Assessment of odorous VOCs released from a main MSW landfill site in Istanbul-Turkey via a modelling approach

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 338-345

  Saral, Arslan ^a   Demir, Selami ^a   Yildiz, Şenol ^b  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Istanbul; Municipal solid waste landfill; Odorous VOC modeling; Probability analysis; Short term model

Indexed keywords

ISTANBUL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL; ODOROUS VOC MODELING; PROBABILITY ANALYSIS; SHORT-TERM MODEL;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; PROBABILITY; SOLID WASTES; SULFUR DETERMINATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

LAND FILL;

2 BUTANONE; 2 PROPANOL; ACETONE; ACRYLONITRILE; ALCOHOL; BUTANE; CARBON DISULFIDE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CARBONYL SULFIDE; CHLOROFORM; DICHLOROMETHANOL; DIMETHYL DISULFIDE; ETHANETHIOL; ETHYLBENZENE; HEXANE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; M XYLENE; METHANETHIOL; METHANOL DERIVATIVE; METHYLISOBUTHYLKETONE; PENTANE; PROPANE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

AIR QUALITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ODOR; PROBABILITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AIR POLLUTION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ODORS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TURKEY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EURASIA; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 67349207851     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.02.043     Document Type: Article

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