Occurrence and behaviors of fluorescence EEM-PARAFAC components in drinking water and wastewater treatment systems and their applications: A review

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 6500-6510

  Yang, Liyang ^a   Hur, Jin ^a   Zhuang, Wane ^b  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

^b FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic matter; Drinking water treatment; Fluorescence excitation emission matrices; Online monitoring; Parallel factor analysis; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; TRIHALOMETHANE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DISINFECTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; PROCEDURES; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STANDARDS; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FILTRATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRIHALOMETHANES; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84938688684     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4214-3     Document Type: Review

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