Odor determination at wastewater collection systems: Olfactometry versus H2S analyses

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 565-570

  Dincer, Faruk ^a   Muezzinoglu, Aysen ^b  

^a MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

H2S; Odor; Odor measurement; Olfactometry; Sewer gas odors; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GAS MIXTURES; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ODOR CONTROL; SENSORY PERCEPTION; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ODOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EURASIA; IZMIR [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 38049028455     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.200700057     Document Type: Article

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