Methodology for Measurement of Ammonia Emissions from Intensive Pig Farming

Pavel Kriz, Radim Kunes, Lubos Smutny, Pavel Cerny, Zbynek Havelka, Pavel Olsan, Maohua Xiao, Radim Stehlik, Antonin Dolan and Petr Bartos
Additional contact information
Pavel Kriz: Department of Agricultural Machinery and Services, Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia, Studentska 1668, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Radim Kunes: Department of Agricultural Machinery and Services, Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia, Studentska 1668, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Lubos Smutny: Department of Agricultural Machinery and Services, Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia, Studentska 1668, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Pavel Cerny: Department of Agricultural Machinery and Services, Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia, Studentska 1668, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Zbynek Havelka: Department of Agricultural Machinery and Services, Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia, Studentska 1668, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Pavel Olsan: Department of Agricultural Machinery and Services, Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia, Studentska 1668, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Maohua Xiao: College of Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210031, China
Radim Stehlik: Department of Agricultural Machinery and Services, Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia, Studentska 1668, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Antonin Dolan: Department of Agricultural Machinery and Services, Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia, Studentska 1668, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Petr Bartos: Department of Agricultural Machinery and Services, Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia, Studentska 1668, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

Agriculture, 2021, vol. 11, issue 11, 1-15

Abstract: Determination of ammonia (NH 3 ) emissions for intensive livestock facilities (pork, poultry) is important from both a regulatory and a research point of view. Buildings housing livestock are a large source of ammonia emissions from the agriculture sector. However, measurements to determine emissions can be time-consuming and costly. Therefore, it is essential to find a suitable methodology for monitoring NH 3 . The methodology for determining NH 3 emissions is legislatively unified in terms of sampling methodology, including sampling time (24 h), sampling points (input/output), number of sampling days, and their distribution during the year, and to determine only a general calculation of the annual average NH 3 emissions. For this reason, the researchers chose different approaches for the calculation of NH 3 emissions, and these approaches are not unified. Based on accurate monitoring and created models, the authors proposed a methodology for calculation of NH 3 emissions, which divides the 24 h measurement into time windows (30 min), from which the arithmetic mean and standard deviation are determined, and the total emissions for one year is determined. The chosen time windows for the partial calculation are important from the point of view of reflecting the microclimatic conditions inside the stable and the device limits for sampling the NH 3 concentration and airflow.

Keywords: Innova 1412; NH 3; welfare; microclimatic conditions; livestock; environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/11/11/1073/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/11/11/1073/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jagris:v:11:y:2021:i:11:p:1073-:d:669082

Access Statistics for this article

Agriculture is currently edited by Ms. Leda Xuan

More articles in Agriculture from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().