Article
Modeling Odor Dispersion From a Swine Facility Using AERMOD
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Conference Proceedings and Presentations
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Disciplines
Conference
International Symposium on Air Quality and Waste Management for Agriculture Conference
Publication Date
9-16-2007
Geolocation
(39.9205411, -105.0866504)
Abstract
Meteorological conditions, odor emissions, and ambient odor levels at a four-barn, swine finishing facility in Iowa were measured in the summer and fall of 2004. This paper compares ambient odor levels measured using a Nasal Ranger® compared to those predicted by AERMOD, a relatively new air dispersion model. Scaling factors needed to adjust predicted odor levels to those observed ranged from 1.66 to 3.12, depending on the source configuration used by the model. Predicted odors levels from the point source configuration required the smallest scaling factor (1.66) and accounted for the greatest percentage of variability in the data when compared to Nasal Ranger readings.
Copyright Owner
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
Copyright Date
2007
Language
en
Citation Information
Dennis D. Schulte, Manish R. Modi, Christopher G. Henry, Richard R. Stowell, et al.. "Modeling Odor Dispersion From a Swine Facility Using AERMOD" Broomfield, CO(2007) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/steven_hoff/44/
This proceeding is from International Symposium on Air Quality and Waste Management for Agriculture, 16-19 September 2007, Broomfield, Colorado 701P0907cd.