| Title: | Experimental evaluation on liquid area sources: Influence of wind velocity and temperature on the wind tunnel sampling of VOCs emissions from wastewater treatment plants |
| Author(s): | Tagliaferri F; Invernizzi M; Sironi S; |
| Address: | "Politecnico di Milano, Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering 'Giulio Natta' - P.za Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy. Politecnico di Milano, Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering 'Giulio Natta' - P.za Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: marzio.invernizzi@polimi.it" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137337 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1879-1298 (Electronic) 0045-6535 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The investigation of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) emission from wastewater basins is a challenging issue. In particular, the quantification of an accurate emission rate appears quite tricky, since the release of VOC compounds from this type of source, and the subsequent dispersion into the atmosphere, is ruled by different complex phenomena, potentially affected by a variety of external chemical and physical parameters. In this regard, the wind velocity and the liquid temperature represent variables that are worth investigating. Given this, the present paper discusses an experimental study aimed at evaluating the influence of these variables on the emission rate of VOCs (i.e. acetone, toluene and butanol) in solution with water at low concentrations (0.5 mL/L and 5 mL/L). The experimental trials are conducted using a wind tunnel system, changing the sweep air flow from 0.02 m/s to about 0.06 m/s and the liquid temperature from 20 degrees C to 35 degrees C. This study reveals that while the wind velocity seems to slightly influence the emission rate of VOCs estimated by wind tunnel sampling, the effect of the temperature appears much more significant. This behaviour is also confirmed by experimental trials conducted on real-case industrial wastewater, coming from an equalization tank. In view of this, the approach commonly applied to evaluate the influence of wind velocity (i.e. a dependence of the odour emission rate on the square root of the wind velocity) appears not fully consistent with the experimental results obtained at low concentrations by wind tunnel sampling. Also, the influence of temperature seems more pronounced in the case of butanol, in accordance with the theoretical trend of Henry constant as a function of temperature" |
| Keywords: | *Volatile Organic Compounds Temperature Wastewater 1-Butanol Butanols *Water Purification Emission rate Passive area sources VOCs emission Wind tunnel Wind velocity; |
| Notes: | "MedlineTagliaferri, Francesca Invernizzi, Marzio Sironi, Selena eng England 2022/11/23 Chemosphere. 2023 Jan; 312(Pt 2):137337. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137337. Epub 2022 Nov 19" |
