2007 Annual Report
1a.Objectives (from AD-416)
Develop new technologies to measure volatile odorous gases for use in emissions measurements, in-line chemical monitoring, and evaluation of odor control technologies.
1b.Approach (from AD-416)
This project will build on existing research project developed while Dr. Kim was a USDA Headquarters post-doc. Through our combined efforts, we will build and carry out research in three major areas: development of solid-phase microextraction as an odor measurement technology, laboratory batch reactor studies of fundamental chemical processes controlling odors, and field scale studies to determine the odor character of various agriculturally-related waste streams with and without odor control technologies in place.
3.Progress Report
This report documents research conducted under a specific cooperative agreement between ARS and the University of Seoul, South Korea. Additional details of research can be found in the report for the parent project 1265-12220-003-00D entitled, “Atmospheric processes of agricultural pollutants that affect air and water quality.” While no funding has been transferred into this project during the last year, this project has supported cooperative research on development of analytical methods to quantify odorants from wastewaters, composts and manures has continued through frequent visits by the former Research Associate, to Beltsville, to conduct experiments and to write manuscripts.
|