Modeling the Odor Generation in WWTP: An Integrated Approach Review

Carrera-Chapela, Fabio; Donoso‐Bravo, Andrés; Souto, José A.; Ruíz-Filippi, Gonzalo

doi:10.1007/s11270-014-1932-y

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“…The presence of fragrance in the ambient air is a serious problem, especially for the inhabitants of areas directly adjacent to municipal plants [46,47] and solid waste disposal or wastewater treatment plants. Fragrance compounds may cause deterioration of quality of life, causing symptoms associated with long-term exposure, including headaches, nausea, concentration problems, loss of appetite, stress, insomnia, and discomfort, which indirectly translates into a desire to stay at a given location [32].…”

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Impact of Odor Nuisance on Preferred Place of Residence

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Context of the research:Research is increasingly carried out to take into account the social behavior of residents, the type of industry located in the area, and perceived preference for the place of residence. The quality of life in urban space is increasingly seen as a problem of cooperation between various stakeholders. These studies not only identify factors and sources of odor emissions, but also serve as the basis for creating systems to alert people living in areas adjacent to industrial areas or harmful and unpleasant industrial emissions. In recent years, environmental issues, particularly unpleasant sensory experiences, have been one of the most important acceptance criteria. Aim of the article: The aim of the study is to assess the impact of odor nuisance in the south-eastern part of Kraków (Płaszów) on the residents' decision to leave their place of residence. In particular, the research goal was achieved to indicate which of the unpleasant odors may cause a change of residence, as well as to assess the degree of their impact on the decision to move, taking into account the social and demographic characteristics of residents. New in the article: The novelty of the work was the finding out of the residents' opinions about the quality of life by accepting the place of residence, taking into account the aspect of odor nuisance. Previous studies on odor nuisance have focused on the emission of odors from individual plants. A novelty of this research is its implementation in an urban area, in which numerous industrial plants are located, with various odors emitted. Research methodology: To assess odor nuisance, a measuring tool developed in accordance with VDI 3883 guidelines was used, based on the latest research results on odor and noise nuisance. The questionnaire was developed based on German experience. Conclusions from the research: The data obtained as a result of the research allow us to state that specific smells are so burdensome that they may cause the necessity to leave the place of residence, because the respondents feel various unpleasant smells that have an adverse impact upon the quality of life that they perceive. A possible need for relocation of domiciles out of the current place of residence due to unpleasant smells would affect the perceptible, specific level of grief-the greater it is, the more attached the residents are to their current place of residence.

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“…The US EPA AERMOD is considered to be the most advanced among steady-state Gaussian plume models (Carrera-Chapela et al, 2014). In the stable boundary layer, it assumes the concentration distribution to be Gaussian in both the direction perpendicular to the plume axis.…”

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Dust emission and dispersion from mineral storage piles

Romeo

Capelli

Sironi

et al. 2017

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Dust pollution is a complex problem of growing interest because of its environmental, health, economic and political impact. Environmental impact assessment methods for dust pollution management are often based on the simulation of dust dispersion, which requires a precise characterization of the source term and of the source parameters. The source term model should be as simple and as accurate as possible and requires low time consumption in order to be easily connected to a more complex algorithm for the dispersion calculations. This work focuses on dust emissions from mineral storage piles, which are usually modelled as source terms by means of the algorithm proposed in the AP-42 US EPA standard. Unfortunately, this algorithm tends to overestimate emissions, and when coupled with a Gaussian dispersion model, it leads to inaccurate results in terms of estimation of both concentration and spatial distribution. This paper proposes a new methodology drawn from the original standard US EPA AP-42 https://www3.epa.gov/ttnchie1/ap42/ch13/scheme with the purpose to account for the actual dynamics of erosion and to enhance the accuracy of the concentration and the pollutant spatial distribution assessment, thereby considering the effects of the wind interactions. The standard EPA methodology and the new one were compared by means of the AERMOD and CALPUFF dispersion models. Results are superimposable in terms of concentration values, leading to a quantification of the same order of magnitude, although with a different and more variable spatial distribution

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“…Direct measurement of emission rates is complex and costly, and it involves a great deal of fieldwork. To overcome these difficulties, the scientific community has developed various mathematical models such as US Environmental Protection Agency Water9 (USEPA), Toxchem (Environmega), and BASTE (Bay Area Air Toxics Group) to determine the fate of VOCs and their emission rates (Zhang 2010;Yang et al 2012;Carrera-Chapela et al 2014). These models developed mainly based on the mass balance for each operation units in a WWTP.…”

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Emission patterns of acrylonitrile and styrene around an industrial wastewater treatment plant in Iran

Benis

Shakerkhatibi

Yousefi

et al. 2016

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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The uncontrolled releases of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have been highly concerned due to the associated public health risks. In petrochemical industries, WWTPs are responsible for various organic compound emissions into the atmosphere, which can considered as the main source of VOCs emission in such industries. The typical high-strength petrochemical wastewater is generated from an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) resin manufacturing plant that usually needs pretreatment before discharging to the main WWTP. The objective of this study was to investigate the emissions and fates of acrylonitrile (ACN) and styrene (STM) through wastewater pretreatment units operated in an ABS manufacturing plant. In this study, the emission rates of ACN and STM were estimated by means of EPA's Water9 emission model. Subsequently, the emission rates were used as the input data of AERMOD model to simulate the atmospheric behaviors of emitted ACN and STM. The results of Water9 model showed that 57 and 81 % of influent ACN and STM are emitted to the air through pretreatment units, respectively. For both of them, the equalization basin had the major portion of emission to the atmosphere. The concentration distribution profiles of ACN and STM resulted from AERMOD model indicted that the concentration of STM was lower than EPA reference concentration (RfC); however, the higher concentration of ACN (higher than RfC) occurred near the WWTP as well as the neighbor ambient.

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Modeling the Odor Generation in WWTP: An Integrated Approach Review

Cited by 36 publications

References 95 publications

Impact of Odor Nuisance on Preferred Place of Residence

Impact of Odor Nuisance on Preferred Place of Residence

Dust emission and dispersion from mineral storage piles

Emission patterns of acrylonitrile and styrene around an industrial wastewater treatment plant in Iran

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