title: Comparison of different approaches for the estimation of odour emissions from landfill surfaces.
abstract: The aim of this study is related to the assessment of odour emissions from landfill surfaces. Up to now, there is not a widely accepted method to quantify odour emissions from this particular kind of source. Five different methods were developed and investigated. These methods can be considered as based on three distinct approaches, both experimental and computational. The first approach provides to use models for the estimation the landfill gas production, whereby the second and the third approach are based on direct measurement campaigns on the landfill surface: for the determination of the methane concentration or for the direct measurement of the odour concentration, respectively. The methods were then compared in terms of specific odour emission rates by referring to other literature data. Finally, dispersion modelling was applied in order to allow a further comparison of the resulting odour impacts with other olfactometric data from independent monitoring campaigns on the studied site.
authors: Politecnico di Milano, Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Lucernoni
authors: Politecnico di Milano, Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy. Electronic address: laura.capelli@polimi.it.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Capelli
authors: Politecnico di Milano, Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Sironi
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D008697:Methane / Q000032:analysis; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009812:Odorants / Q000032:analysis*; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D064091:Waste Disposal Facilities
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D008697:Methane
keywords: Flux chamber; Odour impact assessment; Specific odour emission rate; Static hood; Surface sampling; Wind tunnel