Moisture balance and tracer gas technique for ventilation rates measurement and greenhouse gases and ammonia emissions quantification in naturally ventilated buildings

Building and Environment

Volumn 50, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-20

  Samer, M ^a,c   Ammon, C ^a   Loebsin, C ^b   Fiedler, M ^a   Berg, W ^a   Sanftleben, P ^b   Brunsch, R ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

^b Institute of Animal Production   (Germany)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

CO 2 balance; Gaseous emissions; Livestock buildings; Moisture (H 2O) balance; Natural ventilation; Tracer gas technique

Indexed keywords

AIR EXCHANGE RATES; AMMONIA EMISSIONS; ANIMAL BUILDINGS; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMISSION RATES; LIVESTOCK BUILDINGS; MOISTURE BALANCE; NATURAL VENTILATION; NATURALLY VENTILATED BUILDINGS; REGRESSION MODEL; SUMMER SEASON; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TRACER GAS; VENTILATION RATE; WINTER SEASONS;

AGRICULTURE; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MOISTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VENTILATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AMMONIA; BUILDING; GREENHOUSE GAS; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE; TRACER; VENTILATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 81255200297     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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