Analysis of the possibility of conducting odor air quality tests using the modernized INiG – PIB odorimetry snap

The article describes the next research stage on the gas odor measurement methods using the Oil and Gas Institute – National Research Institute (INiG – PIB) odorimetry snap modified to the olfactometric function. The tests were carried out in order to confirm the possibility of measuring the ambient air odor quality with the INiG – PIB device (marked as O INiG – PIB) complying with the normative requirements (PN-EN 13725: 2007). The research work carried out so far by INiG – PIB in the field of construction and search for new applications for analytical systems coupled with the INiG – PIB’s odorimetry snap (Lisman and Huszał, 2015,2016,2018), mainly concerned odorimetric measurements of natural gas and air samples polluted with odorogenic sulfur compounds. The result of this research was the development and verification of the measurement method for both mentioned types of samples. The research results discussed in this article are a continuation of the search for new applications of INiG – PIB’s odorymmetry snap (O INiG – PIB), dedicated mainly to cooperation with a gas chromatograph. It was connected with the necessity to introduce construction modifications and verify the correctness of the modified system measurements, described in previous publications of the authors (eg Lisman and Huszał, 2018). The following article presents the results of measurements being a continuation of the mentioned above research works concerning verification of the evaluation team members in the odor concentration determination method, according to the PN-EN 13725: 2007 criteria. The results quality of the odor concentration determinations according to the normative criteria was analyzed (PN-EN 13725:2007). Obtained measurements results confirmed the possibility of conducting the atmospheric air quality olfactometric measurements using a normalized method (PN-EN 13725:2007) with the INIG – PIB odorimetry snap modified to olfactometric function in a system coupled with a gas chromatograph (GC-O INiG – PIB).