@inproceedings{4fca24ef8c8743f7ba01ed5104bfb2e2,
title = "Comparison of effluent organic matter from parallel activated sludge and integrated fixed-film activated sludge (IFAS) processes",
abstract = "The non-targeted ultrahigh resolution electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (ESI-FT-ICR MS) technique can provide a detailed chemical characterization of wastewater effluent organic matter (EfOM) that is essential to the understanding of dynamics and treatment efficiency during treatment. Samples were collected from parallel and independently operating full-scale activated sludge process (ASP) and the integrated fixed-film activated sludge (IFAS) system treating the same wastewater influent. The flow in the IFAS system had doubled flow of the ASP. The FT-ICR MS results for these samples demonstrated that, due to the doubled flow of IFAS, the transformation of organics was delayed in the early stages of the IFAS compared to ASP. However, both treatment trains had similar chemical composition at the end of the treatment. The data also showed that the chemical molecular complexity and diversity increased at the end of the treatment although the COD was removed as expected.",
keywords = "Activated sludge, Effluent organic matter, IFAS, Mass spectrometry, Molecular diversity, Organic carbon, Ultrahigh resolution FT-ICR MS",
author = "Tseng, {Linda Y.} and Michael Gonsior and Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin and Cooper, {William J.} and Paul Pitt and Diego Rosso",
note = "Publisher Copyright: Copyright {\textcopyright} 2013 Water Environment Federation. All Rights Reserved.; 86th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference, WEFTEC 2013 ; Conference date: 05-10-2013 Through 09-10-2013",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.2175/193864713813716633",
language = "English",
series = "86th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference, WEFTEC 2013",
publisher = "Water Environment Federation",
pages = "6553--6562",
booktitle = "86th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference, WEFTEC 2013",
}