Estimating the removal efficiency of refractory dissolved organic matter in wastewater treatment plants using a fluorescence technique

Environmental Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1843-1850

  Hur, Jin ^a   Lee, Tae Hwan ^a   Lee, Bo Mi ^a  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

fluorescence; Refractory dissolved organic matter; removal efficiency; specific UV absorbance; wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOREMEDIATION; FLUORESCENCE; SEWAGE; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT; CARBON STRUCTURES; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; DISTRIBUTION RATIO; FLUORESCENCE TECHNIQUE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; SPECIFIC ULTRAVIOLET ABSORBANCE; SPECIFIC UV ABSORBANCE; SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; SYNCHRONOUS FLUORESCENCE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

REFRACTORY MATERIALS;

ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ABSORBANCE; CORRELATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FLUORESCENCE; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; INHIBITION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOREMEDIATION; SEWAGE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEWAGE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84857163230     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2011.565078     Document Type: Article

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