Standardization of flux chamber and wind tunnel flux measurements for quantifying emissions from area sources at animal feeding operations

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2011, ASABE 2011

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 5137-5160

  Parker, David ^a   Ham, Jay ^b   Woodbury, Bryan ^a   Cai, Lingshuang ^a   Spiehs, Mindy ^a   Rhoades, Marty ^c   Trabue, Steve ^a   Todd, Rick ^a   Cole, Andy ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^c WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Area source; Emission rate; Feedlot; Flux; Flux chamber; Lagoon; VOC; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ENGINEERS; EVAPORATION; FLUXES; GAS EMISSIONS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STANDARDIZATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AREA SOURCES; EMISSION RATE; FEEDLOT; FLUX CHAMBER; LAGOON;

WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 81255161202     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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