Odorants Prioritization from the Environmental Odours Emissions
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Quality".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (17 November 2023) | Viewed by 459
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Environmental odours are a mixture of varied chemical species that possess different chemical and physical properties and usually are a complex matrix composed of a variety of odorants from different chemical groups such as, but not limited to, sulfur and nitrogen compounds, aldehydes, acids, alcohols, aromatics, ketones, terpenes, indole and skatole, with only some being detected in high concentrations. These are known malodours. This Special Issue of Atmosphere will treat the broad and complex approaches for the prioritization of odorants from all emitting odour activities to obtain the most relevant chemical species responsible for odours called key odorants.
The Special Issue will include the characterization of odorants according to their physicochemical properties, such as their odour detection threshold, odour intensity, kinetics and lifespan, emission factors, their behaviour in the source described by emission models, their transportation, degradation and dilution in the atmosphere described by dispersion models, the assessment of the odour impact criteria and, finally, the relationship between odour concentrations and odorants’ concentrations.
The goal of this Special Issue is to extend our knowledge on the most relevant constituents of odorous sources and emissions. Selection of key odorants might be used to improve annoyance assessment methods and dedicated abatement strategies, monitoring campaigns and dedicated selective sensor selection in the measurement and monitoring devices. Moreover, the selection of key odorants may help policymakers to identify which pollutants need to be prioritized for control. The selection of the key odorants by prioritisation should find practical aspects in broad odorous branches such as municipal plants (e.g., wastewater treatment plants, solid waste landfills (e.g., rendering plants, refineries)), and animal husbandry.
Dr. Radosław J. Barczak
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- odorants
- odorants’ emission
- hydrogen sulfide
- odorants’ lifespan
- kinetics
- key odorants
- odours
