Advanced Chromatographic and Mass Spectrometry Methods Applied to the Determination of Humic Substances in Water Treatment Systems

• Grant number: 24/21875-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: February 01, 2025
• End date: January 31, 2027
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Ernani Pinto Junior
• Grantee: Taís Poletti
• Host Institution: Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 23/10220-0 - Humic Substance Analysis and Algorithm Driven Integration for Optimal Dosing of Chemicals in Water Treatment Plants: Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals, AP.PP

Abstract

Spectroscopic data obtained from remote sensing and laboratory analyses will be integrated to develop a model capable of monitoring and predicting the characteristics of raw water and its behavior during treatment stages. The raw data collected by the floating device will be processed using multivariate analysis tools. It is expected that the identified patterns will facilitate the accurate detection of chemical species in the water in situ and enable the identification of microalgae and cyanobacteria genera in real samples.