The relationship of odor concentration and the critical components emitted from food waste composting plants

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 35, 2008, Pages 8246-8251

  Tsai, Chung Jung ^a   Chen, Mei Lien ^a   Ye, An Di ^a   Chou, Ming Shean ^b   Shen, Shu Hung ^c   Mao, I Fang ^d  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Critical odorants; Food waste composting; Olfactory effect; Trimethylamine

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACIDS; AIR POLLUTION; AMINATION; AMMONIA; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; ETHYLBENZENE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS PLANTS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODOR CONTROL; PH; PH EFFECTS; RANGE FINDING;

CRITICAL ODORANTS; FOOD WASTE COMPOSTING; OLFACTORY EFFECT; TRIMETHYLAMINE;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; ETHYLBENZENE; PARA CYMENE; TRIMETHYLAMINE;

ACETIC ACID; COMPOST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODOR; OLFACTION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RECYCLING;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; COMPOSTING; FOOD; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; ODOR CONTROL; OLFACTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 53949115678     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.07.055     Document Type: Article

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