1. Odour and Emission Control
Techniques
Presentation by Marcel Clephas
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2. Agenda
1) Introduction of Odour and Emission
2) Technique 1: Wet scrubbers
3) Technique 2: Plasma Technology
4) Technique 3: Activated carbon
5) Technique 4: Electrostatic filters
6) Comparison of the four techniques
7) Selecting the best technique: testing
8) Questions
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3. 1) Introduction of Odour and Emission
What is smell?
Smell is a cocktail of chemical
compounds
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4. 1) Introduction of Odour and Emission
How do we measure smell?
Smell is measured by the human standard nose
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5. 1) Introduction of Odour and Emission
Results of smell measurements?
a) olfactometric → Odour Units
b) hedonic value → on a scale from -4 to +4,
smells very bad to very good
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6. 2) Technique 1: Wet scrubbers
Water scrubber
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7. 2) Technique 1: Wet scrubbers
Chemical scrubber
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8. 2) Technique 1: Wet scrubbers
Single
stage
scrubber
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9. 2) Technique 1: Wet scrubbers
Ammonia scrubber: 195.000
m³/h
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10. 2) Technique 1: Wet scrubbers
Three stage scrubber
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11. 2) Technique 1: Wet scrubbers
Fish feed production
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12. 2) Technique 1: Wet scrubbers
Mushroom composting
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13. 2) Technique 1: Wet scrubbers
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14. 2) Technique 1: Wet scrubbers
Sewer sludge drying
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15. 2) Technique 1: Wet scrubbers
Pharmaceutical
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16. 3) Technique 2: PlasmaNorm
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18. Unit for 5.000 m3/h
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20. 4) Technique 3: Activated carbon
Unit for 20.000 m³/h
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21. 5) Technique 4: Electrostatic filters
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22. 5) Technique 4: Electrostatic filters
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23. 6) Comparison of the four techniques
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24. 7) Selecting the best technique: testing
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25. 7) Selecting the best technique: testing
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26. 8) Questions
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27. Thank you for your attention
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