Taking containment to the next level
Paul Marsh reviews some recent developments in odour management for AD plants
LOCAL resident complaints and planning application refusals have highlighted the potentially malodorous influence...
It’s still a work in progress
As social and economic views on the environment and the way in which we treat our waste are becoming a part of common culture...
Emissions analyser helps manage power station
A multiparameter emissions monitor at Thetford power station is being used to demonstrate to the Environment Agency that the plant is performing within the...
Tackling smells with clever chemistry
BIOSCIENCE company Genesis Biosciences has developed odour control technology for the facilities management industry which it suggests offers an advance in effectiveness compared to...
Another step towards decoding smell
New research isolates the activity of individual nerve cells during the act of smelling, with important implications for our understanding of odour perception (words:...
Tackling odour issues in wastewater treatment
Dr Chris Charles of Genesis Biosciences discusses the use of biological products for this purpose.
Odour monitoring dashboard demo
A US biennial conference called Odors [sic] and Air Pollutants took place in late March in Portland, Oregon.
Perception and reality – David Hill discusses new techniques
Perhaps the most persistent problem plaguing the waste industry is nuisance odour. David Hill, president of GOC Technologies, believes new techniques could help restore...
What’s that smell?
Duncan Mounsor explains how the science of smell can aid environmental monitoring.
ODOUR pollution might sound less serious than other forms of environmental contamination but...
Flexible, gas-thrifty odour abatement for food processor
Babcock Wanson has supplied a regenerative thermal oxidiser for poultry supplier Moy Park’s Grantham, Lincolnshire facility. The project involved the design, construction, erection...
Streaming air quality data over the web
A live demonstration took place at the recent Freescale Technology Forum - hosted by embedded systems specialist Freescale - of the use of machine-to-machine...
Smart technology enables odour mitigation at Paris WtE plant
A waste to energy (WtE) plant in northern Paris, known as the ‘L'étoile Verte’ or ‘Green Star’ waste recovery facility, which was originally built...
Preparing for the worst
A new portable area monitor is said to be the only direct-to-cloud area monitor capable of detecting up to eight gases and gamma radiation.
The...
Small footprint odour abatement system commissioned for wastewater facility in Milan
Engineering firm and pollution expert CSO Group has received client sign-off from Metropolitana Milanese S.p.A. for its first Terminodour installation at the large San...
They‘ve got a nose for business
AN environmental monitoring specialist has been appointed to take odour samples at composting sites which will be tested using the latest sensory testing techniques...
Pong preferences puzzle piece
What smells we like or dislike is primarily determined by the structure of the particular odour molecule. A collaborative study seems to show that people share odour preferences regardless of cultural background.
Bespoke sludge thickener blends into background and controls odour
A low-profile sludge thickener has been designed so that it is virtually invisible in its surrounding rural landscape
Sponsored content: Monitoring nuisance odours
Odour nuisance is one of the most difficult issues facing many sites today. When a complaint is made, it’s essential that a reliable and representative air sample is taken as quickly as possible.
A Common Baseline
The revised European Standard for Olfactometry, EN13725:2022, was published in March, the first significant update of the standard in 19 years, according to odour consultancy firm Silsoe Odours, one of the contributors.
Scraping a living
ODOUR reduction is one of the tasks for sludge handling technology installed at a Thames Water sewage works in London.
The water company has invested...
