Different Ways to Apply a Measurement Instrument of E-Nose Type to Evaluate Ambient Air Quality with Respect to Odour Nuisance in a Vicinity of Municipal Processing Plants

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 17; no. 11; p. 2671
• Main Authors: Szulczyński, Bartosz, Wasilewski, Tomasz, Wojnowski, Wojciech, Majchrzak, Tomasz, Dymerski, Tomasz, Namieśnik, Jacek, Gębicki, Jacek
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 19.11.2017; MDPI
• Subjects: Air quality; Bioelectricity; bioelectronic nose; Control equipment; drones; Electronic noses; Odorants; Odors; Plants (botany); portable devices; Portable equipment; Remote monitoring; Review; robots; sensors and biosensors; Smell; odorants; robots; drones; portable devices; bioelectronic nose; sensors and biosensors
• ISSN: 1424-8220; 1424-8220
• DOI: 10.3390/s17112671

This review paper presents different ways to apply a measurement instrument of e-nose type to evaluate ambient air with respect to detection of the odorants characterized by unpleasant odour in a vicinity of municipal processing plants. An emphasis was put on the following applications of the electronic nose instruments: monitoring networks, remote controlled robots and drones as well as portable devices. Moreover, this paper presents commercially available sensors utilized in the electronic noses and characterized by the limit of quantification below 1 ppm / , which is close to the odour threshold of some odorants. Additionally, information about bioelectronic noses being a possible alternative to electronic noses and their principle of operation and application potential in the field of air evaluation with respect to detection of the odorants characterized by unpleasant odour was provided.