Effects of process changes on concentrations of individual malodorous sulphur compounds in ambient air near a Kraft pulp plant in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 101, Issue , 2007, Pages 437-447

  Catalan, L J J ^a   Liang, V ^a,b   Walton, C ^c   Jia, C Q ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Thunder Bay Operation ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryogenic trap; Dimethyl disulphide; Dimethyl sulphide; Gas chromatography; Hydrogen sulphide; Kraft pulp mill; Methyl mercaptan; Odour; Pulsed flame photometric detector; Reduced sulphur compounds

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; DETECTION METHOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ODOR; PHOTOMETER; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; SULFUR COMPOUND;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; THUNDER BAY;

EID: 36148934522     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/AIR070431     Document Type: Article

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