Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Publications
Campus Units
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Toxicology
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
6-10-2017
Journal or Book Title
Atmosphere
Volume
8
Issue
6
First Page
103
DOI
10.3390/atmos8060103
Abstract
Concentrated livestock feeding operations have become a source of odorous gas emissions that impact air quality. Comprehensive and practical technologies are needed for a sustainable mitigation of the emissions. In this study, we advance the concept of using a catalyst for barn walls and ceilings for odor mitigation. Two catalysts, a new TiO2-based catalyst, PureTi Clean, and a conventional Evonik (formerly Degussa, Evonik Industries, Essen, Germany) P25 (average particle size 25 nm) catalyst, were studied for use in reducing simulated odorous volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions on a laboratory scale. The UV source was black light. Dimethyl disulfide (DMDS), diethyl disulfide (DEDS), dimethyl trisulfide (DMTS), butyric acid, p-cresol, and guaiacol were selected as model odorants. The effects of the environmental parameters, the presence of swine dust covering the catalyst, the catalyst type and layer density, and the treatment time were tested. The performance of the PureTi catalyst at 10 µg/cm2 was comparable to that of P25 at 250 µg/cm2. The odorant reduction ranged from 100.0% ± 0.0% to 40.4% ± 24.8% at a treatment time of 200 s, simulating wintertime barn ventilation. At a treatment time of 40 s (simulating summertime barn ventilation), the reductions were lower (from 27.4% ± 8.3% to 62.2% ± 7.5%). The swine dust layer on the catalyst surface blocked 15.06% ± 5.30% of UV365 and did not have a significant impact (p > 0.23) on the catalyst performance. Significant effects of relative humidity and temperature were observed.
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The authors
Copyright Date
2017
Language
en
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Recommended Citation
Zhu, Wenda; Koziel, Jacek A.; and Maurer, Devin L., "Mitigation of Livestock Odors Using Black Light and a New Titanium Dioxide-Based Catalyst: Proof-of-Concept" (2017). Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Publications. 808.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/abe_eng_pubs/808
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This article is from Atmosphere 2017, 8(6), 103; doi:10.3390/atmos8060103. Posted with permission.