title: Absorption of odourous substances using selective gas-liquid separation processes.
abstract: Absorption is one of the most widely used techniques for treating odourous waste gases. An improvement of the effectiveness of gas scrubbers can be achieved by using adapted washing liquids. A screening test is proposed as a low cost tool for testing washing liquids on industrial waste gases. The odour index is used to identify the main cause of the specific smell and to simplify the analysis of absorptive performances of washing liquids. The method is verified by experiments at a chocolate factory and a fat and oil refinery.
authors.affiliation: Hamburg University of Science and Technology, Institute of Municipal and Industrial Wastewater Management, Eissendorfer Strasse 42, 21073 Hamburg, Germany. freudenthal@tuhh.de
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Freudenthal
authors.forename: Ralf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Otterpohl
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Behrendt
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002099:Cacao / Q000737:chemistry; D005223:Fats / Q000032:analysis; D019649:Food Industry; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D009812:Odorants / Q000032:analysis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000032:analysis*; D012498:Sanitary Engineering / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D005223:Fats; D009930:Organic Chemicals