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Exploring the link between sulphur-containing compounds and noxious odours at waste management facilities: implications for odour monitoring and mitigation strategies Cover

Exploring the link between sulphur-containing compounds and noxious odours at waste management facilities: implications for odour monitoring and mitigation strategies

Open Access
|Sep 2023

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Location of the WMC Marišćina and the environmental monitoring site, with residential area of Viškovo south of the monitoring site. WMC – waste management centre
Location of the WMC Marišćina and the environmental monitoring site, with residential area of Viškovo south of the monitoring site. WMC – waste management centre

Figure 2

Time series for hydrogen sulphide, methyl mercaptan, ethyl mercaptan, dimethyl sulphide, and dimethyl disulphide for 2021
Time series for hydrogen sulphide, methyl mercaptan, ethyl mercaptan, dimethyl sulphide, and dimethyl disulphide for 2021

Figure 3

Individual value plot for olfactometric analyses at the monitoring site
Individual value plot for olfactometric analyses at the monitoring site

Figure 4

Time series of olfactometric analysis in 2021
Time series of olfactometric analysis in 2021

Hourly concentration averages (μg/m3) of sulphur-containing compounds measured at the monitoring site south of the Waste Management Centre Marišćina in 2021

ParameterNMeanSDMinQ1MedianQ3MaxRangeMode
Hydrogen sulphide1060.760.630.10.400.600.834.704.600.60
Methyl mercaptan1060.600.670.000.100.300.833.103.100.10
Ethyl mercaptan1060.130.320.000.000.000.102.402.400.00
Dimethyl sulphide1060.540.360.100.100.300.702.102.000.30
Dimethyl disulphide1060.080.210.000.000.000.001.001.000.00

Goodness of fit for multiple regression analysis

ParameterR2
Hydrogen sulphide8.86
Methyl mercaptan17.74
Ethyl mercaptan12.12
Dimethyl sulphide15.62
Dimethyl disulphide29.29

Olfactometric results at the monitoring site south of the Waste Management Centre Marišćina in 2021

ParameterNMeanSDMinQ1MedianQ3MaxRangeMode
Odour (OU/m3)1060.944.490.000.000.000.0044.0044.000.00
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2023-74-3738 | Journal eISSN: 1848-6312 | Journal ISSN: 0004-1254
Language: English, Croatian, Slovenian
Page range: 179 - 186
Submitted on: May 1, 2023
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Accepted on: Aug 1, 2023
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Published on: Sep 30, 2023
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2023 Luka Traven, Anivija Baldigara, Goran Crvelin, Darko Budimir, Dijana Tomić Linšak, Željko Linšak, published by Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health
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