Field evaluation of wood bark-based down-flow biofilters for mitigation of odor, ammonia, and hydrogen sulfide emissions from confined swine nursery barns

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 147, Issue , 2015, Pages 164-174

  Kafle, Gopi Krishna ^a   Chen, Lide ^a   Neibling, Howard ^a   Brian He, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Down flow biofilter; Hydrogen sulfide; Odor; Swine; Wood barks

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOFILTERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DROPS; PRESSURE DROP; SULFUR DETERMINATION; WOOD;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SOFTWARE; DOWN FLOWS; DOWN-FLOW BIOFILTER; EMPTY BED RESIDENCE TIME; FIELD EVALUATION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE EMISSION; SWINE; SWINE FARM; WATER REQUIREMENTS; WOOD BARK;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

AMMONIA; HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

AERODYNAMICS; AMMONIA; BARK; BIOFILTRATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EMISSION CONTROL; FIELD METHOD; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MOISTURE CONTENT; NURSERY GROUND; ODOR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PIG; VENTILATION;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BARK; BIOFILTER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW RATE; GAS; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PIG FARMING; POROSITY; SWINE; WOOD; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; FILTRATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PIG; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

SUIDAE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; FILTRATION; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ODORS; PLANT BARK; SWINE;

EID: 84907507778     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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