{"id":12701,"date":"2026-08-13T14:08:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T06:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skzindustrial.com\/?p=12701"},"modified":"2026-08-18T10:11:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T02:11:58","slug":"the-strange-smell-in-our-cold-storage-was-it-gas-or-garbage-2-%e5%86%85%e5%ae%b9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skzindustrial.com\/zh\/the-strange-smell-in-our-cold-storage-was-it-gas-or-garbage-2-%e5%86%85%e5%ae%b9\/","title":{"rendered":"The strange smell in our cold storage \u2013 was it gas or garbage?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month, a food plant manager called me in a panic. His workers kept complaining about a sharp, pungent smell near the cold storage room. Some said it smelled like bleach; others said it was more like rotten eggs. \ud83e\udd76\ud83d\udc43<\/span><\/p>\n

He had already called the HVAC team, checked the drain pipes, and even replaced the door seals \u2013 nothing helped.<\/span><\/p>\n

I walked in with my\u00a0<\/span>SKZ1050D<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 a handheld gas analyzer that fits in my backpack. Instead of guessing, I let the device do the detective work.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first thing I did was attach\u00a0<\/span>two separate modules<\/span><\/strong>: one for ammonia (NH\u2083) and one for hydrogen sulfide (H\u2082S). Each module has its own\u00a0<\/span>independent air inlet and pump<\/span><\/strong>, so the air sample for ammonia never touches the H\u2082S sensor. No cross\u2011interference, no blended readings.<\/span><\/p>\n

I held the probe near the condenser unit \u2013 ammonia spiked immediately. Then I moved to the floor drain \u2013 H\u2082S shot up, while ammonia stayed flat. Two different sources, one device, both caught cleanly.<\/span><\/p>\n

Turns out, the refrigeration line had a microscopic leak,\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span><\/em>\u00a0some food residue in the drain was decomposing. Both were causing different smells, but they were mixing in the air and confusing everyone.<\/span><\/p>\n

We fixed the refrigerant line, cleaned the drain, and installed a small exhaust fan. The smell vanished in one day.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since then, I\u2019ve used the same SKZ1050D for boiler stack checks, car exhaust measurements, and even indoor air quality in a renovated office. It can detect\u00a0<\/span>1 to 18 gases<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 you just choose 1\u20133 modules based on what you suspect.<\/span><\/p>\n

What impressed me most? It doesn\u2019t mix signals. Each gas gets its own clean path \u2013 so you get the real story, not a muddled guess. And that real story saves time, money, and headaches.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Last month, a food plant manager called me in a panic. His workers kept complaining about a sharp, pungent smell near the cold storage room. Some said it smelled like bleach; others said it was more like rotten eggs. \ud83e\udd76\ud83d\udc43 He had already called the HVAC team, checked the drain pipes, and even replaced the […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-company-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skzindustrial.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skzindustrial.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skzindustrial.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skzindustrial.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skzindustrial.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12701"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.skzindustrial.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12706,"href":"https:\/\/www.skzindustrial.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12701\/revisions\/12706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skzindustrial.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skzindustrial.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skzindustrial.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}