Sensory assessment and characterization of odor nuisance emissions during the composting of wastewater biosolids

Water Environment Research

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 670-679

  Suffet, I H ^a   Decottignies, V ^b   Senante, E ^b   Bruchet, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SUEZ Environment   (France)

Author keywords

Compost odor wheel; Composting; Odor nuisance; Odor profile method

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; ODOR REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WHEELS;

AIR SAMPLES; COMPOST PLANTS; FINAL COMPOST; ODOR CHARACTER; ODOR PROFILES; ODOROUS COMPOUNDS; OFF-GASES; WASTEWATER PLANTS;

COMPOSTING;

AMMONIA; FRAGRANCE; HYDROCARBON; TERPENE;

AMMONIA; BIOSOLID; COMPOST; EMISSION INVENTORY; ODOR; SENSOR; WASTEWATER;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; COMPOST; FECES; FIELD EMISSION; GAS; LEMON; ODOR; PINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER; BIOREMEDIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; SOIL; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANIMALIA;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ODORS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 73349127138     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143008X390762     Document Type: Article

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