Evaluation of biological air filters for livestock ventilation air by membrane inlet mass spectrometry

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1085-1095

  Feilberg, Anders ^a   Adamsen, Anders P S ^a   Lindholst, Sabine ^b   Lyngbye, Merete ^c   Schäfer, Annette ^d  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c Danish Pig Production ^*  (Denmark)

^d DANISH MEAT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4-METHYLPHENOL; AIR-WATER; BIOLOGICAL AIR FILTER; COST-EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY; DETECTION LIMITS; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; IN-SITU; MEMBRANE INLET MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANETHIOL; ODOR EMISSION; ODOR REDUCTION; ODOR THRESHOLDS; ODOROUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL RATE; SCALE FILTER; SWINE PRODUCTION; TRIMETHYLAMINE;

AGRICULTURE; ALDEHYDES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COST REDUCTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODOR CONTROL; ODOR REMOVAL; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHENOLS; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DETERMINATION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THERMAL DESORPTION;

AIR FILTERS;

4 ETHYLPHENOL; ALDEHYDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; INDOLE; METHANETHIOL; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; PARA CRESOL; SKATOLE; TRIMETHYLAMINE;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; DESORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVESTOCK; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODOR CONTROL; OLFACTOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; FILTRATION; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODORS; VENTILATION;

SUIDAE;

EID: 77952231050     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2009.0184     Document Type: Article

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