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Development of a Commercial Scale Air Treatment System

Ken Engele
Engineering
September 3, 2019

An air cleaning technology based on biotrickling filtration developed in previous phases of the project was scaled up  and tested at the PSC swine grower-finisher facility. Results showed that the air treatment units were effective in reducing the levels of ammonia, dust, and odour from the air stream at the exhaust of the grow-finish rooms by about 77%, 92%, and 75%, respectively.  Further work is needed to optimize the operation of these units in terms of water usage and to assess its year-round performance.

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