Ammonia emissions from broiler houses in the southeastern United States

ASABE - Proceedings of the International Symposium on Air Quality and Waste Management for Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Burns, Robert T ^a   Xin, Hongwei ^c   Gates, Richard S ^b   Li, Hong ^a   Overhults, Douglas G ^c   Moody, Lara ^c   Earnest, John ^c  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Air; Ammonia; Broilers; Emissions; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; AMMONIA EMISSIONS; BROILERS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; EMISSION FACTORS; EMISSION RATES; EMISSIONS; FAN ASSESSMENT NUMERATION SYSTEMS; IN-SITU; INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES; IOWA STATE UNIVERSITIES; STATIC PRESSURES; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY; VENTILATION FANS; VENTILATION RATES;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; AMMONIA; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FANS; MAINTENANCE; NUMBER THEORY; VENTILATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

HOUSES;

EID: 80053655709     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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