Farm-scale evaluation of ozonation for mitigating ammonia concentrations in broiler houses

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 789-796

  Wang, Lingjuan ^a   Oviedo Rondón, Edgar O ^b   Small, John ^b   Liu, Zifei ^a   Sheldon, Brian W ^b   Havenstein, Gerald B ^b   Williams, C Mike ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; OZONE; OZONIZATION; VENTILATION;

AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; EMISSION MITIGATION; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; OZONATION TREATMENT; PARTS PER MILLIONS; STATISTICAL EVIDENCE; SUBSTANTIAL VARIATIONS; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

HOUSES;

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AMMONIA FORMATION; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BROILER; CHICKEN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OZONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; VENTILATOR;

EID: 77955613072     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.60.7.789     Document Type: Article

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