Identification of seasonal variations in volatile sulfur compound formation and release from the secondary treatment system at a large wastewater treatment plant

Water Environment Research

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2261-2267

  Sekyiamah, Kweku ^a   Kim, Hyunook ^b   McConnell, Laura L ^c   Torrents, Alba ^d   Ramirez, Mark ^e  

^a PBS and J   (United States)

^b University of Seoul   (South Korea)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority   (United States)

Author keywords

Dimethyldisulfide; Dimethylsulfide; Odor; Reduced sulfur compound; Volatile sulfur compound; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODORS; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DETERMINATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE TREATMENT; ACTIVATED-SLUDGE TREATMENT PROCESS; DIMETHYL DISULFIDES; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; REDUCED SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VOLATILE SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DIMETHYL DISULFIDE; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIMETHYLSULFIDE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SULFUR COMPOUND; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OLFACTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 57549086888     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143008X304677     Document Type: Conference Paper

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