Spectrometric characterization of effluent organic matter of a sequencing batch reactor operated at three sludge retention times

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 6555-6563

  Esparza Soto, M ^a   Nunez Hernandez S ^a   Fall, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Effluent organic matter (EfOM); Excitation emission matrix fluorescence (EEM); Parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC); Sequencing batch reactor (SBR); Soluble microbial products (SMPs)

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENTS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; GLUCOSE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON;

EFFLUENT ORGANIC MATTER; EXCITATION-EMISSION MATRIX FLUORESCENCE; EXCITATION-EMISSION MATRIX FLUORESCENCES; PARALLEL FACTOR ANALYSE; PARALLEL FACTOR ANALYSIS; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCT; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS;

PROTEINS;

HUMIC ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EFFLUENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; MICROORGANISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTEIN; RETENTION; SPECTROMETER; VISUAL ANALYSIS; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 80555122814     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.09.057     Document Type: Article

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