Hybrid Platform for Assessing Air Pollutants Released from Animal Husbandry Activities for Sustainable Livestock Agriculture

Razvan Alexandru Popa, Dana Catalina Popa, Gheorghe Emil Mărginean, George Suciu, Mihaela Bălănescu, Denisa Paștea, Alexandru Vulpe, Marius Vochin and Ana Maria Drăgulinescu
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Razvan Alexandru Popa: Faculty of Animal Production Engineering and Management, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 59 Marasti Blv., 011464 Bucharest, Romania
Dana Catalina Popa: Faculty of Animal Production Engineering and Management, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 59 Marasti Blv., 011464 Bucharest, Romania
Gheorghe Emil Mărginean: Faculty of Animal Production Engineering and Management, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 59 Marasti Blv., 011464 Bucharest, Romania
George Suciu: R&D Department, Beia Consult International, 041386 Bucharest, Romania
Mihaela Bălănescu: R&D Department, Beia Consult International, 041386 Bucharest, Romania
Denisa Paștea: R&D Department, Beia Consult International, 041386 Bucharest, Romania
Alexandru Vulpe: Beam Innovation SRL, 041386 Bucharest, Romania
Marius Vochin: Beam Innovation SRL, 041386 Bucharest, Romania
Ana Maria Drăgulinescu: Beam Innovation SRL, 041386 Bucharest, Romania

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 17, 1-21

Abstract: Farming livestock—cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and chickens—contributes to the air pollution of the atmosphere. Agricultural air pollution comes mainly in the form of ammonia, which enters the air as a gas from heavily fertilized fields and livestock waste. A reduction in air pollutants from the livestock sector can be achieved by reducing production and consumption, lowering the emission intensity of production, or combining the two. This work proposes an approach for assessing the air pollutant emissions derived from intensive cattle farming. For doing this, the animal feed, the animal behavior, and characteristics and the stable environment data are monitored and collected by a cloud platform. Specifically, Internet of Things (IoT) devices are installed in the farm and key air pollutant parameters from the stable environment (such as CO, NH 3 , PM 1 , PM 2.5 , PM 10 ) are monitored. In this scope, a study about monitoring air pollutants is conducted, showing the most relevant platforms used in this domain. Additionally, the paper presents a comparison between the estimated and monitored air pollutants (AP), showing the fluctuation of the measured parameters. The key takeaway of the study is that ammonia concentration has a higher level during the night, being influenced by the ventilation system of the farm.

Keywords: AP monitoring; IoT; blockchain; decision support; livestock farming (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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