Abstract
In India, there are no systematic odour measurement
methods in use at this moment. Yet, odour causes several
complaints and also court cases. CPCB, India and VTT
Technical Research Centre of Finland have started year
2011 a project called "Capacity building for emission
measurements in India". One focus area in this project
was odours and the objective was to find the most
suitable method to be used to assess odours nuisance in
Indian circumstances. Therefore, different odour
measurement methods were introduced to Indian experts and
priority was set to methods which do not need a lot of
technical facilities or expertise. It was observed that
the most feasible option to carry out an odour survey in
India is to use Field Investigation Method. Applied field
investigation method was modified to fit India's need to
measure different odour intensities based on the
experience that clearly recognizable odour is observed as
an annoyance. The modified method is partly based on the
Guideline VDI 3940 part 3 (2008) and partly based on prEN
264086:2008 part 1. Modified field investigation method
can be used to measure odour frequency and to estimate an
intensity of existing odour. Results are presented as
relative odour frequencies. Odour frequency results are
indicatively comparable with results from mentioned
guidelines. Two Field Investigation case studies were
performed in India and these studies were the first odour
determinations performed in India ever. First study was
performed in Industrial Hazardous Waste Disposal area on
February 2013 and the second one in Pharmaceutical
Industry on May 2013. Both sites are categorised as
critical polluted areas in India. These studies indicated
that there existed remarkable odour frequencies, such as
100 percentile of observation time. Clearly recognizable
odour intensities were sensed in the range from 25 to 93
percentile of observed time in the vicinity of the
studied facilities. This article focuses on presenting
modified field investigation method and the results of
these two case studies in India.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 91-96 |
| Journal | Chemical Engineering Transactions |
| Volume | 40 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
| Event | 4th International Conference on Environmental Odour Monitoring and Control, NOSE 2014 - Venice, Italy Duration: 14 Sept 2014 → 17 Sept 2014 |
Keywords
- odour measurements
