Environmental Odour

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; Technology: general issues; agriculture; air dispersion model; air pollution; air quality; annoyance; bench loop; climate change; dispersion modelling; dispersion models; dose-response relationship; emission; empirical equations; environmental odour; environmental regulations; field inspection; GC-IMS; GC-QTOF-MS; livestock; monitoring Odors; n-butanol; n/a; odor; odor impact criterion (OIC); Odor Patrol; Odor Profile Method; odorants; Odors; odour; odour dispersion modelling; odour impact; odour impact criteria; odour legislation; odour modelling; odour units; olfactometry; OTV; perception-related odor exposure; policy; proficiency test; sampling uncertainties; separation distance; separation distances; smell; SOAV; stability classification; VOC; wastewater treatment; wastewater treatment plant; wastewater treatment plant (WWTP)
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• ISBN: 9783036523637; 9783036523644; books978-3-0365-2364-4
• Access: Open Access

Environmental odour is perceived as a major nuisance by rural as well as urban populations. The sources of odourous substances are manifold. In urban areas, these include restaurants, small manufacturing trades, and other sources, which might cause complaints. In the suburbs, wastewater treatment plants, landfill sites, and other infrastructures are the expected major odour sources. These problems are often caused be the accelerated growth of cities. In rural sites, livestock farming and the spreading of manure on the fields is blamed for severe odour annoyance. In fact, environmental odours are considered to be a common cause of public complaints by residents to local authorities, regional, or national environmental agencies. This Special Issue of Atmosphere will address the entire chain, from the quantification of odour sources, abatement methods, the dilution in the atmosphere, and the assessment of odour exposure for the assessment of annoyance. In particular, this Special Issue aims to encourage contributions dealing with field trials and dispersion modeling to assess the degree of annoyance and the quantitative success of abatement measures.