Is It Scaling or Fouling? How to Diagnose RO Membrane Problems Correctly?
Most RO system problems don’t announce what they are. Pressure creeps up, permeate flow drops, and the instinct is to clean the membranes — which makes sense. But how you clean matters just as much as when you clean. Use an acid-based cleaner on a biofouling problem, and you’ve done almost nothing useful. Run an alkaline or oxidizing…
