
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
2012
Journal or Book Title
Transactions of the ASABE
Volume
55
Issue
6
First Page
2325
Last Page
2334
Abstract
Livestock facilities have historically generated public concerns due to their emissions of odorous air and various chemical pollutants. Odor emission factors and identification of principal odorous chemicals are needed to better understand the problem. Applications of odor emission factors include inputs to odor setback models, while chemical emission factors may be compared with regulation thresholds as a means of demonstrating potential health impacts. A companion study of the National Air Emissions Monitoring Study (NAEMS) included measurements necessary for establishing odor and chemical emission factors for confined animal feeding operations. This additional investigation was conducted by the University of Minnesota, Iowa State University, West Texas A&M Agri-Life Center, and Purdue University. The objectives were to (1) determine odor emission rates across swine and dairy facilities and seasons using common protocols and standardized olfactometry methods, (2) develop a chemical library of the most significant odorants, and (3) correlate the chemical library with the olfactometry results. This document describes the sampling and quality assurance methods used in the measurement and evaluation of odor and chemical samples collected at two freestall dairy farms, one sow (gestation/farrowing) facility, and one finishing pig site. Odor samples were collected in Tedlar bags and chemical samples were collected in sorbent tubes at barn inlet and exhaust locations using the NAEMS multiple-location gas sampling systems. Quality assurance protocols included interlaboratory comparison tests, which were evaluated to identify variations between olfactometry labs. While differences were observed, the variations among the labs and samples appeared random and the collected odor data were considered reliable at a 0.5% level of statistical significance. Overall, the study took advantage of groundbreaking opportunities to collect and associate simultaneous odor and chemical information from swine and dairy buildings while maintaining accordance with standard methods and comparability across laboratories.
Access
Open
Copyright Owner
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
Copyright Date
2012
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Bereznicki, Sarah D.; Heber, Albert J.; Akdeniz, Neslihan; Jacobson, Larry D.; Hetchler, Brian P.; Heathcote, Katherine Y.; Hoff, Steven J.; Koziel, Jacek A.; Cai, Lingshuang; Zhang, Shicheng; Parker, David B.; Caraway, Edward A.; Lim, Teng T.; Cortus, Erin L.; and Jacko, Robert B., "Odor and Odorous Chemical Emissions from Animal Buildings: Part 1. Project Overview, Collection Methods, and Quality Control" (2012). Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Publications. 240.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/abe_eng_pubs/240
Comments
This article is from Transactions of the ASABE 55, no. 6 (2012): 2325–2334.