A review of ammonia and particulate matter control strategies for poultry housing

DJ Wood, BJ Van Heyst - Transactions of the ASABE, 2016 - elibrary.asabe.org
Poultry production has the potential to be a large contributor of ammonia and particulate
matter emissions to the atmospheric environment. To understand how to mitigate the …

Mechanisms, techniques and devices of airborne virus detection: a review

Y Chang, Y Wang, W Li, Z Wei, S Tang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Airborne viruses, such as COVID-19, cause pandemics all over the world. Virus-containing
particles produced by infected individuals are suspended in the air for extended periods …

[HTML][HTML] Electrostatic particle ionization for suppressing air pollutants in cage-free layer facilities

RB Bist, X Yang, S Subedi, CW Ritz, WK Kim, L Chai - Poultry Science, 2024 - Elsevier
The increasing demand for cage-free (CF) poultry farming raises concern regarding air
pollutant emissions in these housing systems. Previous studies have indicated that air …

Modification and validation of the Gaussian plume model (GPM) to predict ammonia and particulate matter dispersion

Z Yang, Q Yao, MD Buser, JG Alfieri, H Li… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2020 - Elsevier
Estimating the transport of ammonia and particulate matter (PM) from ventilation tunnel fans
of poultry houses is needed to develop effective mitigation strategies. However, field …

Effectiveness and diurnal variations of vegetative environmental buffers (VEBs) for mitigating NH3 and PM emissions from poultry houses

Z Yang, Y Qi, CJ Hapeman, H Li, MD Buser… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Air pollutants from poultry production, such as ammonia (NH 3) and particulate matter (PM),
have raised concerns due to their potential negative impacts on human health and the …

Removal of sulfuric acid aerosol in a wet electrostatic precipitator with single terylene or polypropylene collection electrodes

J Chang, Y Dong, Z Wang, P Wang, P Chen… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2011 - Elsevier
Wet electrostatic precipitators (ESPs) are good options for effective control of sulfuric acid
aerosol emission. However, various problems caused by materials and non-uniform …

Portable respirators suitable for agricultural workers

ML Proctor - US Patent 9,155,923, 2015 - Google Patents
Portable personal respiratory protection devices include a self-contained head gear member
with a chin collar that has a front segment that defines a mouth portion and attaches to a …

Evaluation of a dry filter and an electrostatic precipitator for exhaust air cleaning at commercial non-cage laying hen houses

A Winkel, J Mosquera, AJA Aarnink… - Biosystems …, 2015 - Elsevier
The removal performance of two exhaust air cleaning systems for abatement of particulate
matter (PM) emission in poultry houses were investigated: a commercially available dry filter …

Laboratory evaluation of electrostatic spray wet scrubber to control particulate matter emissions from poultry facilities

Y Ru, L Zhao, LJS Hadlocon, H Zhu… - Environmental …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Particulate matter (PM) is a major air pollutant from animal production with significant
impacts on human health and the environment. Abatement of PM emissions is imperative …

Non-thermal plasma for odour reduction from pig houses–A pilot scale investigation

KB Andersen, JA Beukes, A Feilberg - Chemical engineering journal, 2013 - Elsevier
This study was performed to investigate if a low energy non-thermal plasma (NTP) system
can be a realistic technology for treating odour from livestock production, which requires …