Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Disposal of Swine Lagoon Sludge with Nutrient Recovery
December 21, 2005By M. Todd See
Gasification offers many advantages for processing undesirable waste materials. Tests on gasifier emissions reveal very low levels of NOx, SOx and volatile organic carbons in the flue gas, well...
Environment - Air
DESIGN SPECIFICATION FOR A VERTICAL BED BIOFILTER
July 31, 2005By Richard Nicolai
A vertical biofilter may be a good option for reducing odor and gas emission when not enough space is available to install a horizontal biofilter. The vertical biofilter is cylindrical with the...
Environment - Air
Reduction of Ammonia, Methane, and Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Swine Waste by Dietary Manipulation
June 17, 2005By Scott Carter
The public concern related to the potential for water and air pollution from swine facilities demands that alternative management practices be developed. Dietary manipulation offers a potential...
Environment - Air
Comparative Analysis of Odor Evaluation and Aerosol Monitoring Techniques
February 21, 2005By Robert von Bernuth
Relative to this project, what one really wants to know about a swine facility is whether odor from the unit can be predicted, how good the prediction would be, and how difficult it will be to...
Environment - Air
A Planning Tool for Assessing the Relative Contribution of Facility Components to Air Quality Surrounding Pork Production Sites
January 20, 2005By Dennis D. Shulte
This National Pork Board project resulted in new odor planning tools called “odor roses” and “odor footprints” that provide visual representation of the frequency, direction and extent of...
Environment - Water Usage / Conservation
Water intake and wastage at nipple drinkers by growing-finishing pigs
January 1, 2005By Y. Z. Li
Three experiments were conducted to assess water intake, water wastage, and a means to decrease water wastage by growing-finishing pigs from nipple drinkers. In Exp. 1, 48 pigs were studied during ...
Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Utilization of Crystalline Amino Acids by the Gut in Growing Pigs
November 1, 2004By Nathalie L. Trottier
Conventional diets containing corn and soybean meal fed to growing pigs can be reduced in protein when a portion of the protein can be replaced by crystalline amino acids. These amino acids allow the...
Environment - Other
Conversion of Hog Manure to Diesel Fuel
September 20, 2004By Richard Russell
Environment - Other
Developing Virtual Engineering Tools for Hoop Swine Housing
July 23, 2004By Dr. Kenneth Bryden Professor|Thomas Richard
Would you fly on airplane that hadn't been tested? Neither would anyone else. Over the past 3 decades, researchers have developed very accurate numerical models for airflow around an airplane...
Environment - Other
A Nebraska Odor Footprint Tool for Planning Pork Facilities
July 1, 2004By Rick Koelsch
