Biofiltration of exhaust air from animal houses: Evaluation of removal efficiencies and practical experiences with biobeds at three field sites

Melse, R.W.; Hol, J.M.G.

doi:10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2017.04.007

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“…The proposed biochemical pathway is the conversion of NH 3 ‐N with 10–40% efficiency, with long residence times of the air in the filter, necessary for low concentration methane removal, positively correlated with emission. It has been suggested that governments should be reluctant to permit biofilters to be installed at livestock operations (Melse & Hol, ). Further study of N 2 O production in biofilters is urgently required.…”

Section: Reducing Agricultural Methane Productionmentioning

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“…Green line-20% cut over period to 2055, followed by stable emissions. Red line-30% cut in methane emissions to 380 Tg/a in 2055, followed by stable emissions, which cuts the atmospheric mixing ratio of methane to about 1,200 ppb by the Year 2100. installed at livestock operations (Melse & Hol, 2017). Further study of N 2 O production in biofilters is urgently required.…”

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Methane Mitigation: Methods to Reduce Emissions, on the Path to the Paris Agreement

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The atmospheric methane burden is increasing rapidly, contrary to pathways compatible with the goals of the 2015 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Paris Agreement. Urgent action is required to bring methane back to a pathway more in line with the Paris goals. Emission reduction from “tractable” (easier to mitigate) anthropogenic sources such as the fossil fuel industries and landfills is being much facilitated by technical advances in the past decade, which have radically improved our ability to locate, identify, quantify, and reduce emissions. Measures to reduce emissions from “intractable” (harder to mitigate) anthropogenic sources such as agriculture and biomass burning have received less attention and are also becoming more feasible, including removal from elevated‐methane ambient air near to sources. The wider effort to use microbiological and dietary intervention to reduce emissions from cattle (and humans) is not addressed in detail in this essentially geophysical review. Though they cannot replace the need to reach “net‐zero” emissions of CO2, significant reductions in the methane burden will ease the timescales needed to reach required CO2 reduction targets for any particular future temperature limit. There is no single magic bullet, but implementation of a wide array of mitigation and emission reduction strategies could substantially cut the global methane burden, at a cost that is relatively low compared to the parallel and necessary measures to reduce CO2, and thereby reduce the atmospheric methane burden back toward pathways consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Section: Reducing Agricultural Methane Productionmentioning

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Methane Mitigation: Methods to Reduce Emissions, on the Path to the Paris Agreement

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Fisher

Lowry

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Reviews of Geophysics

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“…An upstream treatment of the exhaust air, especially for the removal of dust, is also recommended by Harmon et al [10] to help prevent the clogging of biofilters. Melse and Hol [7] also observed a high pressure drop in a biofilter downstream from a poultry manure dryer (laying hens) that was caused by dust, among other factors.…”

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“…In addition, the efficiency of each system needs to be verified in a comparable way; for this reason, the Verification of Environmental Technologies for Agricultural Production (VERA) test protocol, a multinational collaboration between Denmark, The Netherlands and Germany, was established [5]. For the mitigation of odorous emissions from livestock buildings, biofilter systems have notably proven their worth [4,6,7].…”

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Suitability of Different Filling Materials for a Biofilter at a Broiler Fattening Facility in Terms of Ammonia and Odour Reduction

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A two-stage exhaust air treatment system installed at a broiler fattening facility with 40,000 animals was investigated. The facility's exhaust air was treated first by use of a chemo-scrubber (stage 1) and afterwards by a vertical biofilter (stage 2). The biofilter was equipped with root wood and honeycombed paper pad layers (half/half) to enable a direct comparison of both filter materials' suitability. Odour samples were taken on site and afterwards analysed at an olfactometry laboratory. Ammonia concentration values were collected continuously using a photoacoustic multi-gas monitor. High mitigation performance was achieved with both filter materials, with the honeycombed paper pad layer being less susceptible to fungal growth than the root wood filter. Cellulose seems to be a proper alternative for use in biofilters, but further research is needed to estimate the long-term stability of this material.

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“…Daarbij zijn de gecombineerde luchtwassers op dit moment alleen inzetbaar bij varkens en vleeskalveren, niet bij pluimvee. Het biofilter is alleen inzetbaar gesteld voor pluimvee, als resultaat van recent onderzoek(Melse & Hol, 2017;Melse & Hol, 2012;Melse et al, 2014;Melse et al, 2015) en de grote behoefte aan stofreductietechnieken in deze sector. Het onderzoek naar geurreductie heeft zich in de afgelopen decennia voor een belangrijk deel gericht op deze end-of-pipe technieken en hierover zijn dan ook enkele tientallen wetenschappelijke artikelen en rapporten beschikbaar.…”

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Stalmaatregelen voor het reduceren van geuremissie uit de intensieve veehouderij

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het reduceren van geuremissie uit de intensieve veehouderij [Barn measures to reduce odour emission from intensive livestock farming. Wageningen Livestock Research, Rapport 1115. Synopsis Deze studie geeft een overzicht van bestaande en perspectiefvolle maatregelen waarmee de emissie van geur uit stallen in de intensieve veehouderij kan worden verminderd. De resultaten van deze studie dienen ter ondersteuning van beleidsvorming en de evaluatie van de Wet geurhinder en veehouderij.

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Biofiltration of exhaust air from animal houses: Evaluation of removal efficiencies and practical experiences with biobeds at three field sites

Cited by 42 publications

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Methane Mitigation: Methods to Reduce Emissions, on the Path to the Paris Agreement

Methane Mitigation: Methods to Reduce Emissions, on the Path to the Paris Agreement

Suitability of Different Filling Materials for a Biofilter at a Broiler Fattening Facility in Terms of Ammonia and Odour Reduction

Stalmaatregelen voor het reduceren van geuremissie uit de intensieve veehouderij

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