ASSESSMENT OF THE USEPA FLUX HOOD PERFORMANCE TO MEASURE VOLATILISATION RATE OF ODOROUS COMPOUNDS FROM PASSIVE LIQUID SURFACES
Name: Kamila Furtado Cupertino
Type: PhD thesis
Publication date: 28/09/2022
Advisor:
Name | Role |
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Jane Meri Santos | Advisor * |
Examining board:
Name | Role |
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Ademir Abdala Prata Junior | Co advisor * |
Elisa Valentim Goulart | Internal Examiner * |
Jane Meri Santos | Advisor * |
Luis Fernando Alzuguir Azevedo | External Examiner * |
Neyval Costa Reis Jr. | Internal Examiner * |
Summary: Industrial and domestic wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are associated with environmental
impacts to air quality in neighborhood communities. WWTPs are important sources of odorous
gasesto the atmosphere as nitrogen, sulfur, and volatile organic compounds (VOC). These odorous
gases may cause adverse effects on human health, annoyance which can turn into complaints to
authorities and price depreciation of properties. WWTPs are characterized by large areas
representing fugitive sources of odorous gases (BOCKREIS; STEINBERG, 2005; CAPELLI et
al., 2013; LUCERNONI; CAPELLI; SIRONI, 2017). WWTPs units with passive liquid surface,
for instance, primary and secondary settlement tanks, non-aerated sequencing batch reactors,
equalization tanks, aerated biological filters and stabilization ponds, are potential sources of odour
emissions due to volatilization of dissolved odorants in the liquid phase driven by the interaction
between the liquid-phase and the sweeping wind.