Odorization
Leak Recognition in Gas Distribution
Odorization is a fundamental safety process in gas distribution infrastructure. Because methane is naturally odorless and colorless, specific odorants such as TBM and THT are precisely injected into the gas to enable immediate leak recognition by users and operators.
Across Europe, gas odorization is regulated by strict technical standards, including UNI 7133 in Italy, ensuring compliance and safety in domestic and civil gas networks. By transforming human smell into an effective safety detection tool, odorization plays a critical role in passive gas safety, helping identify even minimal gas leaks before dangerous concentrations are reached.
Critical Technology for Gas Safety
Odorization is one of the most critical technologies in the gas distribution industry. Because methane is naturally odorless, making gas leaks immediately recognizable is essential to protecting people, infrastructure, and operational continuity.
SENSIT solutions help gas operators accurately monitor and measure odorant concentration across gas networks, ensuring reliable and consistent odorization processes over time.
From Human Perception to
Scientific Measurement
Odor is a human perception but safety requires measurable and repeatable data. For this reason, odorization monitoring goes beyond simple detection, transforming a subjective perception into a precise and scientifically verifiable measurement.
Proper odorant calibration is essential:
- Excessive odorization can generate false alarms, operational inefficiencies, and unnecessary emergency interventions.
- Insufficient odorization can create serious public safety risks.
SENSIT technologies help operators maintain the correct odorant concentration, ensuring that the perceived gas smell consistently corresponds to safe and controlled molecular levels across the network.
EXPLORE ODORIZATION PRODUCTS
Operating in a highly specialized sector such as gas odorization requires advanced technical expertise developed through years of research, field experience, and industry collaboration.
SENSIT develops customized odorization solutions tailored to the operational needs of gas utilities and infrastructure operators. A concrete example is the collaboration with Armatech in Poland, where SENSIT developed a custom-designed solution based on specific technical requirements, transforming a unique operational need into a scalable project that now represents a reference model for the European gas market.