Novel insights into enzymatic-enhanced anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge by three-dimensional excitation and emission matrix fluorescence spectroscopy

Chemosphere

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 579-585

  Luo, Kun ^a   Yang, Qi ^a   Li, Xiao ming ^a   Chen, Hong bo ^a   Liu, Xian ^a   Yang, Guo jing ^a   Zeng, Guang ming ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Dissolved organic matter (DOM); Enzymatic; Excitation emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence spectroscopy; Waste activated sludge (WAS)

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ENZYMES; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUOROPHORES; SLUDGE DIGESTION;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; ENZYMATIC; EXCITATION-EMISSION MATRIX FLUORESCENCES; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE (EPSS); FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

AMYLASE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; POLYMER; PROTEINASE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; POLYMER; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACIDIFICATION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL EXCITATION EMISSION MATRIX FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGE;

EID: 84875813910     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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