Chapter 22: Environmental Monitoring

In this chapter, we review some of the previous proof-of-principle work done in this field. Examples of water, land and air monitoring experiments are examined. Four case studies are then presented. The first three demonstrate the ability of the e-nose to classify odors from animal confinement facilities (odor source determination, odorant threshold detection, and odor abatement evaluation). The fourth case study demonstrates that the e-nose can differentiate between five types of fungi that commonly lower indoor air quality in office buildings and industrial plants. Finally, we conclude that environmental monitoring is a promising application area for electronic nose technology.

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