| Title: | Use of a chemical sensor array for detecting pollutants in domestic wastewater |
| Address: | "School of Water Sciences, Cranfield University, Beds, UK" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0043-1354(02)00183-5 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0043-1354 (Print) 0043-1354 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | A chemical sensor array (consisting of 8 conducting polymers) was used to continuously monitor for the presence or absence of industrial pollutants in the headspace of wastewater generated from an on-line flow-cell. A domestic wastewater (Cranfield University sewage works) was dosed with diesel to stimulate the presence of an intermittent discharge in a wastewater influent. Response patterns between the sensors were used to detect for the presence of organic compounds in the wastewater. Correlations between the sensor response patterns or fingerprints were also analysed using principal component analysis. The results clearly demonstrate that a chemical sensor array can rapidly identify the presence of organic compounds (such as diesel) in a wastewater matrix and could be further developed to monitor for industrial pollutants at the inlet of a sewage works |
| Keywords: | "Automation Environmental Monitoring/*methods Industrial Waste Organic Chemicals/analysis Sensitivity and Specificity Sewage Volatilization *Waste Disposal, Fluid Water Pollutants/*analysis;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineBourgeois, W Stuetz, R M eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2002/11/07 Water Res. 2002 Nov; 36(18):4505-12. doi: 10.1016/s0043-1354(02)00183-5" |
