Abstract
Particulate matter (PM) emissions from dairies and feedlot sources require regular emission factor update. Likewise, development of simple measurement technique to accurately measure pollution concentration is warranted to limit the impact of air pollution and take necessary actions. During June of 2020, a dairy facility from central Texas and a feedlot from the Texas Panhandle region, titled as Dairy B and Feedlot C, respectively, were chosen for measurement of PM emissions in the state of Texas to represent dairy facilities and cattle feedlots PM emission rates. Four stations, each assigned with an EPA-approved Federal Reference Method (FRM) sampler, Texas A&M University (TAMU) designed sampler and handheld non-FRM AEROCET (MET One Instruments) sampler for collocation, were selected within each sampling locations. Drones were also utilized mounted with a handheld AEROCET sampler for simultaneously sampling at a certain height. PM2.5 emissions of Dairy B were all below 24-h PM2.5 standard of 35 μg m−3 as specified by National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) even at the 98th percentile. The PM ratio between regulated PM10 to PM2.5 was determined to make an estimate of relative percentage of coarser particles to fine particles in both feedlot and the dairy representative animal facilities. The maximum mean emission factor determined using AERMOD for PM2.5 and PM10 was found to be 0.53 and 7.09 kg 1000-hd−1 d−1, respectively, for the dairy facility while 8.93 and 33.42 kg 1000-hd−1 d−1, respectively, for the feedlot. A conversion factor and correlation matrix were developed in this study to relate non-FRM sampler data from the handheld AERCET samplers with FRM samplers. Cheaper handheld samplers (AEROCETs) may play a potential role in quick and relatively instant measurement of PM emissions to initiate necessary preventive actions to control PM emission from dairy facility and feedlot sources.
Funder
State of Texas Air Quality Seed
Subject
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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