Particulate characteristics and emission rates during the injection of class B biosolids into an agricultural field

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 414, Issue , 2012, Pages 328-334

  Bhat, Abhishek ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^a  

^a The University of Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

Emission rates; Environmental monitoring; Land application of biosolids

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION MODES; AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTERS; BIMODAL SIZE DISTRIBUTION; CLASS B BIOSOLIDS; COARSE PARTICLES; EMISSION RATES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIELD STUDIES; FINE PARTICLES; LAND APPLICATIONS; MASS CONCENTRATION; MODE FORMATION; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; SAMPLING PERIOD; ULTRAFINE; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AEROSOL; AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOSOLID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROMETER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOSOLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETRY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEROSOLS; AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZERS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OHIO; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEWAGE;

EID: 84855519903     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.10.068     Document Type: Article

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