Characterization of dissolved organic matter in wastewater using liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry

Individual hazardous chemicals and substance mixtures with synergistic toxicity ef-fects occur in the dissolved organic matter (DOM) of wastewater and negatively im-pact human health. Yet a large number of chemicals and their treatment by-products in wastewater makes the tracking of individual compo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Verkh, Yaroslav
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:CBUC, CESCA
Repositorio:TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red
OAI Identifier:oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/667411
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10803/667411
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Wastewater
Aigües residuals
Aguas residuales
Micro-contaminants
Microcontaminants
Microcontaminantes
Mass-spectrometry
Espectrometria de masses
Espectrometría de masas
Non-targeted
Anàlisi no dirigida
Análisis no dirigido
Liquid chromatography
Cromatografia líquida
Cromatografía líquida
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Sumario:Individual hazardous chemicals and substance mixtures with synergistic toxicity ef-fects occur in the dissolved organic matter (DOM) of wastewater and negatively im-pact human health. Yet a large number of chemicals and their treatment by-products in wastewater makes the tracking of individual compounds nearly impossible and de-mands new analytical strategies. The thesis describes the development and evaluation of non-targeted and suspect anal-ysis methods aimed at the transformation of DOM and micro-contaminants of interest during wastewater treatment using liquid chromatography-high-resolution mass spec-trometry (LC-HRMS) data. On one hand, a non-targeted method to track transformations of DOM in a multiphase wastewater treatment using LC-HRMS data was developed. LC-MS signals were ex-tracted, aligned, and had their isotopologues clustered and elemental composition pre-dicted using open license software MZmine 2 in a way that conceptually prioritized the detection of anthropogenic compounds