Title: | Effect of incineration on the removal of key offensive odorants released from a landfill leachate treatment station (LLTS) |
Address: | "Atmospheric Environment Laboratory, Dept. of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul 143-747, Republic of Korea" |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.12.070 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1879-1298 (Electronic) 0045-6535 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "As a basic means to control odorants released from a landfill leachate treatment station (LLTS), effluents venting from this station were treated via incineration with methane rich landfill gas (at 750 degrees C). A list of the key offensive odorants covering 22 chemicals was measured by collecting those gas samples both before and after the treatment. Upon incineration, the concentration levels of most odorants decreased drastically below threshold levels. The sum of odorant intensities (SOIs), if compared between before and after incineration, decreased from 6.94 (intolerable level) to 3.45 (distinct level). The results indicate that the thermal incineration method can be used as a highly efficient tool to remove most common odorants (e.g., reduced sulfur species), while it is not so for certain volatile species (e.g., carbonyls, fatty acids, etc.)" |
Keywords: | "Air Pollutants/analysis/*chemistry Air Pollution/analysis/prevention & control *Incineration Methane/analysis/chemistry Odorants/*analysis Volatile Organic Compounds/analysis/chemistry Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis/chemistry;" |
Notes: | "MedlineRay, Sharmila Kim, Ki-Hyun Yoon, Hye-On eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2012/01/27 Chemosphere. 2012 Apr; 87(5):557-65. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.12.070. Epub 2012 Jan 23" |