Effects of Corn Dried Distillers' Grains with Solubles on Methane, Ammonia and Particulate Matter Emissions from a Dairy Cattle Facility

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dc.contributor.advisorVan Heyst, Bill
dc.contributor.authorTrudell, Andre
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-30T14:46:05Z
dc.date.available2015-03-30T14:46:05Z
dc.date.copyright2015-01
dc.date.created2015-02-26
dc.date.issued2015-03-30
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Engineeringen_US
dc.degree.grantorUniversity of Guelphen_US
dc.degree.nameMaster of Applied Scienceen_US
dc.degree.programmeEngineeringen_US
dc.description.abstractEmissions, such as methane, ammonia, and PM, from dairy cattle operations have become a growing concern as a result of intensified practices. The following thesis addresses the effects of corn dried distillers’ grains with solubles (CDDGS) on methane emissions from dairy cattle while also monitoring ammonia, and particulate matter. Methane, ammonia, and particulate matter were assessed by a flame ionization detector, a chemiluminescence analyzer, and a light-scattering laser photometer, respectively. Both a control and a treatment campaign were conducted at a dairy research farm located in Deschambault, Quebec, Canada. The control campaign resulted in methane, ammonia, PM10, and PM2.5 emission factors of 19.0 (±5.33), 0.426 (±0.144), 7.75 x 10-3 (±9.51 x 10-3), 5.11 x 10-3 (±4.18 x 10-3) g hr-1 AU-1 (where AU is representative of an animal unit of 500 kg of biomass), respectively. The results of the treatment campaign were 18.3 (±5.78), 1.52 (±0.591), 7.52 x 10-3 (±9.11 x 10-3), 5.04 x 10-3 (±4.15 x 10-3) g hr-1 AU-1 for the same order of constituents. A total drop in methane output of 3.75% (p=0.065) took place as a result of the CDDGS application. Additionally, ammonia increased by 257% (p=<0.0001), PM10 decreased by 3.05% (p=0.59) and PM2.5 decreased by 1.38% (p=0.65).en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada
dc.description.sponsorshipOntario Ministry of Agriculture and Food
dc.description.sponsorshipOntario Ministry of the Environment
dc.description.sponsorshipDairy Farmers of Canada
dc.description.sponsorshipDairy Farmers of Ontario
dc.description.sponsorshipCentre de Recherche en Sciences Animales de Deschambault
dc.description.sponsorshipInstitut de Recherche et de D??veloppement en Agroenvironnement
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10214/8740
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Guelphen_US
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dc.subjectdairyen_US
dc.subjectmethaneen_US
dc.subjectcorn dried distillers' grains with solublesen_US
dc.subjectammoniaen_US
dc.subjectparticulate matteren_US
dc.subjectcowen_US
dc.subjectventilationen_US
dc.titleEffects of Corn Dried Distillers' Grains with Solubles on Methane, Ammonia and Particulate Matter Emissions from a Dairy Cattle Facilityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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