Development of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance methods for the prediction of wastewater response to treatment

该项目探索使用核磁共振（NMR）光谱法来提供独特的洞察力，以了解废水中有机物质在处理过程中的组成变化。核磁共振波谱是一种强有力的分析方法，以非选择性和完全定量的方式获得关于复杂有机混合物组成的分子水平信息。该项目的目标是探索和发展使用NMR数据作为化学计量学指纹，以快速估计废水中存在的有机材料的生物降解性，并识别复杂废水混合物中潜在的生物毒性或有害化合物。基于NMR分析的废水进水成分的改进知识将有助于Hydromantis提高用于模拟废水处理过程的数据质量，从而改进设计和改进操作。加拿大将通过开发废水处理模式从这项研究中受益，这些模式将使水处理设施能够更有效地利用能源和其他资源，并有效地消除环境污染。

This project explores the use of use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to provide uniqueinsight into the changes of the composition of organic material in wastewater during treatment. NMRspectroscopy is a powerful analytical method to acquire molecular-level information regarding the compositionof complex organic mixtures in a non-selective and fully quantitative manner. The goal of this project is toexplore and develop to use of NMR data as a chemometric fingerprint to quickly estimate the biodegradabilityof the organic materials present in a waste stream and to identify potentially biologically toxic or inhibitorycompounds in the complex wastewater mixture. Improved knowledge of the composition of wastewaterinfluent based NMR analysis will help Hydromantis improve the quality of the data used to model wastewatertreatment processes, thereby allowing for improved designs and improved operation. Canada will benefit fromthis research through the development of models of wastewater treatment that will allow for the developmentof water treatment facilities that are more efficient in their use of energy and other resources and effective inremoving contamination from the environment.