| Ustr | mV | Streaming potential |
| ε0 | N/A2 | Vacuum Permeability |
| ε | S/m | Fluid dielectric constant |
| η | Pa*s | Viscosity of the fluid |
| L | m | Length of the rectangular slot channel between two flat surfaces |
| A | m2 | Cross section of the rectangular slot channel between two flat surfaces |
| R | Ω | Electrical resistance in the flow channel |
| L | L/m2·h·bar | Membrane permeability |
| ϵp | % | Membrane porosity |
| dp | m | Pore size |
| x | m | Membrane thickness |
| R | % | Rejection |
| Cp | % | Concentration of contaminants in the permeate |
| Cf | % | Concentration of contaminant in the feed |
| A | S/m | Conductivity |
| Lcond | L/m2·h·bar | Permeability as a function of the conductivity |
| V | m3 | Volume |
| t | s | Filtration time |
| p | bar | Pressure |
| Permt | L/m2·h·bar | Permeability at filtration time t |
| Permi | L/m2·h·bar | Initial permeability |