Dust Reduction in Broiler Houses by Spraying Rapeseed Oil

Abatement of Particulate Matter Emission from Experimental Broiler Housings Using an Optimized Oil Spraying Method

“…The reductions found in the present study agree reasonably well with the values that can be calculated by fitting the oil application rates in the aforementioned equation, namely 53% for 8 mL m -2 d -1 and 70% for 16 mL m -2 d -1 . Aarnink et al (2011) found no relationship between oil application rate and PM 2.5 reduction. At 6 mL m -2 d -1 , PM 2.5 emission was already reduced by 84%, and this level did not increase further at higher application rates.…”

“…Aarnink et al (2011) found a relationship between these two parameters described by the equation y = -0.021x + 0.64 (R 2 = 0.69), where y is the PM 10 emission relative to the control treatment (0 to 1), and x the oil application rate (mL m -2 d -1 ). The reductions found in the present study agree reasonably well with the values that can be calculated by fitting the oil application rates in the aforementioned equation, namely 53% for 8 mL m -2 d -1 and 70% for 16 mL m -2 d -1 .…”

“…During the first growth cycle, the same oil spraying system as in Aarnink et al (2011) was used. This system consisted of full-cone nozzles (type SU26B-SSBR, Spraying Systems, Ridderkerk, The Netherlands) installed on oil tubes ( fig.…”

“…The oil spraying treatments were 8 mL m Aarnink et al (2011) (0.4 mL m -2 s -1 ) was used to determine spraying duration. Spraying times in the first growth cycle were 20 s for application of 8 mL m -2 , 40 s for application of 16 mL m -2 , and 80 s for application of 32 mL m -2 .…”

Concentrations and Emissions of Particulate Matter from Intensive Pig Production at a Large Farm in North China

“…Manure and feed are regarded as the main sources of PM in the pig house (Cambra-López et al, 2011) so twice a day manure removal shortens the retention time of manure in the pig house, thereby substantially reducing the PM produced from manure. In addition, fogging, spraying or sprinkling clean water may reduce the concentration of dust in the air (Takai and Pedersen, 2000;Aarnink et al, 2011;Costa et al, 2014). Therefore, the lower PM concentrations inside pig houses operated with the "cleaning the manure dry" manure removal system are expected and reasonable.…”