Complaints about foul odors are emerging as an issue, and the number of complaints is steadily increasing every year. Biofiltration is known to remove harmful or odorous substances from the atmosphere by using microorganisms, and full-scale biofilters are being installed and operated in various environmental and industrial facilities. In this study, the current status and actual odor removal efficiency of full-scale biofilters installed in publicly owned treatment facilities such as sewage, manure, and livestock manure treatment plants were investigated. In addition, the effects of design and operating factors on their efficiency were also examined. As a result, it was found that odor prevention facilities with less than 30% odor removal efficiency based on complex odors accounted for 40%-50% of the biofilters investigated. In investigating the appropriate level of operating factors on odor removal efficiency, it was found that compliance with the recommended values p lays a significant role in improving odor removal efficiency. In the canonical correlation analysis for the on-site biofilter operation and design data, residence time and humidity were found to be the most critical factors. The on-site biofilter operation and design data were analyzed through canonical correlation analysis, and the residence time and humidity maintenance were found to be the most important factors in the design and operations of the biofilter. Based on these results, it is necessary to improve the odor removal efficiency of on-site biofilters by reviewing the effectiveness of the operation factors, improving devices, and adjusting operating methods.

The types and distribution ratio of odor removal systems installed in publicly owned environmental facilities such as sewage treatment, wastewater treatment, manure treatment, livestock manure treatment, and food waste treatment were investigated. Since the intensity of the odor and the composition of the odor substances are different depending on the type of each public treatment facility, different odor removal efficiencies were derived depending on the applied odor removal technology. In addition, the removal efficiency of complex odors and individual odor substances of odor removal systems such as those applying biofilters, scrubbers, and adsorption towers were also compared and evaluated. Although it depends on each odor removal technology and application facility, about 50% of various odor removal systems presented an odor removal performance of less than 30%. The odor removal systems with an odor removal efficiency of 70% or more were evaluated to be less than 30% of the total number. Therefore, we suggest that odor removal efficiencies should be improved through continuous monitoring, diagnosis, reinforcement of maintenance, and improvement of systems.

Most of the white fumes from the tenter process of a textile plant in an industrial complex are generated by water vapor and oil mist. While general water vapor disappears when the humidity is lowered, the white fume generated in the tenter process does not disappear and is continuously maintained, resulting in environmental problems and complaints. Efforts to reduce white fume are being conducted, but it is vitally important to develop a performance index that quantitatively calculates and deduces the degree by which white fume has been reduced, so that a tangible and visible result can be obtained in the performance evaluation of prevention facilities. In this study, the removal efficiency or performance of a general wet scrubber and a wet electrostatic precipitator (electrical fume collector, EFC) installed in the actual textile tenter process was analyzed by the light scattering method that can measure the concentration of particles up to a high level. The white fume removal efficiency of the EFC was 92%, much higher than the 17% removal efficiency of the general scrubber. In addition, the EFC was more effective in removing toluene, 1,1'- [oxybis(methylene)]bis- Benzene, and benzothiazole, which are the major substances generated from the textile tenter process, as well as complex odors. From these results, it was found that the light scattering method is one of the useful tools to evaluate the performance of white fume prevention facilities in the industrial field in terms of satisfying the urgent need for measurement and the ability to obtain a clear and precise result on site. This approach is meaningful in that real-time quantification is applicable more intuitively than the gravimetric method in assessing the fume removal performance as it can be observed with the naked eye.

This study was conducted to evaluate the applicability of a carrier media with natural minerals as packing material in a biofilter to remove odor-causing compounds. The carriers were prepared by mixing powdered zeolite, barley stone, and clay. They have a pellet type with a length of 5m m to 10 mm, 3.2 m2/g of a specific surface area, and 0.04 cm3/g of a pore volume. The adsorption capacity and the biodegradation by biomass formation on the media were experimented with toluene and ammonia as the test compounds. The carrier possessed the ability to adsorb toluene and ammonia. The adsorption capacity of toluene and ammonia at the inlet concentration of 100 ppmv was 58 g/g and 96 g/g, respectively. In the biofilter using the carrier as the packing material, the biofilter performances were different depending on the supply of moisture and liquid-nutrient. The critical loading was found to be 33.13 g/m3/hr for toluene removal and 6.5g /m3/hr for ammonia removal even when no nutrients were supplied. The proposed material has been confirmed to be capable of adsorbing inorganic and organic compounds, and can be effectively applied as packing materials for the biofiltration.

Odor emission factors (OEFs) are important parameters in characterizing odor sources, understanding emission patterns, designing abatement facilities, and providing appropriate control methods. In this study, OEFs for complex odor from grit removal chambers in publicly-owned wastewater treatment plants were determined, and the major operating conditions affecting the emission factors were investigated. In the main study site of “S” wastewater treatment plant, the averaged OEFs from the grit chamber were found to be 466.2, 162.6, and 54.7 OU/m2/min in summer, spring, and winter, respectively. OEFs from two other grit chambers in different wastewater plants were independently measured for comparison, and the values were in the same range as the OEF from S-site at a 95% confidence level. Nevertheless, the OEFs could differ depending on the types of wastewater and the sizes of wastewater treatment plants. Using the multi-variable linear regression method, correlations between OEFs and operating conditions, i.e. activities, from grit chambers were statistically analyzed. The analyses showed that operating conditions, including total suspended solids, water temperature, and temperature difference between water and air, were the most significant parameters affecting the OEF. A linear equation using these three parameters was proposed to estimate the OEF, and can be used to predict an OEF for another grit chamber, without odor measurement.

An up-flow botanical bioreactor was proposed as an economical and environmentally-friendly control process to remove the odorants, specifically ammonia and hydrogen sulfide, in exhaust gas. Liriope Platyphylla and Hedera Helix were selected as the test plants, and were put into the lab-scale reactor filled with the ceramic media. During 52 days of operation with ammonia loading of 1.16 g/m3·d, Liriope Platyphylla showed better performance in ammonia removal. Liriope Platyphylla was further tested by the simultaneous loading of 6.96 g/m3·d for ammonia and 1.00 g/m3·d for hydrogen sulfide. Microbial activity in the botanical reactor was greatly enhanced by mixed odorants rather than single odorants, and can contribute to removing odor in the exhaust gas. Biological uptake by plants reached up to 20% of total nitrogen loading to the botanical reactor.

This study was carried out in order to evaluate the design suitability of gas scrubbers, which have been operated in Siheung and Ansan Smarthubs, as an odor removal device. Detailed design data of 31 gas scrubbers installed between 2005 to 2014 were investigated. All the scrubbers investigated were found to use a “packed bed” design, and 30 of them used pall rings as packing materials. In determining the bed diameter of scrubbers, many facilities used incorrect packing parameters, which resulted in inappropriate design values for the bed diameter. In determining of the height of packed bed, the height of transfer unit (HTU) was calculated incorrectly because of the misuse of both the constants of packing materials and Schmidt numbers. In addition, the values of number of transfer unit (NTU) were found to be underestimated due to the low removal efficiency goal. Therefore, the adapted values of packed bed height were quite different from the ones calculated in many facilities.

The purpose of this study is to develop a scrubber wastewater cleaning system to improve the efficiency of odor reduction. We evaluated the changes in scrubber wastewater quality and odor reduction efficiencies before and after applying the pilot system. We determined that it was possible to extend the replacement cycle by two times or more considering the turbidity change and organic removal efficiency. Butyraldehyde, a major odor-causing substances in the exhaust gas of the target facility, is soluble in water. As a result, the odor reduction efficiency was improved by removing the butyraldehyde in the scrubber wastewater. Economically, it is possible to save about 12 million won per year. Thus, it is necessary to keep scrubber wastewater clean in order to improve the deodorization efficiency and reduce the cost of disposal.

도시지역 합류식 하수배제 설비인 우수받이 및 하수관거, 정화조 등에는 유기성 고형 물이 퇴적되기 쉬우며, 유기성 퇴적물이 부패되는 과정에서 고농도의 황계열 악취물질이 발생한다. 본 연구에서는 전기산화방식을 이용하여 유기성 퇴적물 내에 용존된 악취물질 및 전구물질을 저감시켜, 하수관거에서 기상으로 배출되는 악취 문제를 해결하고자 하였다. 실험실 규모의 밀폐된 회분식 반응기에 하수슬러지(COD 기준 8,000 ~ 28,000 mg·L-1)를 투입하고, 발생되는 악취물질 농도와 악취발생특성을 조사하였다. 여기에 전기산화시스템 을 적용하여 황계열 악취물질과 전체 유기물의 산화 및 분해실험을 진행하였다. 전기산 화 실험을 진행한 결과, 밀폐된 반응기의 기상에서 450 ppm의 고농도로 발생한 황화수 소가 반응 30분 이내에 검출한계 이하까지 제거되었으며, 메틸머켑탄과 디메틸설파이드 는 85% 이상 제거되었다. 투입된 전기에너지당 황계열 악취물질의 제거율은 최대 0.33 mg-S·kJ-1로 나타났다. 또한 1시간의 반응기간 동안 회분식 반응기 내에서 황계열 악취물 질 뿐만 아니라 고농도 퇴적물에 함유된 전체 유기물 농도가 56% 감소하여, 전기산화시 스템이 악취를 유발하는 유기성 전구물질을 동시에 저감하는 효과를 나타내었다. 결과적 으로 최소한의 전기에너지를 이용하여 하수관거 퇴적 유기물에 의한 악취문제를 해결할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다

황화수소 등 유황계 악취물질은 매우 낮은 최소감지농도를 갖고 있기 때문에 악취를 제거하기 위해서는 출구에서 악취가 검출되지 않는 적정 부하량에 대해 검토가 이루어져야 한다. 본 연구에서는 활성탄을 가공하여 제작한 습윤 상태의 활성탄소섬유를 이용하여 현장조건과 유사하게 황화합물악취 H2S 10 ppm, MT 3 ppm, DMS 1.5 ppm 3성분의 혼합가스에 대해 약 130일 동안 제거실험을 수행하였다. 그 결과, H2S는 유입부하량을 0.78 g-H2S / kg ACF·d 이하로 설정하여 운전하는 것이 필요하며, MT는 불완전산화 부산물인 DMDS가 출구에서 검출되어 악취를 유발하므로 안정적인 운전을 위해서는 유입부하량을 0.27 g-MT / kg ACF·d 이하로 설정하여 운전하는 것이 필요한 것으로 나타났다. DMS는 유입부하량의 변화에 관계없이 거의 제거되지 않는 것으로 나타났다.

Methyl mercaptan (MT) is one of the 22 legal designated odorous compounds in Korea. It has been reported as the main malodorous compounds of odor problems found from foot-and-mouth disease in 2012. This study on the removal of MT using the pallet-type activated carbon fiber (ACF) was carried out to get an optimum inflow loading rate and an optimum residence time required for the effective ACF odor removal device. As a result of the study, if the loading rate of MT runs at or below 0.5 g-S/kg dry ACF/d, MT removal rate by ACF could reach about 95%. However, based on the effect of Dimethyl Disulfide (DMDS) which is the reaction product of MT partial oxidation, it was estimated that the deodorizer of ACF should keep the optimum loading rate of MT less than or equal to 0.2 g-S/kg dry ACF/d. When ACF deodorizers were processed with Space Velocity (SV) at 600 h-1, the effect of DMDS was found, even though MT was not detected at the outlet. Therefore, in order to meet the outlet gas of the odor concentration which is less than or equal to 100 D/T, it is recommended that the optimum values of SV and EBRT were less than 300 h-1 and more than 12 seconds, respectively.

The interest of natural chemicals has been increased because of inflection of endocrine disruptor and fatal health danger originated from artificial chemical compounds. The essential oil is one of the representative natural chemicals which can be collected from the most plants and can be applied to high value‐added merchandise such as the antiseptics, anti‐oxidants and deodorants. In this study, essential oil was testified to remove odor such as NH3. In case of the essential oil of a pine leaf, removal efficiency of NH3 was about 100%. The NH3 removal efficiency of the mixed solution (mixture of essential oil and ethanol) was slightly lower than that of pure essential oil and this leads to the conclusion that use of mixture is more economical and effective to control the odor.

Increasing public concerns over odors and air regulations in nonattainment zones necessitate the remediation of a wide range of odorous compounds used for industrial purpose. Currently, spraying technique using neutralizing essential oils is utilized to treat ammonia odors. The chemical analysis was performed to analyze the composition of an essential oil by GC-MS. The monoterpenes in an essential oil react with ammonia by neutralization and their reaction mechanism was elucidated. However, little information is available on the neutralization reaction with rendering air pollutants in detail. The objective of this study was to clarify the possibility of the neutralization of odors sprayed in indoor and determine the removal efficiencies in the misty aerosol by different input odor concentration. It was found that an ammonia was significantly removed by the spraying technique, and the removal efficiency of ammonia was 98 %. The removal efficiencies of ammonia were also studied by the optimal conditions such as temperature and pH.

The occurrence of objectionable tastes and odors in drinking water is a common and widespread problem. The most troublesome odors are usually those described as muddy or earthy-musty. Two organic compounds which have been implicated as the cause of earthy-musty odor problems in water are geosmin and 2-Methylisoborneol. These earthy-musty organics have been shown to be metabolites of actinomycetes and blue green algae. The purpose of this paper is to describe adsorbability in removing these two oder causing compounds(geosmin and 2-MIB) upon various conditions like pH variation, adding humic acid and different activated carbon. The conclusion of this study are as followings. In batch test, carbon dosage is 10mg/100ml for geosmin and 15mg/100ml for 2-MIB. Both were in equilibrium state after 60 hours. In model simulation, F-P model described experiment data and modelling data appropriately in geosmin but F-S model not. In case of 2-MIB, models didn't describe relation between experiment and modelling data well. Two causative agents of earthy-musty odor compounds, geosmin and 2-MIB, are strongly adsorbed by activated carbon either coconut or brown. There appears to be no effect of pH (3,7,9) on adsorption of these two organics. Activated carbon proved to be more effective for removing geosmin than for removing 2-MIB. When activated carbon is. used in removing these two organics, the removal of these appeared to be adversely affected by back ground organic compounds, such as humic substances, due to competitive adsorption.

This study investigated the feasibility of odor removal using ultrasonic droplets of electrolyzed water. 91.65% of the injected electrons were converted to oxidizing agents including hypochlorous acid at HCl 2.2%, 3 V, and a retention time of 5 min. The size of the droplets generated by the ultrasound showed a distribution with D25=1.359 μm and D75=2.506 μm. The odor removal efficiency of the electrolyzed water droplets was over 90% for a composite odor composed of acetaldehyde, hydrogen sulfide, and ammonia, while that of tap water droplets was 50%. The electrolyzed water droplets were also effective in removing ammonia generated in full-scale organic waste treatment facilities.

악취물질인 황화수소는 미생물에 의한 유기물의 혐기성 분해과정에서 황산염 환원을 통해 주로 발생하며 일반적으로 황화합물계열 악취물질 중 가장 발생량이 크고 악취유발에 대한 기여도 역시 가장 큰 물질로서 악취관리에 있어 매우 중요하다. 그 주요 발생원은 양돈 등 축산시설을 비롯하여 도축시설, 사료 및 비료 제조공장, 수산식품제조공장, 분뇨 및 하수처리시설, 펄프제조시설, 폐기물 처리 또는 매립시설 등이다. 황화수소 제거에는 여러 가지 기술이 적용되고 있는데 이 중 활성탄에 의한 흡착제거는 높은 처리효율과 처리의 편이성 등 장점을 가지고 있어 악취제거를 위한 주요 기술로 활용되고 있다. 그러나 활성탄은 야자껍질이나 석탄 등을 이용하여 탄화 및 활성화 과정에 의해 제조되므로 에너지 소비가 크고 가격이 높아 이를 해소하기 위해 활성화를 거치지 않은 탄화물을 이용하거나 농업부산물, 유기성 폐기물 등의 재료로부터 활성탄을 제조하고자 하는 연구가 진행되고 있다. 하지만 탄화물은 흡착에 필요한 미세공의 형성이 활성탄에 미치지 못하여 흡착능이 떨어지고, 대체재료를 사용한 활성탄의 경우에는 재료의 단가는 낮아지고 흡착능은 확보되나 활성화과정에서 수율이 떨어져 생산량이 적기 때문에 실제 생산을 통한 활용에는 한계가 있다. 본 연구에서는 황화수소 제거를 위하여 농업부산물로 발생하는 왕겨의 탄화물인 탄화왕겨를 이용하는 방안을 모색하고자 하였다. 탄화왕겨 역시 탄화과정만으로 생산되므로 비표면적이 작아 그 제거능은 활성탄에 비해 낮게 나타나는 제약을 가지고 있다. 이에 그 제거능 향상을 위하여 적절한 알칼리성 물질을 선정하고 이를 탄화왕겨에 첨착시킨 후 칼럼실험(H2S 농도 1,000 ppm, 가스유량 600 mL/min)에 의해 황화수소 제거특성을 평가하였다. 또한 황화수소에 대하여 가장 큰 제거능을 보이는 것으로 알려져 있는 야자껍질 활성탄과 비교함으로써 탄화왕겨의 기능성 개선의 정도를 알아보았다. 연구결과, 탄화왕겨의 비표면적은 83.44 ㎡/g으로 활성탄의 1122.95 ㎡/g에 비해 월등히 작았으며 탄화왕겨의 황화수소 제거능도 활성탄의 7.3 mg H2S/g보다 훨씬 작은 1.4 mg H2S/g에 불과한 것으로 나타나 물리적 흡착만으로는 악취제거에 한계가 있음을 알 수 있었다. 그러나 알칼리성 물질을 첨착시킨 탄화왕겨의 경우 활성탄보다 큰 황화수소 제거능을 나타내었으며, 특히 NaOH가 첨착된 탄화왕겨에서는 활성탄의 3배가 넘는 제거능이 확인되었다. 이는 동일한 물질을 활성탄에 첨착시킨 경우에서 보인 황화수소 제거능에 비해서도 60% 이상 향상된 것이다. 결국 탄화왕겨가 활성탄보다 알칼리성 물질에 대하여 우수한 첨착특성을 가지면서 그 표면에 첨착된 알칼리성 물질이 황화수소와 반응함으로써 화학적 흡착에 의해 제거능이 크게 향상되는 것으로 판단된다. 따라서 탄화왕겨에 알칼리성 물질을 첨착시킴으로써 에너지 소비 및 비용을 절감하면서 악취제거능 확보가 가능함을 확인할 수 있었다.

The objective of this RDA-ARS cooperative study is to develop a biochar odor removal system to reduce swine odor from deep-pit swine farm. This study is divided into two phases: The first phase determines the swine odor removal potential of biochar made from various feedstocks and thermal processing conditions using a laboratory-scale biochar sorption column system. The second phase determines the effectiveness of a pilot-scale biochar swine odor removal system. It consists of designing and fabrication of a prototype, and installation of the prototype in a selected Korean swine farm. The effectiveness of the on-farm, pilot-scale biochar odor removal prototype will be determined by comparing influent and effluent odorant concentrations. Pine, oak, solid-separated swine manure, coconut shell, and poultry litter were selected as biomass feedstocks for producing biochar. Pellets of these biomass feedstocks were pyrolyzed at 350℃ and 500℃ using a Lindburg electric box furnace equipped with a gas tight retort. Some of these were also partially activated with steam at 700℃. In addition, Korean swine manure compost and imported coconut shell char were steam activated using a commercial rotary kiln system in Korea. All biochar samples were analyzed for their elemental compositions, volatile matter, fixed carbon, ash contents, size, density, and surface area. Selected odorous volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were pre-concentrated using preconditioned stainless steel sorbent tubes filled with Tenax TA® sorbent. The odorants captured by the sorbent tubes were then analyzed using a thermal desorption-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry system. For the laboratory sorption experiments, fresh manure samples from finishing swine farms with flushed (North Carolina) and deep-pit (Kentucky) manure management systems were collected from commercial swine farms in the U.S.

Increasing public concerns over odors and air regulations necessitates the remediation of a wide range of odor substances for industrial and indoor purpose. Currently, the wet scrubbing technique by neutralization using oils is being used to treat odor substances such as Ammonia(NH3), Methyl Mercaptan(CH3SH), Hydrogen Sulfide(H2S), Methylamine(CH3NH2), Acetaldehyde(CH3CHO). The chemical analysis is performed to analyze the composition of an Arctium Lappa Root extract by VOC analyzer(Phocheck 5000Ex, ION SCIENCE co.) The objectives of the this study are to clarify the possibility of the neutralization of odors sprayed in the fixed bed and determine the removal efficiencies for different input odor concentrations. It is found that Ammonia(NH3), Methyl Mercaptan(CH3SH), Hydrogen Sulfide(H2S), Methylamine(CH3NH2), Acetaldehyde(CH3CHO) are significantly removed and their removal efficiencies are higher than 98%. The kitchen detergent with Arctium Lappa Root extract showed excellent removal efficiencies of odor substances and high possibility for the development of kitchen detergent with odor removal.

Foundry has an important economic value in the industry. However, the generation of air pollutants like particulate and odor are serious. Due to the unavoidable usage of molding sand, particulate occurs in almost all the processes. That accounts for the majority of respirable dust in the size less than 10 ㎛. As well as particulate, over 22 species of odor-causing gases and VOCs including hydrogen sulfide and ammonia are occurred. Therefore, the development of equipment that can simultaneously remove TVOC and particulate is regarded as an essential research. In this study, the spraying absorbent system was connected with the shear bag filter for the purpose to remove TVOC and particulate simultaneously. Maximization of process efficiency for the affective factors like the powder combination and injection method is conducted. The experiment was performed at the de-molding process of one foundry plant. Through these devices, the removal efficiency of more than 95% for TVOC was achieved with the absorbent that composed by 800 mesh Activated carbon (80%) and 300 mesh zeolite (20%). Also, the durability and economic evaluation were assessed. In the result of Durability assessment, the available recovery to maintain the deodorizing effect at 90% was counted to 350 degree.

The removal characteristics of composite odor and malodorous substances using 33 biofilters in sewage treatment facilities were investigated. The geometry mean values of composite odor and odor quotient were reduced by 52.7% and 59.2% at the outlet of the biofilters, respectively. The removal efficiencies of the biofiltes for the composite odor and odor quotient show a significant difference statistically(p=0.000<0.05). The median value of odor quotient of sulfur compounds was reduced by 69.1% at the outlet of the biofilter and the odor quotient of the sulfur compound at the inlet and outlet of the biofilter shows a significant difference statistically(p=0.000<0.05); on the other hand, those of the NH3 and trimethylamine, aldehydes, VOCs and alcohols, organic acids do not.