Recovery of ammonia from poultry litter using gas-permeable membranes

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1267-1275

  Rothrock Jr, M J ^a,b   Szogi A A ^a   Vanotti, M B ^a  

^a USDA ARS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia capture; Ammonia recovery; Animal waste treatment; CAFOs; Poultry litter

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC SOLUTIONS; AMMONIUM SALT; ANIMAL WASTE TREATMENT; CAFOS; ENERGY NEEDS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL EMISSIONS; EXPANDED POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE (EPTFE); GASEOUS AMMONIA; MICROPOROUS HYDROPHOBIC MEMBRANE; NEW PROCESS; PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; POULTRY HOUSE; POULTRY LITTER; POULTRY PRODUCTION; PROTOTYPE TESTING; SLOW RELEASE;

ACIDS; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AIR CLEANERS; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; HOUSES; HYDRATED LIME; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; LIME; LIQUID NITROGEN; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; RECOVERY; SULFURIC ACID;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

AMMONIA; EMISSION CONTROL; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HYDRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIME; LITTER; MEMBRANE; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POULTRY; RECOVERY; RESIN; SALT; VENTILATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 77956483754     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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