Determination of changes in wastewater quality through a treatment works using fluorescence spectroscopy

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 3069-3077

  Bridgeman, John ^a   Baker, Andy ^b   Carliell Marquet, Cynthia ^a   Carstea, Elfrida ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR OPTOELECTRONICS INOE 2000   (Romania)

Author keywords

BOD; COD; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Fractionation; Wastewater quality

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FRACTIONATION; OXYGEN;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMANDS (BOD); FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; FLUORESCENCE SIGNALS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; TREATED WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER QUALITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

WATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FRACTIONATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; TRICKLING FILTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84879469597     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2013.803131     Document Type: Article

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