间歇式循环膜试验（BaReMT）和间歇式内循环膜试验（BaIReMT）是一种较简单的替代方法，可替代《信息收集规则》目前推荐的用于评估膜处理的快速实验室规模膜试验（RBSMT）。所有这三种方法都在一个小型（155-cm2[26 sq in.]）上进行了测试平板膜。BaReMT和BaIReMT都需要比RBSMT小得多的水样批量。BaReMT和RBSMT使用来自北卡罗来纳州达勒姆和费耶特维尔的水处理厂样本，通量下降和恢复的模式类似。来自达勒姆、费耶特维尔和北卡罗来纳州罗利的水处理厂样本的污染趋势相似。虽然膜上天然有机物的质量很小，但其在污染层中的估计浓度很大。 扫描电子显微镜和原子力显微镜显示，尽管进行了大量清洗，但并非所有的污染物都能从膜表面清除。只有重复的清洗循环才能证明剩余污染物对通量恢复的长期影响。包括20个参考文献、表格和图表。

The batch recycle membrane test (BaReMT) and batch internal recycle membrane test (BaIReMT) were developed as simpler alternatives to the rapid bench-scale membrane test (RBSMT) currently recommended by the Information Collection Rule for evaluating membrane treatment. All three methods were tested on a small (155-cm2 [26-sq-in.]) flat sheet of membrane. Both the BaReMT and BaIReMT require a far smaller batch volume of water sample than does the RBSMT. The patterns of flux decline and recovery were similar in the BaReMT and RBSMT that used water treatment plant samples from Durham and Fayetteville, North Carolina. The fouling tendencies of water treatment plant samples from Durham, Fayetteville, and Raleigh, North Carolina, were similar. Although the mass of natural organic matter on the membrane was small, its estimated concentration in the foulant layer was large. Scanning electron and atomic force micrographs showed that not all foulants were removed from the membrane surface despite extensive cleaning. Only repeated cycles of cleaning can demonstrate the long-term effect of the remaining foulants on flux recovery. Includes 20 references, tables, figures.