Sulphur Analysis at ORTECH
Sulphur compounds can cause significant air quality issue for many industries. The laboratory at ORTECH specializes in sampling and analysis of sulfur compounds in samples from various industrial facilities where they may be responsible for odour complaints as well as in natural gas samples where they are added as odorants.
Sulphur compounds are often responsible for odour complaints at facilities such as sewage treatment plants, steel works, pulp & paper mills and composting operations. Additionally, sulphur compounds are often added to natural gas as an odourant so that any leaks can be detected. ORTECH can collect and analyze sulphur samples and analyze them by gas chromatography. These compounds include hydrogen sulfide, carbon disulfide, various mercaptans, sulfides and thiophenes. Portable field analyzers for hydrogen sulfide analysis are also available for source gas and ambient air studies. In many cases the emissions of reduced sulfur compounds can be correlated with odour emissions and the potential for odour complaints assessed.
ORTECH has extensive experience sampling and analyzing samples in the following industries:
Sewers and Wastewater Treatment Facilities
Petrochemical Refineries
Pulp and Paper Mills
Composting Facilities
Livestock Activities
Steel Mill Process Operations
Odourants in Natural Gas
Ambient Air Studies
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