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Vegetative Buffers for Swine Odor Mitigation: Wind Tunnel Evaluation of Air Flow Dynamics
Mitigating Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations: Conference Proceedings
  • Thomas J. Sauer, United States Department of Agriculture
  • F. Haan, Jr., Iowa State University
  • John Tyndall, Iowa State University
  • Guillermo Hernandez-Ramirez, United States Department of Agriculture
  • Steven Trabue, United States Department of Agriculture
  • Richard Pfeiffer, United States Department of Agriculture
  • Jeremy Singer, United States Department of Agriculture
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Conference
National Conference on Mitigating Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations: Exploring the Advantages, Limitations, and Economics of Mitigation Technologies
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
5-1-2008
Conference Title
National Conference on Mitigating Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations
Conference Date
May 19-21, 2008
Geolocation
(41.6005448, -93.60910639999997)
Abstract
One of the most significant and persistent environmental concerns regarding swine production is odor transport from animal feeding operations and manure storage facilities. Odor constituents include ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, and various volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which may exist as individual gaseous compounds or adsorbed onto particulates (Zahn et al., 1997; Trabue et al., 2006; Tyndall and Coletti, 2006). Building type, facility management, animal diet, and climate affect the amount of potential odor constituents generated at production facilities. Local environmental conditions, especially wind speed and direction, vegetative cover, and topography determine the amount of odor constituents transported downstream from production facilities. Odor mitigation strategies may be designed to reduce either odor generation or transport or both.
Comments

This proceeding is from The National Conference on Mitigating Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations (2008): 30.

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Language
en
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application/pdf
Citation Information
Thomas J. Sauer, F. Haan, John Tyndall, Guillermo Hernandez-Ramirez, et al.. "Vegetative Buffers for Swine Odor Mitigation: Wind Tunnel Evaluation of Air Flow Dynamics" Des Moines, IAMitigating Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations: Conference Proceedings (2008) p. 30 - 34
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john_tyndall/19/