMH (~1.5-2x operating flux).

Chemically Enhanced Backwash (CEB)
Element & Area Sizing
Backwash & Recovery
Real-Time Array Topology

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Engineering Basis

Methodology

Element count is sized directly from design flow, the selected module's unit membrane area, and the design flux you enter, rounded up to a whole number of elements. Recommended flux ranges — 50-90 LMH for UF, 70-120 LMH for MF — are drawn from vendor-neutral pressurized hollow-fiber membrane technical literature for the applications each process typically serves.

System recovery is computed per unit membrane area, per filtration/backwash cycle: gross permeate produced during the filtration run minus water consumed during backwash, both set by flux and duration. Daily totals are then scaled across the full system area, and the realistic daily average net output is reported alongside the nominal instantaneous design rate, since no net permeate is produced during backwash minutes.

Standards / Reference Basis

UF 50–90 LMHMF 70–120 LMHVendor-neutral module area classes

Scope / Limitations

  • Provides preliminary membrane element sizing and array layout guidance.
  • Vendor-neutral module area classes only; UF/MF flux ranges and backwash practice corroborated against pressurized hollow-fiber membrane technical literature.
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Engineering Path

Application

Scenario

Workflow

  • Municipal Drinking Water A multi-barrier route for source-water characterization, conditioning, solids control, targeted advanced treatment, disinfection, and finished-water verification.
    Stage 03 — Clarification & FiltrationReturn to Stage 03
  • Wastewater Eight decision stages from influent acceptance through preliminary and primary treatment, alternative biological paths, secondary solids separation, optional polishing, disinfection, and effluent/reuse/discharge review.
    Stage 06 — Tertiary & Advanced TreatmentReturn to Stage 06
  • Seawater desalination A membrane-led desalination train from intake and pretreatment through chemical conditioning, UF/MF where applicable, RO, conditioning, disinfection, and product water.
    Stage 02 — Screening & PretreatmentReturn to Stage 02
    Stage 04 — UF/MF OptionReturn to Stage 04
  • High-purity water Quality-critical water planning for advanced manufacturing and related uses. Define the end-use basis first: semiconductor UPW, pharmaceutical PW/WFI, power or boiler makeup, and laboratory water are distinct duties.
    Stage 01 — PretreatmentReturn to Stage 01
  • PFAS / Activated Carbon A six-stage decision path from PFAS and matrix characterization through pretreatment, carbon screening, lead/lag operation, field monitoring, and spent-media decisions.
    Stage 02 — PretreatmentReturn to Stage 02
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