Effectiveness of multi-stage scrubbers in reducing emissions of air pollutants from pig houses

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 285-293

  Zhao, Y ^a   Aarnink, A J A ^a   De Jong, M C M ^a   Ogink, N W M ^a   Groot Koerkamp, P W G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Bioaerosol; Livestock; Microorganism; Particulate matter; Pathogen

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIRBORNE BACTERIA; AIRBORNE DUSTS; AMMONIA EMISSIONS; BIOAEROSOL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; LIVESTOCK; LOW LOADING; LOW VENTILATION; MULTI-STAGE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PIG HOUSE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SINGLE STAGE; SIZE RANGES;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DUST; HEALTH HAZARDS; HOUSES;

SCRUBBERS;

AIR QUALITY; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; BIOFILTRATION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DUST; LIVESTOCK; PATHOGEN; PIG; PUBLIC HEALTH; VENTILATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SUIDAE;

EID: 79951849328     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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