Fluorescence spectroscopy for wastewater monitoring: a review

EM Carstea, J Bridgeman, A Baker, DM Reynolds - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
Wastewater quality is usually assessed using physical, chemical and microbiological tests,
which are not suitable for online monitoring, provide unreliable results, or use hazardous …

Dissolved effluent organic matter: characteristics and potential implications in wastewater treatment and reuse applications

I Michael-Kordatou, C Michael, X Duan, X He… - Water Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Wastewater reuse is currently considered globally as the most critical element of sustainable
water management. The dissolved effluent organic matter (dE f OM) present in biologically …

Applying ultraviolet/persulfate (UV/PS) pre-oxidation for controlling ultrafiltration membrane fouling by natural organic matter (NOM) in surface water

J Tian, C Wu, H Yu, S Gao, G Li, F Cui, F Qu - Water Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Membrane fouling is a recognized obstacle for the application of ultrafiltration (UF) for
drinking water treatment. In this study, ultraviolet/persulfate (UV/PS) oxidation was employed …

Insight into variations of DOM fractions in different latitudinal rural black-odor waterbodies of eastern China using fluorescence spectroscopy coupled with structure …

K Lu, H Gao, H Yu, D Liu, N Zhu, K Wan - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The structural compositions of dissolved organic matter (DOM) could profoundly affect
formation and evolution of black-odor waterbodies (BOWs). In this study, 81 samples of …

Excitation-emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence spectroscopy for characterization of organic matter in membrane bioreactors: Principles, methods and applications

J Yu, K Xiao, W Xue, Y Shen, J Tan, S Liang… - … Science & Engineering, 2020 - Springer
The membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology is a rising star for wastewater treatment. The
pollutant elimination and membrane fouling performances of MBRs are essentially related to …

Three-dimensional excitation and emission matrix fluorescence (3DEEM) for quick and pseudo-quantitative determination of protein-and humic-like substances in full …

C Jacquin, G Lesage, J Traber, W Pronk, M Heran - Water Research, 2017 - Elsevier
The goal of this study is to help filling the research gaps linked to the on-line application of
fluorescence spectroscopy in wastewater treatment and data processing tools suitable for …

Characterization of urban and industrial wastewaters using excitation-emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence: Searching for specific fingerprints

FJ Rodríguez-Vidal, M García-Valverde… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Excitation-emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence spectroscopy has been applied to
characterize several urban and industrial wastewaters (effluents from different types of …

The stimulation of microbial activity by microplastic contributes to membrane fouling in ultrafiltration

X Xiong, T Bond, MS Siddique, W Yu - Journal of Membrane Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Research has demonstrated that dissolved organic carbon leaching from plastics can
stimulate microbial activity in the ocean. However, similar situation has not been reported in …

Mechanistic study on the role of soluble microbial products in sulfate radical-mediated degradation of pharmaceuticals

L Gao, D Minakata, Z Wei, R Spinney… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
The role of soluble microbial products (SMP), the most important component of effluent
organic matter from municipal wastewater treatment plants, in sulfate radical (SO4•–)-based …

Achieving zero fouling in the ultrafiltration for secondary water supply systems in the absence of residual chlorine

H Hu, F Xu, R Wang, C Zhou, N Li, S Shao - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Ultrafiltration (UF) technology is widely used in secondary water supply systems (SWSS) to
provide high-quality drinking water. However, the challenge of severe membrane fouling …