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A Study on Odor Emission Characteristics of Domestic Sewage Treatment Facilities Using Composite Odor Concentration and Hydrogen Sulfide Concentration

복합악취 농도와 황화수소 농도를 이용한 국내 하수처리시설의 악취발생 특성에 대한 연구

  • Ko, Byung-Churl (Odor Management Center, Korea Environment Corporation) ;
  • Lee, Jong-Kuk (Odor Management Center, Korea Environment Corporation) ;
  • Lee, Yoon-Su (Odor Management Center, Korea Environment Corporation) ;
  • Lee, Min-Gyu (Department of Chemical Engineering, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Kam, Sang-Kyu (Department of Environmental Engineering, Jeju National University)
  • 고병철 (한국환경공단 악취관리센터) ;
  • 이종국 (한국환경공단 악취관리센터) ;
  • 이윤수 (한국환경공단 악취관리센터) ;
  • 이민규 (부경대학교 화학공학과) ;
  • 감상규 (제주대학교 환경공학과)
  • Received : 2012.08.21
  • Accepted : 2012.10.08
  • Published : 2012.11.30
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Abstract

Odor from sewage treatment plants have the potential to cause significant annoyance and to impact the amenity. In this study, odor emission characteristics at unit process of 48 sewage treatment facilities in 39 plants were evaluated using composite odor concentration and hydrogen sulfide ($H_2S$) concentration. The values of composite odor concentration (geometry mean) and $H_2S$ concentration (median) for sludge treatment processes are higher than those for the other treatment processes. The composite odor concentration and $H_2S$ concentration are distributed over a wide area in each process. Composite odor concentration (dilution ratio) was found to have the significant correlation with $H_2S$ concentration (p=0.000<0.05). The $H_2S$ concentration accounted for 67.1% of composite odor concentration.

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