The value of an odor-quality-wheel classification scheme for wastewater treatment plants

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 25-32

  Suffet, I H ^a   Burlingame, Gary A ^b   Rosenfeld, P E ^a   Bruchet, Auguste ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Bureau of Laboratory Services   (United States)

^c CIRSEE   (France)

Author keywords

Odor classification; Sensory analysis; Wastewater odor; Wastewater wheel

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS; ODOR CONTROL;

ODOR QUALITY; ODOR SIGNATURE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ODOR; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPREHENSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ODOR; ODOR CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 4644342056     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0211     Document Type: Article

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