Olfactometric testing as a method for assessing odour nuisance of biogas plants processing municipal waste
Biogas plants processing municipal waste are very important investments from the point of view of waste management and also the sustainable development of urban infrastructures. They may also have a potentially negative impact on the environment in the form of odour emission. Olfactometry is the mai...
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| author | Marta Wiśniewska Andrzej Kulig Krystyna Lelicińska-Serafin |
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| description | Biogas plants processing municipal waste are very important investments from the point of view of waste management and also the sustainable development of urban infrastructures. They may also have a potentially negative impact on the environment in the form of odour emission. Olfactometry is the main method for odour impact assessment. Field olfactometry allows for performing a wide range of tests, the results of which are practically instantaneous. The purpose of this work is to provide a tool for assessing the odour impacts of municipal management facilities, including biogas plants processing municipal waste and evaluating the correctness of processes carried out in these plants, namely the method of field olfactometry. In order to compare obtained olfactometric results with the concentration of chemical compounds, chromatographic tests were also carried out using the Photovac Voyager portable chromatograph (hydrogen sulphide – H2S and dimethyl sulphide – (CH3)2S. The results of the odour concentration tests are in line with the results of odorant concentration tests and indicate that cod is strongly related to the concentration of hydrogen sulphide. Thanks to this method, it is possible to find a relationship between odour nuisance, technological processes used in the plant and the type of treated waste. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0a8115836eef45fabf85618b038125492023-12-12T06:43:38ZengPolish Academy of SciencesArchives of Environmental Protection2083-47722083-48102020-09-01vol. 46No 36068https://doi.org/10.24425/aep.2020.134536Olfactometric testing as a method for assessing odour nuisance of biogas plants processing municipal wasteMarta Wiśniewska0Andrzej Kulig1Krystyna Lelicińska-Serafin2Warsaw University of Technology, PolandWarsaw University of Technology, PolandWarsaw University of Technology, PolandBiogas plants processing municipal waste are very important investments from the point of view of waste management and also the sustainable development of urban infrastructures. They may also have a potentially negative impact on the environment in the form of odour emission. Olfactometry is the main method for odour impact assessment. Field olfactometry allows for performing a wide range of tests, the results of which are practically instantaneous. The purpose of this work is to provide a tool for assessing the odour impacts of municipal management facilities, including biogas plants processing municipal waste and evaluating the correctness of processes carried out in these plants, namely the method of field olfactometry. In order to compare obtained olfactometric results with the concentration of chemical compounds, chromatographic tests were also carried out using the Photovac Voyager portable chromatograph (hydrogen sulphide – H2S and dimethyl sulphide – (CH3)2S. The results of the odour concentration tests are in line with the results of odorant concentration tests and indicate that cod is strongly related to the concentration of hydrogen sulphide. Thanks to this method, it is possible to find a relationship between odour nuisance, technological processes used in the plant and the type of treated waste.https://journals.pan.pl/Content/117974/Archives%20vol%2046%20no%203_60_68.pdfbiogas plantdimethyl sulphidefield olfactometerhydrogen sulphidembtmunicipal waste |
| spellingShingle | Marta Wiśniewska Andrzej Kulig Krystyna Lelicińska-Serafin Olfactometric testing as a method for assessing odour nuisance of biogas plants processing municipal waste Archives of Environmental Protection biogas plant dimethyl sulphide field olfactometer hydrogen sulphide mbt municipal waste |
| title | Olfactometric testing as a method for assessing odour nuisance of biogas plants processing municipal waste |
| title_full | Olfactometric testing as a method for assessing odour nuisance of biogas plants processing municipal waste |
| title_fullStr | Olfactometric testing as a method for assessing odour nuisance of biogas plants processing municipal waste |
| title_full_unstemmed | Olfactometric testing as a method for assessing odour nuisance of biogas plants processing municipal waste |
| title_short | Olfactometric testing as a method for assessing odour nuisance of biogas plants processing municipal waste |
| title_sort | olfactometric testing as a method for assessing odour nuisance of biogas plants processing municipal waste |
| topic | biogas plant dimethyl sulphide field olfactometer hydrogen sulphide mbt municipal waste |
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