Thursday, 7th October 2008
18:00 - 20:30 Welcome Cocktail and Pre-Registration
Wednesday, 8th October 2008
08:00 - 13:00 Registration Opening of the Conference
08:45 - 08:50 Welcome message by IWA
08:50 - 08:55 Welcome message on behalf of the organising comittee, Ton van Harreveld (chairman)
08:55 - 09:00 Welcome message by venue host Agbar
09:00 - 09:05 Welcome message
09:05 - 09:10 Welcome message
09:10 - 09:50 Conference Keynote
09:50 - 10:30 Coffee Break
Session 1: Odour measurement using olfactometry methods
10:30 - 10:50 The Measurement Uncertainty of Olfactometry - Determination based on the direct approach with duplicate analyses according to Guideline DIN EN ISO 20988 (Müller, Frank /Both, Ralf)
10:50 - 11:10 Estimation of Uncertainty in Olfactometry (Higuchi, Takaya)
11:10 - 11:30 Proficiency testing as the key element in implementing EN13275 olfactometry (van Harreveld, Anton P./Mannebeck, Dietmar /Maxeiner, Björn)
11:30 - 11:50 Accounting for Suspect Panel Responses and Sticky Samples to Improve Olfactometry Measurements (Atzeni, Michael /Sohn, Jae Ho /Hudson, Neale /Dunlop, Mark /Gallagher, Erin /Clayton, Chris)
11:50 - 12:10 Difference of the odor concentrations measured by the triangle odor bag method and the dynamic olfactometor (Ueno, Hiroyuki)
12:10 - 12:30 Origin and Fate of Odour Emissions in Sludge Composting (Suffet, I. H. (Mel) /Decottignies, V. /Bruchet, A. /Aupetitgendre, M.)
Session 2: Evaluation of odour control additives
12:30 - 12:50 Efficiency of masking agents: outcome of a 3 year study at pilot and full scales (Bruchet, A. /Decottignies, V. /Filippi, G.)
12:50 - 13:10 Presentation of posters, 20 mins/20 Posters
13:10 - 14:10 Lunch Break
Session 3: Odour management
14:10 - 14:25 Monetary valuation of odour nuisance as a tool to evaluate cost effectiveness of possible odour reuction techniques (van Broeck, Gunther /Bogaert , Sarah /Hutsebaut, Ellen /)
14:25 - 14:40 Using an Odour-Noise Relationship to Help Place a Monetary Value on Odour Abatement. (Hobson, John)
14:40 - 14:55 An Odor Control Master Planning Approach to Public Outreach Programs (Easter, Chris /Voigt, R. /Witherspoon, Jay/Cesca, Josef)
14:55 - 15:10 Integrated odour management at Western Australian wastewater treatments plants (Oma, Roni/Wallis, Ian)
15:10 - 15:25 Use of dispersion modeling for the design and operation of wastewater and composting plants (Rousseille, F. /Senante, Elena/Venot, Sandrine/Mosnier, F. /Dauthuille, P. /Baig, S.)
15:25 - 15:40 Odour assessment at an iron foundry in the Netherlands (Sluis, Nienke / Vossen, Frans)
15:40 - 15:55 Odour Evaluation of Pilot Scale Composting Process Provides Critical Data for Metro Vancouver’s Organic Waste Management Strategy (Jones, Trevor/Yang, Wilbert /Pitre, Marcel /Gamble, Scott /Yin, Jenny)
15:55 - 16:15 Presentation of posters, 20 mins/20 Posters
16:15 - 17:00 Coffee Break
Session 4: Control techniques for treatment and abatement of odorous emissions, Part I
17:00 - 17:15 Treatment of livestock odor and pathogens with ultraviolet photocatalysis (Koziel, Jacek A. /Yang, Xiuyan /Cutler, Tim /Zhang, Shicheng /Zimmerman, Jeffrey /Hoff, Steven J. /Jenks, William S./Van Leeuwen, Hans /Laor, Yael /Uzi, Ravid /Amon, Robert /)
17:15 - 17:30 Large scale trial testing of a biotrickling filter using carbon based composite media (Koe, C.C.L./Loo, Y.Y.)
17:30 - 17:45 Development of a kinetic model for elemental sulfur and sulfate formation from the autotrophic sulfide oxidation (González-Sánchez, Armando /Tomàs, Maria /Dorado, Antoni David /Gamisans, X. /Lafuente, Javier /Gabriel, David)
17:45 - 18:00 Treatment of a mixture of α-pinene, methanol, and hydrogen sulfide in a hybrid two stage bioreactor (Yaomin, Jin/Veiga, Maria C./Kennes, Christian)
18:00 - 18:15 Sulfide removal by an alkaliphilic bacteria consortium (González-Sánchez, Armando /Revah, Sergio)
18:15 - 18:30 Degradation of malodorous gas from wastewater sludge dewatering facilities by biofiltration using polyurethane foam expanded with powdered activated carbon and zeolite (Lee, Soo-Chul /Dong-Woo, Han/Dong-Jin, Kim)
18:30 - 18:45 Biofilters and Biotowers for Treating Odors and Volatile Organic Compounds (Quigley, Chris /Burrowes, Peter/Witherspoon, Jay)
18:45 - 19:00 Technical and economical study of a full-scale biotrickling filter for H2S removal from biogas (Tomàs, Maria /Fortuny, Marc /Lao, Conxita /Gabriel, David /Lafuente, Javier /Gamisans, Xavier)
20:30
Thursday, 9th October 2008
08:00 - 10:00 Registration
Session 5: Odour characterisation using field panels and odour dispersion modelling
08:30 - 08:50 Sniffing team measurements in Flanders: Code of Practice (Bilsen, I. /De Fré, R)
08:50 - 09:10 Full scale evaluation of the odour emissions of two green waste composting methods using two complementary odour measurement techniques – Field panel measurements vs. olfactometry measurements using a Lindvall hood (De Bruyn, Gert /)
09:10 - 09:30 An empirical model to estimate the separation distance between livestock buildings and residential areas: An improved version of the Austrian guide line (Piringer, Martin /Schauberger, Günther /Petz, Erwin /)
09:30 - 09:50 In the wake of the “Nez Normands” (Normandy Noses) (Leger, Celine /Delmas, Veronique )
09:50 - 10:10 Validation of a dispersion model specific for odours by comparison with the observations of panellists according to the German standard VDI 3940 (Recasens, F. /Arias, R./Barnéoud, P. /)
10:10 - 10:30 Odour impact of a waste management plant in the Barcelona area, characterised by field observations, Gaussian modelling and Calpuff modelling (Feliubadaló Molins, J./Van Harreveld, Anton P./Ormerod, R.)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
Session 6: Odour at wastewater treatment and sewer systems, waste management operations and industrial processes
11:00 - 11:15 Air emissions at large municipal wastewater treatment plants in Finland for national E-PRTR reporting register (Fred, T. /Heinonen, M. /Sundell, L. /Toivikko, S.)
11:15 - 11:30 Summary of Findings on Biosolids Cake Odor Reduction - Final Results of WERF Phase 3 Biosolids Odor Research (Witherspoon, Jay/Forbes, Jr., R. /Adams, G. /Hargreaves, R. /Novak, J. /Higgins, M. /Erdal, Z. /Morton, R. /Shea, T. /Abu-Orf, M. /Daigger, Glen)
11:30 - 11:45 Odour, Covering and Ventilation (Hobson, John )
11:45 - 12:00 Odour creation potential of sludge during composting and drying (Bouchy, L./Senante, Elena/Dauthuille, P. /Aupetitgendre, M. /Harry, J.P. /Venot, Sandrine /Rougé, P.)
12:00 - 12:15 Merrimac WWTP Waterfuture Alliance – An Environmentally Sustainable Odour Control Solution (Finke,)
12:15 - 12:30 Integrated odor control and management plan in WWTP of the Región Metropolitana of Santiago de Chile (Morales, Juan José /König, Hernán /Garcés, Juan Antonio /Senante, Elena)
12:30 - 12:45 Hydrogen sulphide generation, emission and dispersion modelling for a highly polluted water body (Calvo, Diana C. /Behrentz, Eduardo /Rodríguez, Manuel S.)
12:45 - 13:00 10 Years of OEC Measurement: Methodology, Application, Results and future development (Frechen, Franz-Bernd/)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
Session 7: Sampling
14:00 - 14:15 Sampling for Olfactometric Measurement: The new VDI guideline 3880 (Richter, Claus-Jürgen/Frechen, Franz-Bernd)
14:15 - 14:30 Design and validation of a wind tunnel system for odour sampling on liquid area sources (Capelli, Laura/Sironi, Selena/Del Rosso, Renato /Céntola, P.)
14:30 - 14:45 Comparison of emission rate values for odour and odorous chemicals of two sampling devices (Hudson, Neale/Ayoko, G. A./)
14:45 - 15:00 Models of hydrogen sulphide volatilization from quiescent surfaces (Santos, Jane-Meri /Kreim, V. /Guillot, Jean-Michel /Reis Jr., N. C.)
Session 8: Community impacts
15:00 - 15:15 Review of adverse health effects of odour in field studies (Sucker, K.)
15:15 - 15:30 Assessing Effects of Odour: A critical review of assessing annoyance and impact on amenity (Jehlickova, Bohumira /Longhurst, P. J. /Drew, Gillian H.)
15:30 - 15:45 Dialogue Procedures for the Management Of Odour Related Community Conflicts (Sucker, Kirsten /)
15:45 - 16:00 Sewage malodour and traffic noise as urban stressors - Results from a case study and 5 year follow-up study (Cervinka, Renate/Neudorfer, Ernst)
16:00 - 16:45 Coffee Break
Session 9: VOC and odorant measurement by gaschromatography and electronic nose devices
16:45 - 17:00 Odour and VOC impact assessment vs. air quality monitoring program at a MSW landfill (Leduc, R./Normandin, Y./Pagé, T.)
17:00 - 17:15 H2S, VOC, TOC, Electronic Noses and Odour Concentration: Use and Comparison of different Parameters for Emission Measurement (Franke, Wolfram/Frechen, Franz-Bernd/Giebel, Stefan/)
17:15 - 17:30 Instrumental characterization of odour: a combination of olfactory and analytical methods (Zarra, T./Naddeo, V./Belgiorno, V./Reiser, M./Kranert, M.)
17:30 - 17:45 Composting process monitoring based on RQ BOX Electronic Nose measurement (Senante, Elena/Vivola, L./Alric, G. /Commet, M.)
17:45 - 18:00 Quantitative assessment of volatile organic compounds and odorants from poultry houses in Australia (Parcsi, Gavin /Chattopadhyay, Gautam /Wang, Xinguang /Stuetz, Richard M./Gallagher, Erin /Hudson, Neale /Dunlop, Mark)
18:00 - 18:15 Measuring odour emission and biofilter efficieny in composting plants by proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) (Biasioli, Franco /Aprea, Eugenio/Gasperi, Flavia /Tilmann, D. Märk)
18:15 - 18:30 A new universal, portable and cryogenic passive sampler for the time weighted average monitoring of odours and VOC's (Juárez-Galán, J. M. /Martínez, J. V./Amo, Antonio/Valor, I. )
18:30 - 18:45 Validation of Continuous Odour Monitoring by Electronic-Nose Systems by Comparison with Observer Committees for Composting and Landfill Operations (Micone, P.G. /Pagé, T./Renyi, P. /)
Friday, 10th October 2008
08:00 - 10:00 Registration
Section 10 Odour Regulation and Policy
08:30 - 08:50 Weighting of odour sensation by the time of the day and time of the year to improve the reliability of the calculated separation distances (Schauberger, Günther /Piringer, Martin /Petz, Erwin /)
08:50 - 09:10 Recent developments in odour policy for intensive livestock farming in the Netherlands (Bongers, Margrethe /)
09:10 - 09:30 The setting method of three regulation standards in Japan (Iwasaki, Y. /Shigeoka, Kumiko /Nakatsuji, Yasushi /Ueno, Hiroyuki /Aotake, Hiroko )
09:30 - 09:50 A global approach to control odour issues (Dauthuille, P. /Senante, Elena /Martel, J.L. /Bouchy, L. )
09:50 - 10:10 The french regulation for odours emissions and olfactives annoyances (Pourtier, Lionel /Rognon, Christian )
10:10 - 10:30 Enforcement and the importance of closing and odour dossier after clean-up (Blondeel, Martine /Baert, Robert )
10:30 - 11:15 Coffee Break
Session 11: Control techniques for treatment and abatement of odorous emissions, Part II
11:15 - 11:30 Development and optimalization of an experimental bioscrubber for the control of rendering plant odours. (Turgeon, N./Buelna, G./Dubois, S./Noël, J. /Plante, J.-L. )
11:30 - 11:45 Removal of odour causing compounds using carbonaceous adsorbents/calaysts prepared from sewage sludge (Anfruns, A /Canals- Batlle, C./Ros, A./Lillo-Ròdenas, M.A./Linares-Solano, A/Fuente, E./Montes- Morán, M.A./Martin, M.J./)
11:45 - 12:00 Evaluation of a sluge-based activated carbon as packing material in biofiltration in comparison to classical materials (Dorado, Antoni D./Ribera, Gemma /Gabriel, David /Lafuente, Javier /Gamisans, Xavier )
12:00 - 12:15 Selection criteria of the non-aqueous phase in Two Liquid Phase Bioreactors (TLPBs) for degrading hydrophobic VOCs (Muñoz, Raúl /Chambaud, Martin/Bordel, Sergio /Villaverde, Santiago)
12:15 - 12:30 Absorption and biodegradation of hydrophobic VOCs: determination of Henry’s constants and biodegradation levels (Darracq, G./Vuong, M.D. /Couvert, A./Couriol, C./Amrane, A./Le Cloirec, P./)
12:30 - 12:45 Efficiency evluation of gas treatment equipments in terms of odour removal using dynamic olfactometry (De Melo Lisboa, Henrique/Eller Quadros, Marina /Belli Filho, Paulo /)
12:45 - 13:00 Gaining insight into the dynamic microbial diversity implied in composting gas biofiltration: the Microbial Ecology approach (Cabrol, Léa/Malhautier, Luc/Franck, Poly /Degrange, Valérie/Le Roux, Xavier /Jovic, Marc/Lepeuple, Anne-Sophie /Fanlo, Jean-Louis/)
13:00 - 13:15 Correlations between molecular descriptors from various VOCs and adsorption equilibrium and photocatalytic oxidation kinetics constants (Raillard, C./Hequet, V./Gao, B./Dionysiou, D. D./Illien, B.)
13:15 - 14:15 Lunch Break and farewell
14:00 - 17:00 Technical visits - to be finalised