Monitoring Odour Emissions from Agriculture - Use of Chemical Sensor Arrays

Abstract

For a wide variety of reasons, odour is causing more and more problems because it disturbs residents who live close to farms. Due to the growing sensitivity of the population, the measurement of undesirable odours has become a problem that may no longer be neglected. In this contribution, results of a comparison of different ventilation sy- stems gained with a multisensor array are documented. The big advan- tage of multisensor array measurements over olfactometry lies in the continuous registration of measurement values in contrast to the few random samples taken during olfactometric measurements.