Neutralizing hydrogen sulfide, mercaptans, and sulfur dioxide from kraft pulping, wastewater treatment, sulfite pulp mills, and landfills.
Pulp and paper manufacturing is a notorious source of nuisance odors, often stemming from the hydrogen sulfide, mercaptans, and sulfur dioxide created during the process. Kraft pulping uses heat and chemicals to pulp wood chips for making paper. This reaction produces gaseous sulfur compounds called total reduced sulfur or TRS gases. The odor associated with TRS gases is often described as rotten cabbage or rotten eggs. In addition to kraft pulp mills, odors can come from wastewater treatment, sulfite pulp mills, and landfills. Each of these sources has its own distinct odor.
Products use natural ingredients to eliminate industrial smells without the need for harsh chemicals or masking fragrances. They don’t mask industrial odors. They react on a molecular level to neutralize them. The fundamental mechanisms involved are adsorption, absorption, gas solubility and reaction. When diluted with water and broadcast via atomization, the tiny water droplets created contain a thin oil skin that creates an electrostatic charge. This charge facilitates adsorption of the malodor molecules onto the droplet surface. The gas is absorbed by the droplet (solubility) and held.
Effective for both organic and inorganic odors. Safe for humans. Safe for animals. Safe for the environment. Nontoxic. Custom engineered solutions when needed. We don’t mask odors; we eliminate odors.
Independent olfactory field and lab gas tests found that it works to eliminate odors using safer ingredients.
Gas Testing: Products were tested via a Gas Chromatograph on a range of gases that are common nuisance odors in industry. Gases tested were hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, ammonia, ethyl mercaptan, and methyl mercaptan. Products exhibited a dramatic effect on each of these gases.
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs): Products conform with the United States Occupational, Safety, and Health Administration (OSHA) Federal Hazard Communication Standard 29 CFR 1910.1200 that requires manufacturers to be exact in the presentation of information on MSDSs.
Human Toxicity: An independent laboratory tested products for human toxicity against Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Guidelines. In all cases – including acute oral toxicity, acute dermal toxicity, acute inhalation toxicity, primary eye irritation, primary dermal irritation and dermal sensitization – products received the safest possible classification.
Fish Toxicity: Products were tested for fish toxicity to establish any potential problems from the spillage or use of products in an exposed water stream. The United States EPA testing standards prove products to be completely nontoxic to marine life.
Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Analysis: Two independent laboratories tested products against EPA Method 624 and 8260 to ensure the use of products at a facility does not contribute to the total VOC output. Both tests showed no harmful VOCs or HAPs.
Odor eliminators have been used repeatedly by large paper and pulp manufacturers to control odors around on-site black liquor lagoons, primary clarification ponds, and landfills.