Title: | [Source emission characteristics of malodorous volatile organic carbonyls from a municipal sewage treatment plant] |
Author(s): | Zhou M; Wang BG; Zhao DJ; Zhang CL; Gu YG; |
Address: | "Department of Environment Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China. zhoumimi113@yahoo.com.cn" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0250-3301 (Print) 0250-3301 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "A 4-day field observation was conducted at Liede sewage treatment plant in Guangzhou, using PFPH/GC/MS method to analyse the composition and the concentration of volatile carbonyl compounds, and investigate the source emission characteristics of the pollutants. The results were as follows: 18 carbonyl species were detected, which including 15 malodorous volatile carbonyls with a concentration range from 0.39 microg x m(-3) to 19.92 microg x m(-3) at six processing units. Mean value of the total malodorous volatile carbonyls was (68.66 +/- 10.05) microg x m(-3). Normalization data process was used to research the source emission profile for malodorous volatile carbonyls, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde, 2-butanone, butyraldehyde and hexaldehyde were found to be molecular markers of the source emission with their percentage of total carbonyls up to 78.91%. Hexaldehyde was the most abundant carbonyl species with an average concentration of 11.71 microg x m(-3). Using a calculation model of area source emission, it estimated that the total annual emissions of the municipal sewage treatment plant was 2 302.33 kg(-1), and the contribution ratio of each processing unit was in an order of biochemical reaction basin, concentration basin, grade A aeration, ascending pump room, grit basin, dewatering house. The malodorous emission of sewage treatment plant is affected by many complex factors, so there's some uncertainty on the estimate" |
Keywords: | "Acetaldehyde/analysis Air Pollutants/analysis Aldehydes/*analysis China Cities Environmental Monitoring/methods Formaldehyde/*analysis *Odorants Sewage/chemistry Volatile Organic Compounds/analysis/*chemistry *Waste Disposal, Fluid;" |
Notes: | "MedlineZhou, Mi Wang, Bo-Guang Zhao, De-Jun Zhang, Chun-Lin Gu, Yin-Gang chi Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't China 2012/04/04 Huan Jing Ke Xue. 2011 Dec; 32(12):3571-6" |