Effects of operating temperature and supplemental nutrients in a pilot-scale agricultural biofilter

Canadian Biosystems Engineering / Le Genie des biosystems au Canada

Volumn 46, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Clark, O G ^a   Edeogu, I ^b   Feddes, J ^a   Coleman, R N ^c   Abolghasemi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^c RNC Associates Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofiltration; Livestock odour; Moisture; Nutrients; Olfactometry; Temperature

Indexed keywords

MICROORGANISMS; MOISTURE; NUTRITION; ODORS; PEAT; POLYSTYRENES; SAMPLING; THERMAL EFFECTS; AGRICULTURE; BIOFILTRATION; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; FILLED POLYMERS; MANURES; NUTRIENTS; TEMPERATURE;

BIOFILTRATION; LIVESTOCK ODOR; NUTRIENTS; OLFACTOMETRY;

BIOFILTERS;

INORGANIC NUTRIENTS; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; OLFACTOMETRY; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; OUTLET AIR; PEAT MOSS; PILOT SCALE; POLYSTYRENE PARTICLE; REMOVAL CAPACITY; SWINE MANURE; TREATMENT TEMPERATURE;

EID: 11844269238     PISSN: 14929058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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