Artificial Olfaction System for On-site Odour Measurement

The State of Queensland acting through the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

  • Project code: PRJ-002342

  • Project stage: Closed

  • Project start date: Wednesday, April 1, 2009

  • Project completion date: Monday, April 7, 2014

  • National Priority: CME-Priority 1-Improving environmental sustainability outcomes

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Summary

This project is associated with PRJ-005556 Low-cost robust calibration technique for odour sensing instruments, which was a necessary pre-requisite towards commercialising the AOS.
This research will develop a prototype, robust and reliable portable odour assessment instrument utilising non-specific gas sensor array(s) combined with a signal processing engine. This instrument can be used for on-site odour assessment.

Program

Chicken Meat

Research Organisation

The State of Queensland acting through the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

Objective Summary

The project will:
– Undertake market research to identify potential market segments and their needs with respect to features required;
– Incorporate appropriate design features that will meet the needs of identified key market segments;
– Develop a prototype AOS to meet the needs of identified key market segments; and
– Evaluate and demonstrate the sensitivity and discrimination capability of the AOS through intensive field trials in Australia.
– Development of a volatile organic compound (VOC) preconcentration technique
– Development of a prototype field olfactometer to enable more cost effective AOS training (reduced olfactometry costs)
– Validation of the AOS prototype in conjunction with other relevant RIRDC projects, with the construction of an additional AOS unit for this purpose