Detection of chlorinated compounds in ground water by a novel electronic nose

Author

Zambotti, Giulia ; Falasconi, Matteo ; Ponzoni, Andrea ; Zappa, Dario ; Sberveglieri, Veronica

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Eng., Univ. of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

fYear

2015

fDate

3-5 Feb. 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this work we present the use of the electronic nose EOS 835 (EN) for the screening of chlorinated substances into groundwater. Pollution of the groundwater to be analysed (Rho, Milan) reaches levels of contamination up to 0.1 g/l. The EOS835 is a tool equipped with a chamber with 6 different MOX sensors. It provided excellent results in terms of screening capabilities, in fact EN detected trichloroethylene in to the water up to 0.03 mg/ml. We can be concluded that the electronic nose could be used as a tool to assist the development of pollution remediation.

Keywords

electronic noses; groundwater; hydrological techniques; water pollution; water quality; EN detected trichloroethylene; EOS 835 electronic nose; EOS835; MOX sensors; Milan; Rho; chlorinated substance screening; contamination levels; electronic nose; groundwater pollution; pollution remediation; screening capabilities; Electronic noses; Instruments; Sensor arrays; Water pollution; Electronic Nose; chlorinated compound; grounwater pollution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AISEM Annual Conference, 2015 XVIII

Conference_Location

Trento

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AISEM.2015.7066847

Filename

7066847