ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Ammonia Emission Rates from Buildings
with Pigs Intensively Reared on Slats
Piotr Wojewódzki
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Department of Environmental Chemistry, University of Technology and Life Science in Bydgoszcz,
Bernardyńska 6, 85-029 Bydgoszcz, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2011;20(5):1343-1352
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ABSTRACT
The objective of this study was a data revision concerning ammonia emissions from slatted pig fattener
houses, as well as an evaluation of an ammonia emission index. An obtained emission rate of 3 kg
NH3·(fattener·year)-1 was used for assessing pig fattener farms’ impact on air quality. Maps of ammonia maximum
and average concentration were drawn. The model calculation in the net of receptors was performed for
three variants of farm scale: 1,000, 5,000, and 10,000 pig fatteners in four regions of northern Poland. Based
on the maps of ammonia concentration isolines, the distances of odor nuisances were indicated.