“…Many researchers have used the adaptation of Hermia's model to evaluate the flux decline in deadend filtration and cross-flow filtration (Bowen et al, 1995;Hwang and Lin, 2002;Herrero et al, 1997;Jacob et al, 1998;Jaffrin et al, 1997;Jonsson et al, 1996;Rezaei et al 2011;Yazdanshenas et al, 2010;Li et al, 2010;Vela et al, 2008, Ye et al, 2005Arnot et al, 2000). However, Field et al (1995) modified Hermia's model (1982) for cross-flow filtration by adding a term that represents convective removal (Equation (6)).…”