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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783466003321

Titolo

Odour Prevention and Control of Organic Sludge and Livestock Farming / / editors, V.C. Nielsen, J.H. Voorburg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-429-07785-8

0-415-51578-5

1-4822-8631-9

9786610058495

1-280-05849-8

6610058490

0-203-21559-1

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (436 p.)

Disciplina

628.5/3

Soggetti

Agricultural wastes

Livestock

Odor control

Olfactometry

Organic wastes

Sewage sludge

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Proceedings of a seminar held in Silsoe, United Kingdom, 15-19 April 1985."

On cover: Commission of the European Communities.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; A review of COST Project 681 Treatment and use of organic sludges  and liquid agricultural wastes'; A review of work of the FAO Sub-network 2: the reduction of odours  in animal production; Odour problems related to waste water and sludge treatment; Agricultural problems related to odour prevention and control; Odour research and ammonia volatilisation; Ammonia loss from grassland systems; Sampling of odorous air for olfactometric measurement; Standardization of olfactometric measurements

Selection and treatment of panelists for determination of odor  



thresholdsVDI guidelines on odour problems; An established system for odour detection threshold measurements; Guideline for olfactometric measurements in The Netherlands:  comparison with Western European guidelines; French Tentative Standard X-43-101: Method of measurements of  the odour of a gaseous effluent. Comments on interpretations made  by Messrs Hartung, Voorburg and Hangartner; Experiences with olfactometric measurements in Norway; Limitations imposed on olfactometric measurements by the human  factor

Experiences with transportable olfactometersDispersion models for emissions from agricultural sources; Experiences with olfactometers; Physical calibration of olfactometric measurements; Developments in the assessment of odours from sludges; Odour concentration and odour annoyance; Comparison of olfactometric odour measurement and chemical  odour measurement; Treatment of livestock manure: air drying and composting poultry  manure; The effect of insulating broiler house floors on odour emission; Use of peat as litter for milking cows; Covering manure storing tanks to control odour

Machinery spreading: soil injection as a barrier to odour dispersionSwedish experiences with soil injection; Separation as a method of manure handling and odours reduction in  pig buildings; Measurements of the olfactometric efficiency of various odour  control devices in rendering plants; The effects of weather on odour dispersion from livestock buildings  and from fields; Design and use of biofilters for livestock buildings; Experience in the use of biofilters; Design and experience obtained with bioscrubbers; Aeration of pig slurry to control odours and to reduce nitrogen levels

Oxygen requirements for controlling odours from pig slurry by  aerationAeration and odour control by heterotrophic and autotrophic  microorganisms; Identification of volatile components in headspace from animal  slurries; Odours at water reclamation works; BOD5, TOA and odour offensiveness; Dust in livestock buildings as a carrier of odours; Dust concentrations in pig buildings; Large-scale biogas plants in Hungary; Anaerobic digestion to control odours; The bio-gas project in Emilia-Romagna (Italy); The bio-gas project in Emilia-Romagna (Italy): first results of five full  scale plants

Farm experiments of anaerobic digestion to control odours from  slurry

Sommario/riassunto

"Proceedings of a round-table seminar, Silsoe, UK, 15-19 April 1985."--Provided by publisher.