This study was carried out to estimate odors emitted from toilets in Mugunghwa trains. Two parameters, odor intensity and odor concentration, were used for odor estimation. A direct olfactory method to observe odor intensity for 67 toilets and an air dilution olfactory method to estimate odor concentration for 6 samples were performed. Results showed that odor concentrations in toilets in trains ranged from 6 OU/m3 to 30 OU/m3, and odor intensity in 67 toilets varied from 0 degree to 3.3 degree. The results suggest that odors emitted from existing toilets should be controlled because the odor intensity in 16 toilets reached a level that resulted in complaints about the odor.

• 박상진(Department of railroad construction system engineering, Woosong University) | Sang Jin Park Corresponding author