Effects of a partial pit ventilation system on indoor air quality and ammonia emission from a fattening pig room

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-287

  Saha, Chayan Kumer ^a   Zhang, Guoqiang ^a   Kai, Peter ^a   Bjerg, Bjarne ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AIR CLEANERS; AIR INTAKES; AIR QUALITY; AMMONIA; CEILINGS; CLEANING; FERTILIZERS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAMMALS; VENTILATION;

AIR CLEANING SYSTEMS; AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEMS; AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR THERMAL CONDITIONS; LIVESTOCK BUILDINGS; NEGATIVE PRESSURES; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

VENTILATION EXHAUSTS;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 76749157152     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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