Sampling and analysis of volatile organics emitted from wastewater treatment plant and drain system of an industrial science park

Wu, Ben-Zen; Feng, Tien-Zhi; Sree, Usha; Chiu, Kong‐Hwa; Lo, Jiunn-Guang

doi:10.1016/j.aca.2006.03.057

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“…Given its high polarity and easy dissolution in water, acetone may enter a sewer system, with rains causing higher concentrations during the summer/wet period than those during the winter/dry period. Wu et al (2006) observed similar results, in which acetone was easily found in the sewer system in Shin-Chu Industrial Park in northern Taiwan owing to its high volatility.…”

Section: Seasonal Variations Of Hydrocarbon Groupssupporting

confidence: 62%

Measurements and PCA/APCS Analyses of Volatile Organic Compounds in Kaohsiung Municipal Sewer Systems, Southern Taiwan

Huang

Chen

Wang

2012

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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This study measured 71 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) collected using stainless steel canisters at 15 monitoring sites in two main Kaohsiung municipal sewers, A-Sewer and B-Sewer, during winter and summer periods in 2008 and 2009. The results indicate that the overall average of total VOCs, TVOC, in A-Sewer was 1173.51 ± 187.69 μg/m 3 , which was about 40% higher than that in B-Sewer (689.22 ± 151.64 μg/m 3 ). However, TVOC in the winter/dry season was about three (or five) times that in the summer/wet season for A-Sewer (or B-Sewer). For the A-Sewer, chlorinated organics, aromatics, and alkanes were predominant, and altogether contributed to about 90.0% of the TVOC in winter and about 70.6% in summer, with alkenes, ethers, ketones, and sulfur compounds as minor components. For B-sewer, aromatics, alkanes, and chlorinated organics were predominant, and altogether contributed to about 94.1% of the TVOC in winter and about 74.3% in summer, while others were minor ones. The principal component analysis (PCA) and absolute component scores (APCS) models indicate that the percentage source contributions for A-Sewer were solvent usage (31.65 ± 11.27%), oil refineries and storage leaks (28.71 ± 11.52%), auto paintings (19.14 ± 9.74%), asphalt plants (17.05 ± 8.73%), and others (3.45 ± 3.95%). The percentage source contributions for B-Sewer were printing factories (45.35 ± 9.19%), oil refineries and storage leaks (31.78 ± 8.59%), solvent usage (18.64 ± 8.50%), and dry cleaning (4.23 ± 4.70%).

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Measurements and PCA/APCS Analyses of Volatile Organic Compounds in Kaohsiung Municipal Sewer Systems, Southern Taiwan

Huang

Chen

Wang

2012

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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“…In the city of Izmir, Tukey, DMS and H 2 S as well as 2-propane thiol and 2-butane thiol were the major malodor compounds in the emitted and ambient air in polluted creeks (Muezzinoglu 2003). Wu et al (2006) also found that DMS was one of the major VOSCs downstream of a river connected to a wastewater treatment plant in Taiwan.…”

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“…The water quality parameters for Shijing River and Liuxi River are shown in ) in a new landfill, whereas they were 1.22 ppbv (3.78 μg m ), respectively, in a wastewater treatment of Taiwan (Wu et al 2006). Finally, the concentrations of DMS ranged from 11.8−59.2 mg m −3 in the air at the deltas of the polluted creeks in the city of Izmir (Muezzinoglu 2003).…”

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“…Hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) is the predominant odorant in municipal landfill areas, and VOSCs have been shown to be the second major components as odor stimuli in some landfill facilities Kim 2006). The results from Wu et al (2006) showed that the average concentrations of carbon disulfide (CS 2 ) and dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in gas samples collected during four different seasons from a wastewater treatment plant were 3.29±1.59 ppbv (12.13± 5.88 μg m −3 ) and 88.72 ±80.50 ppbv (275.03±…”

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Emission of volatile organic sulfur compounds from a heavily polluted river in Guangzhou, South China

Sheng

Chen

et al. 2007

Environ Monit Assess

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Emissions of five volatile organic sulfur compounds (VOSCs), including methanethiol, carbonyl sulfide, dimethyl sulfide, carbon disulfide, and dimethyl disulfide, from a heavily polluted river, Shijing River in Guangzhou of South China, was studied. The results showed that the amounts of all VOSCs emitted from the river increased from downstream to upstream along the river with increasing magnitude of water pollution. The emission of carbonyl sulfide was the highest among the target analytes, ranging from 23.8 μg m −2 h −1 to 42.6 μg m −2 h −1 at the water surface of Shijin River. The concentration levels of VOSCs on the riverbank were lower than those at the water surface either in Shijing River or in Liuxi River. However, the contribution of dimethyl disulfide to the total VOSCs on the riverbank was higher than that at the water surface in most sampling sites, indicating that there might be a point source of dimethyl disulfide on the riverbank besides diffusion from water surface. The 24-h semi-continuous monitoring data revealed that the emissions of VOSCs at the water surface peaked at 9:00 and 21:00, which was consistent with the water quality variability in Shijin River caused by daily tidal variation.

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“…However, the common used wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) can not achieve the complete removal of pollutants, thus appearing the point sources of water pollution (Pham and Proulx, 1997). Also, WWTPs can become the atmospheric sources of some organic pollutants, such as volatile organic compounds (Simonich et al, 2000;Escalasa et al, 2003;Wu et al, 2006), perfluorooctanoic acid (Webster et al, 2010), polyfluoroalkyl compounds (Ahrens et al, 2011) and PAHs (Byrns, 2001;Seth et al, 2008). Recently, intense attention has been paid on PAHs in the atmosphere (Simcik et al, 1999;Park et al, 2002;Omar et al, 2006;Zhang et al, 2011a), as the most carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic contaminants (Deng et al, 2006).…”

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Coking wastewater treatment plant as a source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to the atmosphere and health-risk assessment for workers

Zhang

Wei

Feng

et al. 2012

Science of The Total Environment

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Sampling and analysis of volatile organics emitted from wastewater treatment plant and drain system of an industrial science park

Cited by 76 publications

References 13 publications

Measurements and PCA/APCS Analyses of Volatile Organic Compounds in Kaohsiung Municipal Sewer Systems, Southern Taiwan

Measurements and PCA/APCS Analyses of Volatile Organic Compounds in Kaohsiung Municipal Sewer Systems, Southern Taiwan

Emission of volatile organic sulfur compounds from a heavily polluted river in Guangzhou, South China

Coking wastewater treatment plant as a source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to the atmosphere and health-risk assessment for workers

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