Industrial Odour Management: Strategies and Solutions

After participating in this course, you will be able to:

• Apply your skills in contracting, integrating health and safety, data management and reporting, inspections and investigations, negotiating approvals, and environmental management
• Understand the nuisance legislation that directly impacts odour management
• Identify practical approaches for quantification and prediction
• Assess problems and strategies for dealing with odour issues
• Develop an effective odour management and response plan

Description
The course looks at identifying and managing odour issues in the industrial or municipal context. The primary tool for managing odour impacts is typically developing and implementing an odour management and control plan that is usually submitted to the regulator for approval.

This course takes the participant from an understanding of the mechanisms that generate odours through assessing the problem and developing a suitable management plan. This is done using experience gained on various projects and applied in a case study format from initial complaint assessment to management plan development.

Course Outline

• Odour Generation, Characterization and Human Impact
• Complaints, Sources and Emissions Assessment
• Impact Assessment and Dispersion Modelling
• Mitigation and Management - Limits and Setbacks
• The Odour Management and Control Plan
• Case studies

Who Should Attend
Environmental Managers • Coordinators Facility • Engineers • Scientists • Environmental Departments • Corporate/Project Managers • Directors & Officers • Facility Managers • Plant Superintendents • In-house counsel • Consultants • Regulatory Personnel • Municipal Personnel

Day 1

• Odour generation and characterization
• Human impact, complaint and industry concerns
• Regulation and Planning
• Case study - #1 Introduction to the proposed case studies
• Sources and variability - point and fugitive sources
• Quantification
• Case study - #2 Problem definition

Day 2

• Day 1 review
• Impact Assessment and dispersion modelling - local conditions
• Case study - #3 Impact assessment
• Mitigation - best practices and technological solutions
• Issues in plant ventilation
• Case study - #4 Mitigation planning
• Inspection, maintenance and monitoring
• The odour management and control plan
• Case study - #5 Plan review - working with the regulator