A new approach for minimizing ammonia emissions from poultry houses

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 191, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 183-197

  Lahav, Ori ^a   Mor, Tsabar ^a   Heber, Albert J ^b   Molchanov, Sharon ^a   Ramirez, Juan Carlos ^b   Li, Connie ^b   Broday, David M ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia emissions; Ammonia removal; Bubble column reactors; Poultry houses; Reactive absorption

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AMMONIA; BUBBLE COLUMNS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

AMMONIA EMISSIONS; AMMONIA REMOVAL; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTORS; POULTRY HOUSES; REACTIVE ABSORPTION;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AMMONIA;

ABSORPTION; AMMONIA; BUBBLE COLUMNS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ABSORPTION; AMMONIA; BIOREACTOR; EMISSION CONTROL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POULTRY; VENTILATION;

ABSORPTION; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; POULTRY FARMING; VELOCITY; WASTE GAS MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 44149103413     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9616-0     Document Type: Article

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