Mitigating emissions from pig and poultry housing facilities through air scrubbers and biofilters: State-of-the-art and perspectives

C Van der Heyden, P Demeyer, EIP Volcke - Biosystems Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
The global intensification of livestock production resulted in potentially higher emissions of
ammonia, odour, particulate matter (PM) and greenhouse gases (nitrous oxide and …

Carbon dioxide production in animal houses: A literature review

S Pedersen, V Blanes-Vidal, H Jørgensen… - Agricultural …, 2008 - cigrjournal.org
This article deals with carbon dioxide production from farm animals; more specifically, it
addresses the possibilities of using the measured carbon dioxide concentration in animal …

Multi-location measurements of greenhouse gases and emission rates of methane and ammonia from a naturally-ventilated barn for dairy cows

NM Ngwabie, KH Jeppsson, S Nimmermark… - Biosystems …, 2009 - Elsevier
Measurements of the gaseous emissions in livestock buildings are important as these
pollutants may affect the health of farmers and the surrounding environment. Emission …

Comparison of ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions during the fattening of pigs, kept either on fully slatted floor or on deep litter

FX Philippe, M Laitat, B Canart, M Vandenheede… - Livestock Science, 2007 - Elsevier
Five successive batches of fattening pigs were raised, each during a four month period, on a
totally concrete slatted floor in one experimental room and on straw based deep litter in …

Emissions of particulate matter from animal houses in the Netherlands

A Winkel, J Mosquera, PWGG Koerkamp… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - Elsevier
In the Netherlands, emissions from animal houses represent a major source of ambient
particulate matter (PM). The objective of the present paper was to provide accurate and up to …

Measuring gas emissions from livestock buildings: A review on uncertainty analysis and error sources

S Calvet, RS Gates, GQ Zhang, F Estelles… - Biosystems …, 2013 - Elsevier
Measuring gaseous and particulate emissions from livestock houses has been the subject of
intensive research over the past two decades. Currently, there is general agreement …

Ventilation flow in pig houses measured and calculated by carbon dioxide, moisture and heat balance equations

V Blanes, S Pedersen - Biosystems engineering, 2005 - Elsevier
Ventilation flow in commercial livestock buildings can be estimated by means of relatively
simple indirect methods based on carbon dioxide (CO2), moisture or heat balances …

Effects of temperature and dairy cattle excreta characteristics on potential ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions from housing: A laboratory study

J Pereira, TH Misselbrook, DR Chadwick… - Biosystems …, 2012 - Elsevier
Dairy cattle housing is a significant source of NH3 and GHG emissions to atmosphere.
However, the climate, temperature in particular, and the characteristics of the excreta of the …

Ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions from fattening pig house with two types of partial pit ventilation systems

C Zong, H Li, G Zhang - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
To reduce the cost of the air purification system in cleaning the exhaust air from pig
buildings, a concept of partial pit ventilation (PPV), which applies an extra pit exhaust …

Definition of yearly emission factor of dust and greenhouse gases through continuous measurements in swine husbandry

A Costa, M Guarino - Atmospheric Environment, 2009 - Elsevier
The object of this study was to develop an accurate estimation method to evaluate the
contribution of the various compartments of swine husbandry to dust and GHG (greenhouse …