Determination of Odour Interactions of Three-Component Gas Mixtures Using an Electronic Nose
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The paper presents an application of an electronic nose prototype comprised of six TGS-type sensors and one PID-type sensor to identify odour interaction phenomena in odorous three-component mixtures. The investigation encompassed eight odorous mixtures-toluene-acetone-triethylamine and formaldehyde-butyric acid-pinene-characterized by different odour intensity and hedonic tone. A principal component regression (PCR) calibration model was used for evaluation of predicted odour intensity and hedonic tone. Correctness of identification of odour interactions in the odorous three-component mixtures was determined based on the results obtained with the electronic nose. The results indicated a level of 75-80% for odour intensity and 57-73% for hedonic tone. The average root mean square error of prediction amounted to 0.03-0.06 for odour intensity determination and 0.07-0.34 for hedonic tone evaluation of the odorous three-component mixtures.
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