A study on volatile organic sulfide causes of odors at Philadelphia's Northeast Water Pollution Control Plant

Water Research

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 3781-3790

  Cheng, Xianhao ^a   Peterkin, Earl ^a   Burlingame, Gary A ^a  

^a Bureau of Laboratory Services   (United States)

Author keywords

DMS; VOS odor; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ODORS; PURGING; STATISTICAL METHODS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER AERATION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

AERATION TANK (AT); DMS; VOLATILE ORGANIC SULFIDE (VOS); VOS ODOR;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACETONE; CARBON DISULFIDE; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHANETHIOL; SULFIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ODOR; POLLUTION CONTROL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; ODOR CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 24944550839     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2005.07.009     Document Type: Article

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