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13 3ȣ, September 2014
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ISSN : 2288-9167 (Print)
ISSN : 2288-923X (Online)
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A study on odor concentrations in toilets in mugunghwa trains
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Abstracts
This study was carried out to estimate odors emitted from toilets in Mugunghwa trains. Two parameters, odor
intensity and odor concentration, were used for odor estimation. A direct olfactory method to observe odor intensity
for 67 toilets and an air dilution olfactory method to estimate odor concentration for 6 samples were performed.
Results showed that odor concentrations in toilets in trains ranged from 6 OU/m3 to 30 OU/m3, and odor intensity
in 67 toilets varied from 0 degree to 3.3 degree. The results suggest that odors emitted from existing toilets should
be controlled because the odor intensity in 16 toilets reached a level that resulted in complaints about the odor.
Keywords : Odor concentration, Air dilution sensory method, Odor intensity, Train toilet odor