The Power of Online Proton Transfer Reaction - Mass Spectrometry (PTR-MS) Measurement of Odorous Emissions from a Pig House

Online monitoring of odorous compounds in the ventilation air was applied in an experimental pig house in Denmark. The measurements were executed by proton-transfer-reaction – mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) while grab samples are used to confirm the identity of the compounds. Sorbent tubes samples were...

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Main Authors: K. Van Huffel, M. Hansen, A. Feilberg, D. Liu, H. Van Langenhove
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIDIC Servizi S.r.l. 2014-09-01
Series:Chemical Engineering Transactions
Online Access:https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/5293
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Summary:Online monitoring of odorous compounds in the ventilation air was applied in an experimental pig house in Denmark. The measurements were executed by proton-transfer-reaction – mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) while grab samples are used to confirm the identity of the compounds. Sorbent tubes samples were analysed by gas chromatography – mass spectrometry analysis (GC-MS) and Tedlar bags samples by gas chromatography – sulfur chemiluminescence detector (GC-SCD). For three target odorants, dimethyl sulfide, propanoic acid and p-cresol, the reproducibility after averaging over 1 hour was in the same order of magnitude for both grab and continuous sampling (
ISSN:2283-9216