The Use of the Odor Profile Method with an “Odor Patrol” Panel to Evaluate an Odor Impacted Site near a Landfill
A third-party-trained “Odor Patrol” program was conducted at a school that is about a one-mile distance from a landfill to clarify the odor nuisance problems from the landfill. Every 20 min from 6 to 9 a.m. on school days, the “Odor Profile Method” (OPM) was used with the landfill odor wheel to iden...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2021-04-01
|
| Series: | Atmosphere |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/12/4/472 |
| _version_ | 1797538354605064192 |
|---|---|
| author | Yuge Bian Haoning Gong I. H. (Mel) Suffet |
| author_facet | Yuge Bian Haoning Gong I. H. (Mel) Suffet |
| author_sort | Yuge Bian |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | A third-party-trained “Odor Patrol” program was conducted at a school that is about a one-mile distance from a landfill to clarify the odor nuisance problems from the landfill. Every 20 min from 6 to 9 a.m. on school days, the “Odor Profile Method” (OPM) was used with the landfill odor wheel to identify the odor type and intensity of each odor type. This study showed that an Odor Patrol using the OPM can accurately define odor nuisance changes over time and can be used as a method to confirm changes of odor nuisances in a field study. The Odor Patrol only found 13 data inputs of the 1000 data inputs (1.3%) for the 100-day odor monitoring with a landfill odor or trash odor that could cause odor complaints. The Odor Patrol data and the Odor Complaint data compared well. The OPM by an “Odor Patrol” could determine the contribution of the nuisance odors from 6 to 9 a.m. at the school site, about one mile away from the landfill. The study demonstrated a novel approach for odor monitoring by using the Odor Profile Method with an Odor Patrol. The OPM not only confirmed the mitigation of a landfill odor problem, but it also determined odor character, odor intensity, odor frequency and odor duration during this study period. “Landfill gas” was determined to be primarily a rotten vegetable odor with a secondary sewery/fecal odor of lower intensity, and “trash odors” were primarily a rancid and sweet odor with a secondary sewery/fecal and/or rotten vegetable odor of lower intensities generated from trash reaching the landfill. The order of intensity observed from high to low was: Trash odor (Rancid–Sweet) > Rotten vegetable > Sewery/Fecal > Rancid. Thus, trash odor is the major problematic odor from the landfill site. Quality assurance methods were used to remove local odors from the evaluation. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-10T12:29:22Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-dbda45c6a2cc4f5699ee26eee7fed875 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2073-4433 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-10T12:29:22Z |
| publishDate | 2021-04-01 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Atmosphere |
| spelling | doaj.art-dbda45c6a2cc4f5699ee26eee7fed8752023-11-21T14:48:23ZengMDPI AGAtmosphere2073-44332021-04-0112447210.3390/atmos12040472The Use of the Odor Profile Method with an “Odor Patrol” Panel to Evaluate an Odor Impacted Site near a LandfillYuge Bian0Haoning Gong1I. H. (Mel) Suffet2Department of Environmental Health Science, UCLA, School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USADepartment of Environmental Health Science, UCLA, School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USADepartment of Environmental Health Science, UCLA, School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USAA third-party-trained “Odor Patrol” program was conducted at a school that is about a one-mile distance from a landfill to clarify the odor nuisance problems from the landfill. Every 20 min from 6 to 9 a.m. on school days, the “Odor Profile Method” (OPM) was used with the landfill odor wheel to identify the odor type and intensity of each odor type. This study showed that an Odor Patrol using the OPM can accurately define odor nuisance changes over time and can be used as a method to confirm changes of odor nuisances in a field study. The Odor Patrol only found 13 data inputs of the 1000 data inputs (1.3%) for the 100-day odor monitoring with a landfill odor or trash odor that could cause odor complaints. The Odor Patrol data and the Odor Complaint data compared well. The OPM by an “Odor Patrol” could determine the contribution of the nuisance odors from 6 to 9 a.m. at the school site, about one mile away from the landfill. The study demonstrated a novel approach for odor monitoring by using the Odor Profile Method with an Odor Patrol. The OPM not only confirmed the mitigation of a landfill odor problem, but it also determined odor character, odor intensity, odor frequency and odor duration during this study period. “Landfill gas” was determined to be primarily a rotten vegetable odor with a secondary sewery/fecal odor of lower intensity, and “trash odors” were primarily a rancid and sweet odor with a secondary sewery/fecal and/or rotten vegetable odor of lower intensities generated from trash reaching the landfill. The order of intensity observed from high to low was: Trash odor (Rancid–Sweet) > Rotten vegetable > Sewery/Fecal > Rancid. Thus, trash odor is the major problematic odor from the landfill site. Quality assurance methods were used to remove local odors from the evaluation.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/12/4/472OdorsOdor PatrolOdor Profile Methodmonitoring Odors |
| spellingShingle | Yuge Bian Haoning Gong I. H. (Mel) Suffet The Use of the Odor Profile Method with an “Odor Patrol” Panel to Evaluate an Odor Impacted Site near a Landfill Atmosphere Odors Odor Patrol Odor Profile Method monitoring Odors |
| title | The Use of the Odor Profile Method with an “Odor Patrol” Panel to Evaluate an Odor Impacted Site near a Landfill |
| title_full | The Use of the Odor Profile Method with an “Odor Patrol” Panel to Evaluate an Odor Impacted Site near a Landfill |
| title_fullStr | The Use of the Odor Profile Method with an “Odor Patrol” Panel to Evaluate an Odor Impacted Site near a Landfill |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Use of the Odor Profile Method with an “Odor Patrol” Panel to Evaluate an Odor Impacted Site near a Landfill |
| title_short | The Use of the Odor Profile Method with an “Odor Patrol” Panel to Evaluate an Odor Impacted Site near a Landfill |
| title_sort | use of the odor profile method with an odor patrol panel to evaluate an odor impacted site near a landfill |
| topic | Odors Odor Patrol Odor Profile Method monitoring Odors |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/12/4/472 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT yugebian theuseoftheodorprofilemethodwithanodorpatrolpaneltoevaluateanodorimpactedsitenearalandfill AT haoninggong theuseoftheodorprofilemethodwithanodorpatrolpaneltoevaluateanodorimpactedsitenearalandfill AT ihmelsuffet theuseoftheodorprofilemethodwithanodorpatrolpaneltoevaluateanodorimpactedsitenearalandfill AT yugebian useoftheodorprofilemethodwithanodorpatrolpaneltoevaluateanodorimpactedsitenearalandfill AT haoninggong useoftheodorprofilemethodwithanodorpatrolpaneltoevaluateanodorimpactedsitenearalandfill AT ihmelsuffet useoftheodorprofilemethodwithanodorpatrolpaneltoevaluateanodorimpactedsitenearalandfill |