Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen Sulfide Emission Factors Applicable to Wastewater Wet Wells

Transport of wastewater in sewer networks causes potential problems associated with gases which include ammonia, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide and methane, in regard to odor nuisance, irritation, toxicity, and microbially induced corrosion. The extent of these problems depends on the emission rates of gases in the sewer atmosphere. To limit these kinds of problems an estimate of the gases emitted from the sewer network is to be known. In consideration to the above mentioned problems, a research has been taken up to estimate the two gases, namely, carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide from sewer wet wells. In this method, using Landtec GEM-2000 plus a multi-gas analyzer, the sample gases were collected from the wet well of pump stations for five days. Using the collected samples the emission rates of carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide are estimated.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Year

2010

Author dc:creator

• Mudragaddam, Madhuri

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kura, Bhaskar
• La Motta, Enrique J.
• Williams, Patricia M.

• Carbon dioxide
• Hydrogen Sulfide
• Emission Factors
• Pump Stations
• Wet Wells
• Wastewater
• Landtec Gas Analyzer
• CO2 and H2S Health Effects
• Corrosion due to H2S gas

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https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1139

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oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-2122