TITLE:
A Continuous Electronic Nose Odor Monitoring System in the City of Agadir Morocco
AUTHORS:
Ahmed Chirmata, Ihya Ait Ichou, Thierry Page
KEYWORDS:
Dispersion Modeling, Electronic Nose, Enose, Odor Monitoring System, Treatment
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Environmental Protection,
Vol.6 No.1,
January
15,
2015
ABSTRACT: The city
of Agadir is one of the best tourist destinations in Morocco, considered as one
of the most beautiful bay in the world, which has a port infrastructure and
strong industry based on the processing of seafood which often implicated as
the source of odors. In order to identify in real time the sources responsible
for the odors experienced in the city center and to act quickly in conjunction
with industry, the Wilaya of Souss Massa Draa Region has implemented a
continuous odor monitoring and tracking system using electronic noses. The
treatment of meteorological data and data sent by electronic nose enables
atmospheric dispersion modeling, which allows to follow instantly the odor
level in the study area and to identify the sources responsible for odors with
receiving warning of incidents odors, data analysis system generated every four
minutes allowed to have results confirmed by companions of questionnaires to
nearby residents. To reduce odors, recommendations have been suggested, which
is to set up affordable and efficient practices.