Abstract—Wastewater treatment generates significant amount of greenhouse gases mainly methane and nitrous oxide. Therefore, reducing these emissions from the treatment process and the contribution of the wastewater treatment processes to global warming is a major concern. Also, odors can be generated and released from virtually all phases of wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal. Most odor-producing compounds found in domestic wastewater and in the removed solids result from anaerobic biological activity that consumes organic material, sulfur, and nitrogen found in the wastewater. In this study, estimation of greenhouse gas and reduction of greenhouse gas and odor emissions from wastewater treatment plants in urban areas were made.
Index Terms—Wastewater treatment plant, greenhouse gas, odors.
J. Y. Yoo is with the Department of Climate International Cooperation, Incheon National University, Republic of Korea (e-mail: yoojiye@inu.ac.kr).
E. J. Woo is with the Department of Environment and Energy Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, Republic of Korea (email: wej5366@ inu.ac.kr).
C. J. Park is with the Department of Energy and Env. Engineering and the Department of Climate International Cooperation, Incheon National University, Republic of Korea (e-mail: cjpark@inu.ac.kr).
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Cite: Ji Ye Yoo, Eun Ji Woo, and Chan Jin Park, "The Optimization of Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Odor Emissions from Wastewater Treatment Plant," International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 399-403, 2016.
