Comparison of hydrogen sulfide concentrations and odor annoyance frequency predictions downwind from livestock facilities

Suraiya Akter; Erin L. Cortus

doi:10.3390/atmos11030249

Comparison of hydrogen sulfide concentrations and odor annoyance frequency predictions downwind from livestock facilities

Suraiya Akter, Erin L. Cortus

Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering

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Abstract

Estimating and measuring the occurrence of a sensation, odor, around livestock facilities is challenging. This research compares the estimated frequency of odor nuisance with measured hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) concentrations at various distances around a swine and a dairy operation, and discusses the results based on time of day, weather conditions, distance, and topography. The estimated odor annoyance-free and odor annoyance frequencies were based on a publically available calculator of odor impact derived from average odor emission rates, historical, and regional weather patterns, and dispersion modeling. Continuous monitoring of H₂S was by single point monitors (SPM) at locations around the operations. Time-weighted average H₂S concentrations were less than 10 ppb for odor annoyance-free frequencies, and less than 10 to at least 73 ppb for odor-annoyance frequencies. Verifying a proxy odor indicator can help update odor annoyance models and respond to site-specific concerns for existing facilities.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	249
Journal	Atmosphere
Volume	11
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11030249
State	Published - Mar 1 2020

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The dairy farm financially supported the purchase of disposable monitoring supplies (i.e., chemcassettes) and travel to the dairy case study research site. Otherwise, this research received no external funding and used existing data sources. South Dakota State University contributed to this research through general faculty and graduate research assistance support. B. Siverling and M. Mehata assisted with data collection. The cooperating farms and neighbors that allowed on-farm measurements are appreciated.

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Concentration
Hydrogen sulfide
Odor
Setback models

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