Skip to main content
All technical articles

Investigating Odour Complaints

When the cause is unknown and 'something just smells wrong', here's how the chemistry pins it down.

Agricultural odour source

Approach

Active TD-GC-MS sampling at the complaint location and a representative reference (clean) area. Differential analysis isolates the suspect compounds. Reduced-sulphur and amine packages are added when the human nose says 'rotten' or 'fishy'.