Measurement and analysis of ammonia and hydrogen sulfide emissions from a mechanically ventilated swine confinement building in North Carolina

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3315-3331

  Blunden, Jessica ^a   Aneja, Viney P ^a   Westerman, Phillip W ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; CAFOs; Hydrogen sulfide; Swine barns

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDROGEN SULFIDE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SAMPLING;

EMISSION RATES; SWINE BARNS; VENTILATION RATES;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITROGEN;

AMMONIA; BUILDING; EMISSION INVENTORY; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PIG; SEASONAL VARIATION; VENTILATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR SAMPLING; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LAGOON; MANURE; METEOROLOGY; PIG FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 41449109456     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.06.040     Document Type: Article

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