'Odor Basics', Understanding and Using Odor Testing

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Odor Basics , Understanding and Using Odor TestingAuthored by:Charles M. McGinley, Croix Sensory, A. McGinley, MHSSt. Croix Sensory, L. McGinleySt. Croix Sensory, atThe 22ndAnnual Hawaii Water Environment Association ConferenceHonolulu, Hawaii: 6-7 June 2000St. Croix Sensory Inc. / McGinley Associates, - 30th Street Circle NorthStillwater, MN 55082 2000 ABSTRACTOf the five senses, odor is the most evocative and least understood. Odor Testing seemsmysterious and odor data mythical to most practitioners. In millennium past the "practice ofodor" was in the hands of wizards, magicians, and experts. For years engineers and operatorshave relied on odor experts to interpret odor Testing results. Today odor, odor control, andodor nuisance are understandable subjects for plant operators, facility managers, engineeringpractitioners, and most frequently asked questions of odor Testing :1.

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