%0 Journal Article %@ 20058624 %A Qadir, D. %A Nasir, R. %A Mukhtar, H. %A Uddin, F. %D 2021 %F scholars:15120 %I Techno-Press %J Membrane and Water Treatment %K Calcium chloride; MATLAB; Nanofiltration; Sodium chloride, Average relative error; Concentration polarization; Extended Nernst-Planck equation; Membrane characterization; Negative surface charges; Performance prediction; Single-salt solutions; Sodium chloride (NaCl), Nanofiltration membranes %N 2 %P 59-64 %R 10.12989/mwt.2021.12.2.059 %T Performance prediction of flat sheet commercial nanofiltration membrane using Donnan-Steric Pore Model %U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/15120/ %V 12 %X The rejection of sodium chloride (NaCl) and calcium chloride (CaCl2) single salt solutions were carried out for commercial nanofiltration NFDK membrane. Results showed that the NFDK membrane had a negative surface charge and had a higher observed rejection of 93.65 for calcium (Ca2+) ion and 78.27 for sodium (Na+) ions. Prediction of rejection for aqueous solutions of both salts was made using Donnan Steric Pore Model based on Extended Nernst-Planck Equation in addition to concentration polarization film theory. A MATLAB program was developed to execute the model calculations. Absolute Average Relative Error ( AARE) was found below 5 for real rejection of the NFDK membrane. This research could be used successfully to assess the membrane characterization parameter using a proposed procedure which can reduce the number of experiments. © 2021 Techno-Press, Ltd. %Z cited By 2