An efficient method for measuring dissolved VOSCs in wastewater using GC-SCD with static headspace technique

Water Research

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 208-217

  Sun, Jing ^a   Hu, Shihu ^a   Sharma, Keshab Raj ^a   Keller Lehmann, Beatrice ^a   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gas chromatography (GC); Static headspace technique; Sulfur chemiluminescence detector (SCD); Volatile organic sulfur compounds (VOSCs); Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CHEMILUMINESCENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEWERS; SULFUR DETERMINATION; WASTEWATER;

ACIDIFIED CONDITIONS; DIMETHYL DISULFIDES; METHOD DETECTION LIMITS; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; STATIC HEADSPACE TECHNIQUES; SULFUR CHEMILUMINESCENCE DETECTORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER MATRICES;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

DIMETHYL DISULFIDE; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; METHANETHIOL; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUND; DISULFIDE; SULFIDE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ODOR; PH; SULFIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTEWATER;

ACIDIFICATION; ADSORPTION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MEMBRANE FILTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; SULFUR CHEMILUMINESCENCE DETECTOR; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENCE; PROCEDURES;

CALIBRATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DISULFIDES; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LUMINESCENCE; QUEENSLAND; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84897632159     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.10.063     Document Type: Article

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