Surface Aeration

The materials presented herein are from an aeration workshop offered by the University of Minnesota Southern Research and Outreach Center and the University Extension at Waseca with the goal of providing educational information based on the results from an integrated project funded by the USDA/CSREES/NRI Air Quality Program in the subject area (Award number: 2006-55112-16639). The project has culminated in the development of a new aerator module featuring venturi air injectors that can be used to construct a low cost surface aeration system to control odor emission from open liquid manure storages. In the following chapters, detailed information and up-to-date knowledge, from both the basic and applied aspects, on the aeration system that has undergone extensive field experiments on a swine manure lagoon in MN and a poultry manure lagoon in TX are presented. In addition, the applicability, economics, and limitations of the developed technology for use on real lagoons are also discussed.


 




Chapter 1. Fundamentals of aeration treatment

Chapter 2. Surface aeration system development

Chapter 3. Field evaluation in a swine manure lagoon

Chapter 4. Field evaluation in a poultry manure lagoon

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