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Friday, 29.03.2024, 14:37
Detectors have cut number of bad smell complaints severalfold
"Everything is very, very good as far as e-noses go,
the number of complaints has fallen five or six times," told Kalm.
He said the installation of the detectors is a pilot project
and the port company will make a detailed summary at the end of the year.
In spring 20 e-noses and four wind sensors were installed in
the port of Muuga area. Officials said in July three months was too short a
time to make any conclusions and that trials and fine-tuning of the devices
will take half a year.
The odor sensors reacted to changes in air quality a couple
of times in March and April, but connections between the readings and specific
activities have not been established yet, Erik Teinemaa, head of the Estonian
Environmental Research Center's air quality management department, said.
A similar system has been in operation at the Dutch port of
Rotterdam already for eight years and the number of residents' complaints there
has dropped from 600 to 20 during this period.