The Study of Odor Removal in Various Industries by Ozonation

The Study of Odor Removal in Various Industries by Ozonation
Fulya OKAN, Melik KARA,Yetkin DUMANOĞLU, Hasan ALTIOK, Abdurrahman
BAYRAM, Mustafa ODABAŞI
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi, Çevre Mühendisliği Bölümü, Buca/İzmir
Odorous gases are released during the production in many industries cause problems in the facilities and nearby residential areas. Major activities that cause odor problem are, leather, brewery, yeast industries, poultry farming, waste water treatment facilities and rendering facilities. Commonly used methods for odor removal are scrubbing with solutions containing chemicals, adsorption, and ozonation. The removal of volatile organic compounds in odorant gasses with ozonation was investigated in this study. Concurrent gas samples were collected from the inlet and outlet of the reactor to characterize the volatile organic compounds in odorant gasses and to measure the odor levels. Gas samples were analyzed using an olfactometer to determine the odor concentrations and also using a Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS) to determine the volatile organic compounds.