Modeling sources of gaseous emissions in a pig house with recharge pit

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1479-1485

  Kai, Peter ^a   Kaspers, Brett ^b   Van Kempen, Theo ^b,c,d  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Swine Research and Development   (Belgium)

^d Provimi RTC ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Emissions; Methane; Odor; Pig housing; Pig manure

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA EMISSIONS; PIG HOUSING; PIG MANURE;

AMMONIA; MANURES; METHANE; ODOR CONTROL;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AMMONIA; BIOGENIC EMISSION; FECES; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MANURE; METHANE; ODOR; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

AMMONIA; EMISSION; METHANE;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33845612676     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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