The national air emissions monitoring study's Southeast Layer Site: Part III. Ammonia concentrations and emissions

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1185-1197

  Wang Li, L ^a   Li, Q F ^b   Chai, L ^c   Cortus, E L ^d   Wang, K ^e   Kilic, I ^f   Bogan, B W ^g   Ni, J Q ^g   Heber, A J ^g  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d South Dakota State University   (United States)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Concentration; Diurnal pattern; Emission rate; High rise layer houses; NAEMS; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; DIURNAL PATTERN; EMISSION RATES; EXHAUST TEMPERATURE; MANURE ACCUMULATIONS; NAEMS; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER CONSUMPTION RATE;

AMMONIA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HOUSES; MANURES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; TEMPERATURE; VENTILATION; VENTILATION EXHAUSTS; WATER SUPPLY;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; EGG PRODUCTION; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MANURE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; VENTILATION;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884174071     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13031/trans.56.9673     Document Type: Article

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