Odor-causing volatile organic compounds in wastewater treatment plant units and sludge management areas

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 13 SPEC. ISS., 2008, Pages 1569-1574

  Dincer, Faruk ^a,b   Muezzinoglu, Aysen ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Odor; Odor contribution ratio; Olfactometry; Volatile malodorous organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ALDEHYDES; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL PLANTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS EMISSIONS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LEAKAGE (FLUID); NONMETALS; ODOR CONTROL; ODORS; PLANT MANAGEMENT; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SULFATE MINERALS; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DETERMINATION; THIOUREAS; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; GAS SAMPLES; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; ODOR; ODOR CONCENTRATIONS; ODOR CONTRIBUTION RATIO; ODOR EMISSIONS; ODOROUS GASES; OLFACTOMETRY; ORGANICS; PROPANAL; REDUCED SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SLUDGE MANAGEMENT; TARGET COMPOUNDS; VAPOR EMISSIONS; VOLATILE MALODOROUS ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; 1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; ACROLEIN; ALDEHYDE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZENE; BUTYRALDEHYDE; CARBON DISULFIDE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROFORM; CROTONALDEHYDE; DICHLOROMETHANE; DIMETHYL DISULFIDE; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; ETHYLBENZENE; HEXANAL; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; META XYLENE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; PROPIONALDEHYDE; STYRENE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; TETRACHLOROETHANE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; ODOR; OLFACTOMETRY; SLUDGE TREATMENT; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ALDEHYDES; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ODORS; SEWAGE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 52949140625     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520802293776     Document Type: Conference Paper

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