Vegetative Buffers for Swine Odor Mitigation: Wind Tunnel Evaluation of Air Flow Dynamics

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2008-05-01
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Sauer, Thomas
Haan, F.
Tyndall, John
Hernandez-Ramirez, Guillermo
Trabue, Steven
Pfeiffer, Richard
Singer, Jeremy
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Natural Resource Ecology and Management
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One of the most significant and persistent environmental concerns regarding swine production is odor transport from animal feeding operations and manure storage facilities. Odor constituents include ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, and various volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which may exist as individual gaseous compounds or adsorbed onto particulates (Zahn et al., 1997; Trabue et al., 2006; Tyndall and Coletti, 2006). Building type, facility management, animal diet, and climate affect the amount of potential odor constituents generated at production facilities. Local environmental conditions, especially wind speed and direction, vegetative cover, and topography determine the amount of odor constituents transported downstream from production facilities. Odor mitigation strategies may be designed to reduce either odor generation or transport or both.

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This proceeding is from The National Conference on Mitigating Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations (2008): 30.

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