Modeling indoor odor-odorant concentrations and the relative humidity effect on odor perception at a water reclamation plant

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 39, 2011, Pages 7235-7239

  Wang, Tingting ^a   Sattayatewa, Chakkrid ^a   Venkatesan, Dhesikan ^a   Noll, Kenneth E ^a   Pagilla, Krishna R ^a   Moschandreas, Demetrios J ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Indoor odors; Model formulation; Odorants; Relative humidity; Validation

Indexed keywords

INDOOR ODORS; MODEL FORMULATION; ODORANTS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; VALIDATION;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; CRUSHED STONE PLANTS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ODOR CONTROL; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

AIR QUALITY; BIOSOLID; DEWATERING; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INDOOR AIR; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ODOR; PERCEPTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ODOR; ODOR CONTROL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 80755140111     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.08.073     Document Type: Article

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