Optimization of livestock air pollutants removal biofilter part I: Media selection

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2010, ASABE 2010

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages 5576-5587

  Yang, Liangcheng ^a   Wang, Xinlei ^a   Funk, Ted L ^a   Gates, Richard S ^a   Jiang, Nan ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Airflow resistance; Biofilter; Media selection

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AIR QUALITY; BIOFILTRATION; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COMPOSTING; ENGINEERS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIRFLOW RESISTANCE; BIOFILTER DESIGN; LOW COSTS; MEDIA SELECTION; MEDIUM MATERIAL; MOISTURE CONTENTS; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; STANDARD METHOD; TESTING CHAMBER; TOTAL CARBON; TOTAL NITROGEN;

BIOFILTERS;

EID: 78649716897     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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