The value of an odor-quality-wheel classification scheme for wastewater treatment plants.
Each odorant possesses a unique odor signature (i.e. odor character or quality, odor threshold and chemical concentration). This paper develops an initial understanding of how the volatile odorous chemicals and their relative concentrations produced are related to the total odor quality from the process by their odor threshold concentrations and odor signatures.
Environmental Science and Engineering UCLA, School of Public Health, Charles E. Young Drive South, Box 951772, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. msuffet@ucla.edu
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D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D009812:Odorants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011786:Quality Control; D012016:Reference Values; D014835:Volatilization; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000592:standards*