Abstract
A novel and portable gas chromatograph (GC, zNose™) has been evaluated for the measurement in grape berries of selected six-carbon compounds; namely, hexanal, cis-2-hexen-1-ol, cis-3-hexen-1-ol and trans-2-hexenal. The zNose™ is a handheld GC which uses purge and trap for concentration, and has a surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensor as a detector. Operation of the zNose™ using direct aspiration of the sample failed to detect the compounds at the reported odour threshold values. Pre-concentration by Tenax ® trapping and solid-phase microextraction (SPME) were investigated to improve the zNose™ sensitivity. Use of a Tenax ® pre-trap with the zNose™ allowed detection of the compounds at concentration levels in the order of their threshold values. Excessive bleed from the SPME fibre prevented the use of SPME with zNose™.
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