Odor and Odorous Chemical Emissions from Animal Buildings: Part 4—Correlations Between Sensory and Chemical Measurements

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2010-09-01
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Akdeniz, Neslihan
Hetchler, Brian
Heber, Albert
Jacko, R.
Heathcote, Katherine
Hoff, Steven
Koziel, Jacek
Cai, Lingshuang
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Koziel, Jacek
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Hoff, Steven
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Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
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This study supplemented the National Air Emissions Monitoring Study (NAEMS) by making comprehensive measurements, over a full calendar year, of odor emissions from five swine and four dairy rooms/buildings (subset of the total number of buildings monitored for the NAEMS project). The measurements made in this project included both standard human sensory measurements using dynamic forced-choice olfactometer and a novel chemical analysis technique for odorous compounds found in these emissions. Odor and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and ammonia (NH3) concentrations for all dairy and swine buildings had a statistically significant correlation. A higher number of correlations between odor and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were found for the five swine rooms/buildings (two rooms in a pig finishing barn, two sow gestation barns, and a farrowing room) compared to the four dairy buildings. Phenol and 4-methyl phenol (p-cresol) concentrations were well correlated (R2>50%) with odor concentrations in the five swine rooms/buildings but not significantly correlated in the four dairy buildings.

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This proceeding is from International Symposium on Air Quality & Manure Management for Agriculture CD-Rom Proceedings (13–16 September 2010, Double Tree Hotel, Dallas Texas) St. Joseph, Michigan: ASABE, 13 September 2010. ASAE Pub #711P0510cd.

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