The annual number of odor complaints increased about 10 times over 14 years from 4,302 in 2005 to 40,854 in 2019, in Korea. Especially, livestock facilities account for more than 50% of the odor complaints and the swine farms account for the most odor complaints among livestock. It is therefore necessary to manage swine farms as the major odor emission source. In this study, a real-time odor monitoring system equipped with PTR-TOF-MS (proton transfer reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometric) was used to measure the odorous substances in two swine farms. Odorous substances emitted from outlets were sampled and measured at the two types of swine farms. In addition, the boundary spots were designated as measurement points. As a result, the rankings of the odorous substances in order, from highest to lowest, were ammonia, acetaldehyde, methyl mercaptan, fatty acids, etc. and the level of odor intensity was 0.8-4.4 at the outlet of the swine farms. The concentration at the boundary decreased between 1/100 ~ 1/10000 compared to the concentration emitted from outlets. Base on the results of evaluating odor activity values, Skatole and p-Cresol were estimated as major odor substances in swine farms.

The present trial verified the effects of spraying microbial agents on odor reduction in commercial pig farms of different operating sizes and barn types. Farms without microbial agent spraying and those sprayed with microbial agents at two different intervals were compared. The treatments included spraying of water alone every day or a mixture of water plus microbial agent at 24 and 72 h intervals. The experimental farms were divided according to size into 1,000-, 3,000-, and 5,000-head farms and according to barn type into gestation, farrowing, nursery, and grower-finisher farms. To compare odor concentration within each housing barn, ammonia and hydrogen sulfide gas levels were measured. The average concentrations of ammonia (p<0.01) and hydrogen sulfide (p<0.05) gas were the lowest in all types of farms sprayed with the microbial agent at a 24 h interval. In farms sprayed with the microbial agent at a 24 h interval, the decrease in ammonia concentration according to barn type was in the following order: farrowing (p<0.01) (11.0 to 1.8 ppm), nursery (p<0.05) (17.0 to 9.2 ppm), grower-finisher (15.3 to 8.8 ppm), and gestation (9.7 to 6.4 ppm) farms. Moreover, spraying the microbial agent at a 24 h interval significantly (p<0.01) decreased ammonia concentration from 19.9 to 10.4 ppm, from 11.1 to 4.1 ppm, and from 8.8 to 5.1 ppm in 5,000-, 3,000-, and 1,000-head farms, respectively. Overall, spraying microbial agents every day may be the most effective method to reduce odor in commercial pig farms.

This study was conducted to identify and assess key parameters affecting greenhouse gas emissions and odor intensity at a naturally ventilated dairy farm. Measurement data of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O), odorants (NH3 and H2S), and meteorological data (wind speed, temperature, relative humidity, and solar radiation) were posited as the parameters influencing those emissions. Carbon dioxide and methane emissions correlated well to CO2-equivalent emissions and the contribution of carbon dioxide emissions (R2=0.9181) was greater than that of methane emissions (R2=0.8854). Hydrogen sulfide emissions were highly correlated with odor intensity (R2=0.9989), but the contribution of ammonia emissions to odor intensity was not significant (R2=0.0081). No correlation among CO2-equivalent and odor intensity emissions and meteorological parameters was observed. In this study, the relationship between emissions of greenhouse gases and odor intensity in a naturally ventilated dairy barn mainly depended upon carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide emissions. The results in this study will be helpful in the mitigation planning of greenhouse gases and odor in animal feeding operations (CFOs).

The annoyance potential for odor sources can be evaluated by separation distances. A separation distance between a standard pig farm and a residential area was investigated by the AERMOD model. The studied area comprised four sites in Korea. The study sites were Paju, Yangpyeong, Suwon, and Icheon, respectively. The separation distances criteria of the three reference Odor Impact Criteria (OIC) were used to evaluate the separation distance. Results show that separation distances for the four sites were calculated 20 m from the fence in the existing pig farm criteria case [exceedance probability P (%) = 2.0% and concentration = 6 OU] in Ireland. In the case of the new pig farm criteria [(exceedance probability P (%) = 2.0% and concentration = 3 OU) of Ireland, results show that the separation distances of the four locations were between 120 m and 145 m from the fence. These values were about 3.0~4.5 times larger than those of the existing pig farm criteria case. In the case of a concentration of 1 OU and the exceedance probability P (%) of a 2.0% criteria, the separation distances of the four sites ranged from 250 m to 290 m.

In this study, the odor generated in a livestock farm with 500 heads of finisher breed in 661 m² was monitored during 6 months using a gas sensor, a wired / wireless communication system and database server. Odor unit, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, and total volatile organic compounds (TVOC) were monitored using the gas sensor. To show the tendency of odorous substances generation, the odor concentration was shown in the graph on a monthly and daily basis. Among the analysis items, the maximum generation of odor was found to be closely related to the generation of hydrogen sulfide. Through observing the daily and monthly trends of odor substances, it was found that each substance was a useful indicator for monitoring odor, because ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, odor and TVOC were increased and decreased in a similar pattern. The odors were highest in the hours of the early morning (00:00-05:00), the evening (18:00-23:00), and the morning (06:00-11:00) in a day. After the use of the microbial agent was discontinued in autumn (October), anaerobic digestion of the manure in a pit proceeded and the amount of hydrogen sulfide increased. Therefore, despite a slight decrease in ammonia production, the odor unit level did not decrease after October but rather was somewhat increased. In the future, the use of the odor monitoring system is expected to improve the efficiency of odor sources management.

본 연구는 가축분뇨의 냄새 저감용 제제의 효율적 활용 및 관리를 위하여 국내에서 유통되고 있는 환경개선제의 동향 및 냄새제거 효능을 조사하고자 실시하였다. 사료첨가용 제제는 전체 제품의 80%를 차지하였고, 다음으로 분뇨살포용 제제 그리고 음수첨가용 제제 순이었다. 대부분의 제제들은 0.1-0.2% 사용을 권장하였으며, 전체 제품의 71%를 차지하였다. 환경개선제 유효성분 중 가장 많은 원 료는 생균으로 전체 제제의 85%를 차지하였고, 다음으로 규산염, 허브 그리고 유기산과 효소로 구성된 제제 순이었다. 환경개선제용 생균제로 이용되는 미생물들은 Bacillus coagulans, B. fermentum, B. thuringiensis, B. licheniformis, B. subtillis, Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus acidophilus, L. fermentum, L. lactis, L. plantarum, L. casei, L. brevis, Streptococcus faecium, Clostridium butyricum, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Aspergillus niger 및 A. oryzae 등이 사용되었다. 냄새제거 효능 평가에서 암모니아 발생 억제 효능을 가진 제품은 전체 제품의 71%이었으며, 48시간까지 효능을 발휘하는 제품은 29%이었다. 암모니아를 30%이상 감소시킨 제품은 암모니아 저감 효능을 나타낸 제품 중 44%를 차지하였고, 24%의 제품이 10% 미만 그리고 나머지 32%의 제품은 10-30% 수준의 저감 효 과를 나타냈다. 황화수소를 30%이상 감소시킨 제품이 32%로 가장 많았고, 8%의 제품이 10% 미만의 그리고 나머지 6%의 제품은 10-30% 수준의 저감 효과를 나타내었다. 이상의 연구 결과, 가축 분뇨의 냄새 방지와 관련하여 다양한 종류의 제제가 국내에 유통되고 있었으며, 앞으로 환경개선제의 효율적 활용 및 관리를 위해서는 정확한 효능분석이 지속적으로 이루어져야 한다.

물리화학적 처리에 의한 양돈장 악취저감 효과를 분석 하기 위하여 물리적 처리 방법인 커튼과 화학적 처리 방법 인 오존수 분무를 병합처리 하는 오존수커튼 시스템을 상 업적인 양돈장에 설치하고 처리 및 설치 전․후의 악취발생 특성과 악취저감 효과를 조사한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 오존수커튼 시스템은 돈사내부의 악취물질과 먼지를 배기구를 통해 커튼 내부로 포집 후 오존수의 강력한 산화 력으로 악취를 제거하는 안정적인 물리화학적 처리 방법 임을 확인하였다. 오존수커튼 시스템 설치 후 돈사 내부의 암모니아, 황화수소, 트리메틸아민, 휘발성 유기화합물 및 복합악취 농도가 높은 반면, 커튼 외부와 부지경계선에서 는 현저하게 감소되었으며, 악취발생량 또한 크게 감소되 었다(p<0.01). 측정위치별 악취물질농도와 악취발생량은 암모니아, 황화수소, 트리메틸아민, 휘발성 유기화합물 및 복합악취 모두 계절에 관계없이 돈사 내부, 커튼 외부 및 부지경계선 순으로 높았다(p<0.01). 돈사 내부의 악취물질 농도는 환기량이 적은 봄과 겨울에 높고 환기량이 많은 여 름과 가을에 낮았으나, 돈사 외부와 부지경계선에서의 악 취물질농도는 돈사 내부와 상반되는 결과를 나타내었다. 이상의 결과를 요약하면, 양돈장에서 배출되는 악취물질은 오존수커튼 시스템에 의한 물리화학적 처리로 90% 이상 저감 가능한 것으로 판단되며, 양돈장 외부로의 악취물질 확산을 효과적으로 차단함으로써 악취민원 제거를 위한 효율적인 악취저감시설로 활용 가능성은 충분한 것으로 사료된다.

악취저감과 분뇨의 액비화 및 돈사 환경개선을 위한 액비순환시스템을 적용한 양돈장의 악취저감 효과를 평가하기 위하여 액비순환시스템 적용 양돈장과 일반 양돈장에서 슬러리와 액비의 성상과 공기 중 및 액상시료 중 악취물질 농도를 조사하여 비교하였다. 일반농장에 비하여 액비순환시스템 적용 농장의 슬러리 성상이 현저하게 발효가 진행되고 있는 것으로 나타났으며 순환적용 농장 간에는 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 돈사내부와 배출구 및 부지경계선에서의 직접관능법에 의한 악취강도 평가에서는 액비순환시스템 적용으로 분명한 악취저감 효과가 인정되었으며, 돈사내부 환경개선 효과 또한 분명하게 나타났다. 돈사내부와 배출구 및 부지경계선에서의 공기 중 암모니아와 황화수소 농도는 액비순환시스템 적용으로 50% 이상의 저감 효과가 나타났으며, 메틸머캅탄과 트리메틸아민 역시 비교적 낮은 수준으로 조사되었다. 순환단계별 액상시료 중 악취물질 차이는 분명하게 나타나지 않았다.