Key factors driving ammonia emissions from a pig house slurry pit

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 195-203

  Ye, Z ^a   Zhu, S ^a   Kai, P ^b   Li, B ^c   Blanes Vidal, V ^d   Pan, J ^a   Wang, C ^c   Zhang, G ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOORS; MAMMALS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; VENTILATION;

AIR EXCHANGE RATES; AMMONIA EMISSIONS; FIVE PARAMETERS; OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE; ROOM VENTILATIONS; SLURRY TEMPERATURE; VENTILATION FLOW; VENTILATION RATE;

AMMONIA;

SUIDAE;

EID: 79951672351     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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