| Title: | HS-SPME/GC-MS analysis of volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds emitted from municipal sewage sludge |
| Author(s): | Kotowska U; Zalikowski M; Isidorov VA; |
| Address: | "Institute of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, ul. Hurtowa 1, 15-399, Bialystok, Poland. ukrajew@uwb.edu.pl" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10661-011-2158-8 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1573-2959 (Electronic) 0167-6369 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The aim of the research involved identification and semi-quantitative determination of unknown volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds emitted to air by sewage sludge formed in the process of municipal wastewater treatment in a sewage treatment plant. Samples taken directly after completion of the technological process as well as the sludge stored on the premise of the sewage treatment plant were analyzed. A simple method using off-line headspace solid-phase microextraction combined with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry has been proposed for extraction and detection of organic pollutants. For reliable identification of compounds, combination of two independent parameters: mass spectra and linear temperature programmed retention indices were employed. Over 170 compounds of different structure were identified including aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, esters, carbonyls, as well as sulfur, nitrogen, and chlorine containing compounds. The prevailing substances included: ethyl ether, n-hexane, p-xylene, o-xylene, mesitylene, m-ethylbenzene, limonene, n-decane, n-undecane, and n-dodecane. A few compounds such as methanetiol, dimethyl polisulfide, octaatomic sulfur, phthalic anhydride, and indoles were identified in the sludge for the first time" |
| Keywords: | "Air Pollutants/*analysis Environmental Monitoring Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Sewage/*chemistry Solid Phase Microextraction Volatile Organic Compounds/*analysis *Waste Disposal, Fluid;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineKotowska, Urszula Zalikowski, Maciej Isidorov, Valery A eng Netherlands 2011/06/21 Environ Monit Assess. 2012 May; 184(5):2893-907. doi: 10.1007/s10661-011-2158-8. Epub 2011 Jun 18" |
