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Membrane processes may be classified according to the types of membranes used. With porous membranes, for example, a distinction is made between microfiltration and ultrafiltration, depending on the pore sizes and particle sizes involved. As an extension to this, reverse osmosis is sometimes called hyperfiltration and indeed theories have been developed, such as the “preferential sorption-capillary flow” model of Sourirajan,1 in which separation is considered to take place via pores with dimensions in the range of molecular sizes.
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Bitter, J.G.A. (1991). Types of Membrane Separation Processes, Mechanisms of Separation. In: Transport Mechanisms in Membrane Separation Processes. The Plenum Chemical Engineering Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3682-6_2
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