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http://dx.doi.org/10.5322/JES.2012.21.11.1379

A Study on Odor Emission Characteristics of Domestic Sewage Treatment Facilities Using Composite Odor Concentration and Hydrogen Sulfide Concentration  

Ko, Byung-Churl (Odor Management Center, Korea Environment Corporation)
Lee, Jong-Kuk (Odor Management Center, Korea Environment Corporation)
Lee, Yoon-Su (Odor Management Center, Korea Environment Corporation)
Lee, Min-Gyu (Department of Chemical Engineering, Pukyong National University)
Kam, Sang-Kyu (Department of Environmental Engineering, Jeju National University)
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Journal of Environmental Science International / v.21, no.11, 2012 , pp. 1379-1388 More about this Journal
Abstract
Odor from sewage treatment plants have the potential to cause significant annoyance and to impact the amenity. In this study, odor emission characteristics at unit process of 48 sewage treatment facilities in 39 plants were evaluated using composite odor concentration and hydrogen sulfide ($H_2S$) concentration. The values of composite odor concentration (geometry mean) and $H_2S$ concentration (median) for sludge treatment processes are higher than those for the other treatment processes. The composite odor concentration and $H_2S$ concentration are distributed over a wide area in each process. Composite odor concentration (dilution ratio) was found to have the significant correlation with $H_2S$ concentration (p=0.000<0.05). The $H_2S$ concentration accounted for 67.1% of composite odor concentration.
Keywords
Odor emission characteristics; Domestic sewage treatment facilities; Composite odor; $H_2S$;
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