Staff Details

Dr. Ole Pahl - Lecturer - Environmental Technology

Ole Pahl is a lecturer on environmental issues within the School of the Built and Natural Environment at Glasgow Caledonian University. Ole Pahl qualified as an environmental engineer from the Fachhochschule Hamburg in 1995. He graduated with a PhD in chemical engineering, specialising in agricultural wastewater treatment and emission abatement. He produced an MLC leaflet for farmers on environmental protection, and was on the editorial board of a recently published EU sponsored book on sustainable organics management in agriculture.

Research Interests

• Anaerobic co-digestion of organic fraction of household waste with sewage sludge.
• Clean-up and use of low grade compost derived from MBT plants.
• Identification of sustainable management options for healthcare waste.
• Ecological footprinting for healthcare installations.
• Use of anaerobic digestion as sustainable waste management option for rural communities.

Publications

Book:

• Manure Management: Treatment strategies for sustainable agriculture (2003) Burton, CH and Turner, C (Eds.), Silsoe Research Institute, Bedford, UK

Refereed Journal Articles:

• O. Pahl, A.G. Williams, and R.W.Sneath (2001) Reduction of ammonia and odour emissions from pig slurry under slats using oil and foam layers, Environmental Technology, Vol. 23, pp 395-403
• O. Pahl, R.J. Godwin, M.J. Hann and T. Waine (2001) Cost-effective pollution control by shallow injection of pig slurry into growing crops, Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, Vol. 80 (4), pp 381-390
• O. Pahl, C.H. Burton, W. Dunn and A.J. Biddlestone (2001) The source and abatement of nitrous oxide emissions produced from the aerobic treatment of pig slurry to remove surplus nitrogen, Environmental Technology, Vol. 22, pp 941-950
• O. Pahl, V.R. Phillips, J. Lacey, J. Hartung and C.M. Wathes (1997) Comparison of commonly used samplers with a novel bioaerosol sampler with automatic plate exchange, Journal of Aerosol Science, Vol. 28 (3), pp 427-435

Refereed Conference Papers:

• Pahl O., A.G. Williams, R.W.Sneath, J. Goodman, L. Taylor, R.J. Godwin and M.J. Hann (2000) Reducing ammonia emissions from pig production - experiences with oil and foam as a cover material for slurry under slats, Second international conference on air pollution from agricultural operations, Des Moines, 9-11 October 2000
• Pahl O., R.J. Godwin and M.J. Hann (2000) Pollution control by injection of pig slurry into growing crops, Eighth international symposium on animal, agricultural and food processing wastes, Des Moines, 9-11 October 2000
• Pahl, O. (1997) N2O emission from redox controlled aerobic treatment of pig slurry, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Ammonia and Odour Control from Animal Production Facilities, Vinkeloord, The Netherlands, Vol. 1, pp 93-99
• Hartung J, Linkert KH, Pahl O (1995) New automatic sampler for airborne bacteria in animal housing, Report of the 21st Congress Of The German Veterinary Medical Society (Deutsche-Veterinarmedizinische-Gesellschaft e.V.), Mar 21-24, 1995, B273-B276

Other publications:

• Pahl, O. (1999) Environmental factors in pig production, Meat and Livestock Commission, Milton Keynes; view pdf file.

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