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07 Aug 2017
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| 07 Aug 2017
Online total organic carbon (TOC) monitoring for water and wastewater treatment plants processes and operations optimization
Céline Assmann
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Analytical Instruments, a Division of GE Power, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Amanda Scott
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Analytical Instruments, a Division of GE Power, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Dondra Biller
Analytical Instruments, a Division of GE Power, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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Short summary
TOC (total organics carbon) analysis, as a laboratory and online technology, offers new perspectives to organic measurements in waters and waste water, supplementing regulatory oxygen demand tests. TOC monitoring, implemented as a tool to make informative and rapid treatment decisions, becomes a useful process control parameter. This paper discusses the various technologies available and details how three municipal plants gained insights into their processes and saved on their spending with TOC.
TOC (total organics carbon) analysis, as a laboratory and online technology, offers new...
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